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The Advantageous Turtle
Written for: Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD Challenge – Day 20 “Write an animal poem.” I am hurrying. Can’t you see this whole race is a sham? You are tall as a tree while my legs are short-spanned. You’d lose … Continue reading
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Tagged animal, Bob and Wheel form, opposite, short, tall, Written for Challenge
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Synesthesia
Written for: Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD Challenge – Day 19 “Write a taste poem.” I lick the butterscotch disk of sun, as clouds play jazz in the sky. Walking through thick blades of grass, I scent peppermint candy. As … Continue reading
Brief Beauty
Written for: Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD Challenge – Day 18 ‘Write a love poem and/or anti-love poem.’ You light up my life with color, in all varieties you shine. Beauty arcs in umbrellaed line. When petals float, I gaze … Continue reading
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Tagged awe, beauty, cherry blossoms, Rondel form, Written for Challenge
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Constantly Uncertain
Written for: Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD Challenge – Day 17 “Write a nerve poem.” Insides shift, heart pound loudly. He is now gone eight hours driving when he should not be. I know he’s lost, will not pick up … Continue reading
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Tagged Boketto form, lost, terrified, Written for Challenge
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The Death of a Nation’s Children
written for: Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD Challenge – Day 16 ”Write a “The (blank) of a (Blank) poem.” Zephyrs of spring fill the air with promise. Buds open, cherry blossom trees bloom in clusters like sweet pink candy. Spring … Continue reading
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Tagged children, death, guns, Haibun, Written for Challenge
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A Glimmer
Written for: Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD Challenge – Day 15 “Write a shadow poem.” He sits, a outline of former self, says he is old and stupid. I go to see him once a week, hoping a glimmer exists … Continue reading
Cartoons Always Know Where to End
Written for: Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD Challenge- Day 14 ”Write an ‘And Now For Something Completely Different’ Moose and squirrel beset by troubles stirred up by a double- dealing pair-Boris and Natasha- spies from Soviet Russia who scheme and … Continue reading
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Tagged cartoon, imagination Nonsense, Written for Challenge
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The Letter
Written for: Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD Challenge – Day 13 write a Forgive poem. First, I ask myself what I need to forgive myself for. Deep In meditative thought, ,I attempt to separate the tangles of my past actions … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, forgiveness, letter, Written for Challenge
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Zoom, Zoom, Wail
Written for: Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD. Challenge – Day 12 ”Write a sound poem.” Wailing sirens zip through street Sounding like bleating sheep. Bong, scrape, bong, scrape Blaring sanitation trucks greet. Zoom, zoom-muscle car suite, Always after dark. Evening … Continue reading
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Tagged Monorhyme form, noise, Written for Challenge
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Form or Not
Written for Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD Challenge – Day 11 Two-for-Tuesday – Write a Form and/or Anti-form poem. Discipline is required in a form. Poem has to flow seamlessly, you can’t force it. You can ramble in free verse. … Continue reading
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Tagged discipline, whitney form, Written for Challenge
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