Category: Poetic Forms
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26 August: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week – (a Cadralor poem) The Y In Wildfire I.August was a dry kiss of long thirstThe lean arm of a branch and root II.A dark sprawling road with no shelterfrom the torch of fire or crawling sun III.Summer’s short lived empire forgetsthe ways of a desert’s cruel trap…
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25 August: A Cadralor Poem
Of Wind and Water I.How I am blown apart by this hollow windand its shadowy choir riding a wild storm. II.It darkens wind within this dome of nightand sets sails like wings across grey seas. III.Let free my continuous thirst, let me yieldto dimples of rain on water, said the beach. IV.How the reeds rattle…
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22 August: dVerse Bends
Swept Along I was that childcarving channels down headlands,like unconquerable water around bends, I spread and filled,broadened and was swept along.Currents tossing aside old dreams for new ambitions;my heart grew wise,and now this old river gropes for one more bend. Written for dVerse Poets, Quadrille #206 “bend”. Quadrille: 44-words sans title. Some artwork is created using Midjourney…
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20 June: dVerse Midsommar
Midsommar Her name is Lovisa. My grandmother. My father’s mother. My farmor. It was my first Midsommar, or Litha as she called it. With her in Sweden. Not all of that day I remember, and probably fill in the gaps with floral scents from garlands and wreaths of elderflowers and daisies. Those summer flavours of…
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17 June: A Cadralor: An Imperfect Calm
A Cadralor Poem: An Imperfect Calm I.Clouds rush by as if traveling life’s long road, and I’m glad of sapphire sky that’s breathless as runners in their race. II.Your eyes are the quiet darkness of sky, only the sharp glare of midday is strong enough to make me look away. III.Somewhere in a field a…
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14 June: A dVerse Fragment Poem
A fragment poem written around several italic lines from THE SECOND WIFE By Mary Willis ShueyThe Clearance I stifled my tears and went into the farmhouse where shelvedthose many years I saw the bareness of her life Five dressesSame Vogue dress pattern.Different fabric. Cotton. Floral.One plaid.I opened wide the closet where still hungthose dresses. Patched.…
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1 June: A 50-Line Blitz Poem
Yes and X AlwaysAlways soft colours in bloomBloomBloom like a childChildChild of summer-bright desireDesireDesire smiles with secret eyesEyesEyes with flare and fireFireFire that holds a scarlet gazeGazeGaze into a heavy heartHeartHeart that knows what it isIsIs a reminder of joyJoyJoy blooming in a first kissKissKiss me soft and feather-lightLightLight as a June scented moonMoonMoon strong…
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27 May: Quadrille #202
View From Behind Closed Eyes sometimesI close my eyesand pretend that noonis midnight,and that the stars are shiningbecause “Hati-the-Wolf” neverswallowed the moonwhich caused stars to disappear, and becausewhen I close my eyeseverything is darkness,and my memory sees perfectly again. Written for dVerse Poets Poetic form: Quadrille, #202 “Darkness”. Hati the wolf is from The Elder of…
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22 April: NaPoWriMo (a haibun)
It’s lazy-hot for mid-May. A few days before she finishes 6th grade, and she can hear her mother talking, voices slipping in and out of her open bedroom window, “somethingsomethingsometimes she makes my flesh crawl,” so she knows what she’s telling the neighbour. She swings her feet off the bed, she’s wearing white cotton socks…
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10 April: NaPoWriMo – Blitz Poem
Inside a Whisper (a 50-line Blitz Poem) Every journey ends inside my eyesEvery story from me is alive insideInside, I’ve named every treeInside is the depth of one word sentencesSentences long as weeksSentences too full of wordsWords dark as sufferingWords for a tulip without its petalsPetals white as saltPetals red as a pepperPepper will float…
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