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April 29, 2017

National Poetry Month: Sequence of Tanka Inspired by Break My Fucking Sky’s Album Final Breath

Drift on winds of time pulsating drone spears the heart A tremble of notes Sprinkled atop harmony wraps around the panicked mind. . Feet crunch broken rocks gloved hands release the stairway alien landscape ripples with mirages, heat above the star gleams blood red. . Hurricane of pain stabs the mind, body with fire energy Continue reading

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April 24, 2017

Interlude of Truth: The Saga of a Bird and From Order to Chaos

An Introduction of Sorts This is a sequence of poems and fractals — many of the poems I wrote in 2016, though bits of the first segment (I) is from 2015, and the final segment (V) was from 2017. Both the fractals and poems explore the beauty I shared with my former partner but also Continue reading

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April 21, 2017

National Poetry Month: A Ghazal: Pain

National Poetry Month: A Return to the Ghazal I originally wrote this poem on April 11, 2017 but debated posting it on my blog. It chronicles a journey I took recently, where it felt like my internal self was being erased by others and my story disregarded or distorted by others. I am still recovering Continue reading

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April 20, 2017

National Poetry Month: Series of Tanka poems

Shredded thoughts and dreams combusts into fractured neurons A maelstrom of pain invigorated senses illuminate the path home. ** The sky splits open and hail heralds the death cries the fury of wind rips and shreds the countryside and lays bare our earths’ innards. ** Harsh words penetrate self lost in the halls of time Continue reading

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April 16, 2017

National Poetry Month: Octopoem

This was from a prompt given on Legendfire Writing Forum. Prompt was to write an Octopoem. Directions here. The fractal I created in Chaotica rather than my usual Apophysis 7.x program. Embers Scorching blue embers Straddles fall leaves Inside a small, thirsty forest Then a screeching sand-storm Sears and ignites the forest’s undergarments It cavorts Continue reading

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April 9, 2017

National Poetry Month: Epistle

Epistle to a Loyal Friend On these yonder frozen fields, In the gaze of thy moonlight, I spy thy heart’s inner ills, the world a brush of starlight. We come down to the river deep in its waters we go the cold instills a shiver And I melt into the flow. Tell me why we Continue reading

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April 4, 2017

National Poetry Month: Rhymed Tercet

My second poem for National Poetry Month is a Rhymed Tercet. The title of the Fractal is the Echoes of Spacetime. Creation by A. A. Zingler Blazing hot inferno explodes into life in its superheated soup of particles the spark of inflation rapidly spikes. Dust coalesced by gravity’s attraction form the weave of all galaxies’ Continue reading

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April 2, 2017

National Poetry Month — Ghazal: Heart

Ghazal — Heart By A. Zingler (fractal also by me) Explosion of pain incinerates the core of my being, broken heart. Lies told by others incorporates fear and doubt in my mind, shattered heart. Feet sink into cool mud, saturates my fragile spirit, a balm for my heart. New friendship blooms and invigorates trust shared Continue reading

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April 20, 2014

National Poetry Month Day 20

Poetry often takes a personal turn for me. I find it therapeutic, and it digs deep into my consciousness. Overturning words and thoughts that I may not otherwise express, but it never quite comes out the way I hope it would. I always want it to be more than it is. To explore more than Continue reading

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April 18, 2014

National Poetry Month: Day 17

I’ve been driving a lot lately in order to go to job interviews. Here’s a poem for this week: Rumbling roar of my car Transient rattling wheels Snap of fingers, Music gurgling from grimy speakers On and on and on farms, fields, forests, Dangling thoughts and particles of bugs splattered on windshield On and on Continue reading

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