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Interview by Sherry Marr of Poets United http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2015/04/life-of-poet-sara-mcnulty.htmlPoems for Each Month
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“so you say”
Written for: The Twiglets #181 – “so you say” So you say you are a former Miss America? I’m not buyin’ it. So you say you love me and it will never happen again– liar! time speeds up with age … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, American Sentence, Haiku, liars, limerick, Micro-poetry
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“get messy”
Written for: The Twiglets #180 – “get messy” Fun of finger painting is that you were encouraged to get messy. so many ways to get messy. I would not like to be a mud wrestler. flowers of plant droop in … Continue reading
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Tagged American Sentence, cleaning, flowers, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, mud
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“down a well”
Written for: The Twiglets #160 – “down a well” Mel fell down a well not too swell came under spell of witch named Nell. He yelled and yelled but bell did knell. If you climbed down a wishing well, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Sentence, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, water, well, Wishes
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White on White
Written for: Sunday Muse #87 White on white-horse in a snowstorm-guides the way home for the perched lost bird. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/ ss
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Tagged American Sentence, bird, guidance, horse, snow, Written from Art
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Dilemma
Written for: Sunday Muse #86 If only I could have both a taste of monastic life, and spate of sin. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/
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Tagged American Sentence, nun, prayer, two sides, Written from Art
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Glowing Hearts
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #271 – Grown-Up Christmas List “When we were children we wrote out our Christmas Wish List. Now as we’ve gotten older, Natalie Cole’s rendition of “Grown-Up Christmas List” comes to mind. What rises to … Continue reading
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Tagged American Sentence, compassion, heart, light
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“innocent as air”
Written for: The Twiglets #154 – “innocent as air” The air touches everyone, even those who are not innocent. innocent as air opinions and judgements unformed a newborn baby Do not blame unhealthy conditions on the air, for we have … Continue reading
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Tagged air, American Sentence, Haiku, health, innocence, limerick, Micro-poetry
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“pale distance”
Written for: The Twiglets #152 – “pale distance” In pale distance/outline of horse is befogged/in the early dawn. smoke pales in distance houses and mountains visible wild fires abate There was a young lady from Memphis whose voice, she thought, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Sentence, fog, Haiku, limerick, pale, smoke, voice
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“block of text”
Written for: The Twiglets #151 – “block of text” I walked around the block and was assaulted by a wall of trite text. You are blocked from ever using that text. block of printed text left out on a stormy … Continue reading
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Tagged American Sentence, blocked, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, text
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Eyes Afire
Written for: The Wednesday Muse: American Sentence (sentence of 17 syllables) “The American Sentence was created by Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg was born in 1926 in Newark. NJ and went to Columbia University in NYC. He was one of the original … Continue reading