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Borrowing A Line
from Lucille Clifton, Won’t you come and celebratewith me this kind of lifeI’ve owned, carved, or even honedhere on this good brown earth, beneath both bright sunshine and falling rain. These paths I’ve walked and wandered,most often alone but not … Continue reading
The Dragon Speaks
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 9 Szzooo Little One, it iz your birthday. I like thizz yearly czzelebrashun of your paszage through time. We dragonz live far too long to do zuch a thing. And people bring you preszentss. Szometimez thingz … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, celebration, creation, Heth, imagination, presents, time
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Today
NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day 9 Today I am 73. Not sure I know how to be that old. But learned long ago how to forgive such silly misgivings. Each day will find new ways to wear this purple mantle of … Continue reading
The Life Waiting
For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #25 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ birthday, pared, dazzling, weapons, sparks, move, eroding, rot, stumps, resentments, choking, gate For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #217 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ evict, nick, trick, valley, threat, scent, dash, deny, try, subside, flee, free For Poets United: … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, clear moment, denial, forgetting, life planned, life waiting, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, wordles
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Butterfly Dreams
I have discovered a new syllabic structure for poetry. It is called a Tetractys and the explanation for it can be found here: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Ray_Stebbing/rtetractys.htm Of course, I had to try it immediately and did so. I have been engaged in … Continue reading