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I Recant

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Maggie C

Today’s poetry challenge at dVerse is to write a palinode. As host Grace explains: A palinode or palinody is an ode or song that retracts or recants a view or sentiment to what the poet wrote in a previous poem… … Continue reading →

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UFO: Unorganized Fleeting preOccupation

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Maggie C

where have they gone? why were they here? when did they leave, or do they linger near? what were they seeking, or did they come to show? who did they encounter before they had to go? I search heavenward, perhaps … Continue reading →

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spring reckoning

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Maggie C

Planted last winter, I watched for your blush of life. You remained dormant, or dead – Now I’m left to choose: wait and hope, or dig you out. dVerse Meet the Bar challenge: 5-line Japanese Poetic Forms. My first attempt … Continue reading →

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Found!

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Maggie C

The poetry challenge today on the dVerse site is to write a “found” poem using the words on book spines. Bjorn asks us to: Go through your collection on books, and note the titles. Sort them so the titles form … Continue reading →

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It’s here: NaPoWriMo

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Maggie C

NaPoWriMo celebrates National Poetry Writing Month, where one writes a poem a day for the entire month of April. As I did last year, I am participating by responding to the prompts given at the site NaPoWriMo. net. The “early … Continue reading →

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A Toast to Childhood

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Maggie C

“Cheers, everyone!” Glasses raise in salute. “Clink glasses!” a child calls. Same granddaughter who clapped and “yay”ed following a somber hymn at my dad’s funeral. That’s how her performances are received. I smile and bend down toward her happy face. … Continue reading →

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Insider

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Maggie C

Your conspiratorial wink seeks my complicit nod. A pact, an inside joke among us privileged. What’s the punch line today? Racism? Xenophobia? Homophobia? Today the tacit agreement ends. I will look you in the eye – unflinchingly – and say, … Continue reading →

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Old but New

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Maggie C

I don’t know when the original hardwood flooring was covered with carpet. Times change. Tastes change. A beautiful, gleaming oak floor in the mid-fifties came – over time – to be seen as an outdated, cold, hard to maintain surface. … Continue reading →

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Turning In

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Maggie C

It is 10 PM. My dog Chules stares up at me from the floor, where he has been sleeping most of the evening. He wants to catch my eye so I will realize it is bedtime. I’m not sure how … Continue reading →

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Ship Shapes

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Maggie C

To fit ships inside bottles is indeed very clever, but I would prefer that my bottles held rum. To ship boats in boxes – though no lofty endeavor – while sipping on rum could be fittingly fun. Moral: Drunk lips … Continue reading →

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