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National Poetry Writing Month, Day #24

2016/04/24

Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a ‘mix-and-match’ poem, mixing ‘fancy’ and ‘non-fancy’ words. Not as big a stretch as some of the previous prompts, but…
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I couldn’t bear to be special (A poem)

2016/02/26

A work in progress, with the title nicked from a Prefab Sprout song.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged expression, February 2016, feelings, identity, poem, poetry, purpose, recognition. Bookmark the permalink.

Detachment (a poem)

2015/09/21 — 2 Comments

Although my background includes Finnish, Irish, and a few other things, as an American, none of that has ever really been part of my identity…
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This entry was posted in Life, Lists, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged custom, detachment, identity, loss, meaning, poem, poetry, September 2015. Bookmark the permalink.

Vignettes (a poem)

2015/03/16

A series of vignettes on this early morning…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged bitter, candle, cards, city, coffee cup, eight of diamonds, evening star, ghost, identity, light, loss, March 2015, meaning, metaphor, morning, pen, poem, poet, poetry, Polaroids, prayer, short poems, taste, vignettes. Bookmark the permalink.
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