Category Archives: poetry

Ink Bats

Posted on September 10, 2019 by

He is old, balding and bespectacled. A Freudian slip of a man in a sweater vest sitting across from me. “I’m going to show you some white cards with black ink blots,” he says, “and I want you to tell … Continue reading →

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Construct

Posted on June 27, 2019 by

constructing constructs contradicts simplifying simplification Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Lines and Angles

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Lost and Found

Posted on June 24, 2019 by

The spider works quickly to get the larger insect wrapped within its web. The insect doesn’t struggle; it may be dead. But the web is in tatters and shakes violently every time the spider moves. I watch the action, hoping … Continue reading →

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In Between

Posted on May 7, 2019 by

In those moments between asleep and awake, with dreams still sweet upon our tongues, their fragrance lingering in our minds, that is the time to decide if we are dreaming awake or dreaming asleep, and whether we want to keep … Continue reading →

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Remember

Posted on April 30, 2019 by

Day 30, the final day of the month, and the final day of NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month). After today, the goal will be to keep the creativity flowing. We’ll see how that goes. Today’s prompt: I’d like you to … Continue reading →

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Meditation on Dispassion

Posted on April 29, 2019 by

Day 29 of NaPoWriMo. The prompt, edited for succinctness: For poet William Wordsworth, a poem was the calm after the storm – an opportunity to remember and summon up emotion, but at a time and place that allowed the poet … Continue reading →

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Words and Paint

Posted on April 28, 2019 by

NaPoWriMo, Day 28 The prompt today deals with: “the concept of meta-poems – which are poems about poems! In this video, the poets Al Fireis, Lily Applebaum, Dave Poplar, and Camara Brown discuss Emily Dickinson’s ‘We learned the Whole of Love.’ … Continue reading →

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