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National Poetry Writing Month 2016, Day #1

2016/04/01 — 1 Comment

Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a lune, a three-line poem with a 5-3-5 syllable count.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged April 2016, Day 1, dreams, drones, lune, machines, NaPoWriMo 2016, nightmares, poem, poetry, war. Bookmark the permalink.

Spring breeze haiku (A poem)

2016/03/30 — Leave a comment

National Poetry Writing Month starts on Friday. …
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged breeze, haiku, Japanese, March 2016, poem, poetry, spring. Bookmark the permalink.

The grand excuse (a poem)

2016/03/28 — 1 Comment

I am really not this cynical, but sometimes you have to follow the thought to its conclusion…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged best of all possible worlds, conceit, limitations, logic, March 2016, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

the longest night (A poem)

2016/03/28 — Leave a comment

A nasty cold is not particularly conducive to writing poetry, but I gave it a shot…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged cold, congestion, coughing, light sleep, March 2016, pantoum, poem, poetry, sneezing, symptoms. Bookmark the permalink.

The end of asymmetry (A poem)

2016/03/25 — Leave a comment

A random thought…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged March 2016, poem, poetry, politics, science. Bookmark the permalink.

Blank page (A poem)

2016/03/24 — Leave a comment

I normally write with pen and paper, but I have been using my computer a bit more the last few days…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged absence, blank page, empty, March 2016, page, pantoum, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Lucy the cat (a poem)

2016/03/22 — Leave a comment

A bit of silliness, as an interlude…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged cat, funny, interlude, Lucy, March 2016, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Broken teeth and second-degree burns (A poem)

2016/03/22 — Leave a comment

A pantoum inspired by physical sensations and the occasional mind-body struggle.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged cold, concentration, conflicting impulses, hot, March 2016, pantoum, poem, poetry, sensation, stomach, struggle, teeth. Bookmark the permalink.

Whirlwind tour (A poem)

2016/03/21 — Leave a comment

Back to the pantoum again. (Note that, although there is an actual word, carbonnade, that refers to Flemish beef stew, carbonade in this poem is a made-up word.)
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged balloon, breathing, close, crowding, feeling, fifty percent, follow, March 2016, pantoum, poem, poetry, temptation, tension. Bookmark the permalink.

Passage (A poem)

2016/03/20 — Leave a comment

Another small break from the pantoum, because I just spent some time constructing a couple of new poems from the first lines of some of my previous poems…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged assemblage, copy-and-paste, cut-and-paste, first lines, hunger, March 2016, mosaic, passage, poem, poetry, sadness, time. Bookmark the permalink.

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