national poetry month
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National Poetry Month: Day 14
I don’t have much to say this week. I’m quite a bit emotionally exhausted by events of late, but I did write this, so enjoy: Look in my eyes — say to my face. is your words lies? you’re truly safe? What do you mean — when you paint this sweet, serene scene? what is… Continue reading
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National Poetry Month: Day 5
The prompt for today was posted on Legendfire by Tisiphone’s Downfall: “Write a poem in any style, any length, using blank verse. This is simply unrhymed verse, especially unrhymed iambic pentameter. Each line will have around 5 (pentameter) iambs (one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed, such as in “ago”).” Untitled Dear Self, I built… Continue reading
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National Poetry Month: Day 4
Today I’ll explore a Sijo — a Korean verse that consists of three lines that are 14 – 16 syllables each. Passion I don my love and dance by the light of the moon — fervently lit by desire, I weave the stars as a bridge from me to you, hand in hand, coupled as… Continue reading
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National Poetry Month: Starting late
It’s National Poetry Month and I’m starting a bit late to this bandwagon. I decided to try to post a short poem daily. Since I missed two days, I’ll just start today, and maybe try to make up those two days later this month by posting more than one poem. I’ll also examine various forms… Continue reading
Reshaping Reality 