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One breath, another breath (a poem)

2016/09/23

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Frank Perry’s album Zodiac.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged breath, ekphrastic poem, poem, poetry, September 2016, silence, solitude, sound, space. Bookmark the permalink.

Sinistrata (a poem)

2016/05/29

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged emotion, May 2016, melancholy, poem, poetry, solitude, sounds, twilight, verbless poem. Bookmark the permalink.

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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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged April 2016, disappointment, expectations, fancy, identity, mix-and-match, NaPoWriMo 2016, perspective, poem, poetry, prompt, proof, solitude, un-fancy. Bookmark the permalink.

National Poetry Writing Month, Day #9

2016/04/09 — 1 Comment

Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a poem ‘that includes a line that you’re afraid to write…because it expresses something very personal that makes you uncomfortable…’
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged aging, April 2016, death, loneliness, NaPoWriMo 2016, poem, poetry, prompt, solitude, time, uncomfortable. Bookmark the permalink.

On Yumi’s birthday (A poem)

2016/03/15

Continuing to explore the pantoum…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged birthday, bond, calendar, day, friend, Julius Caesar, March 2016, memory, pantoum, poem, poetry, Shakespeare, solitude, Yumi. Bookmark the permalink.

That’s what Xmas means to me (A poem)

2015/12/24

Watching movies on Xmas eve…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged December 2015, desire, guilt, hmmm…bitter much?, love, night, poem, poetry, rain, solitude, time, weather, Xmas eve. Bookmark the permalink.

Quiet fog (a poem)

2015/06/29

Another day of slim pickings—I got to writing too late in the day…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged fog, June 2015, poem, poetry, quiet, scene, solitude, thoughts. Bookmark the permalink.

Inside (a poem)

2014/06/26

I didn’t work from a prompt this time, but I did try to imagine someone other than myself… Continue reading

This entry was posted in Musings, Writing and tagged dreams, here and now vs then and there, imagining someone else, inside, open heart, poem, quiet, solitude. Bookmark the permalink.

Why I Opted Out of Thanksgiving This Year

2012/11/22

I spent Thanksgiving alone this year. By choice. Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life, Musings and tagged choice, holiday, quiet, solitude, Thanksgiving. Bookmark the permalink.
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