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- Tue Aug 06, 2019 3:09 pm
- Forum: Archive 2019 Mid-Summer Poetry Fest
- Topic: Four & Twenty
- Replies: 47
- Views: 136973
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:17 am
- Forum: Archive 2019 Mid-Summer Poetry Fest
- Topic: Love and Death
- Replies: 10
- Views: 26183
Re: Love and Death
We are always so close to the shadows, yet so unaware. We pick wild flowers in fields of snakes, rush to Summer water with fanatical needs to be re-anointed, and all the while surrounded by unseen beasts. Love pulls us there too, its perils are also real, include all of the above, but we still di...
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:04 am
- Forum: Archive 2019 Mid-Summer Poetry Fest
- Topic: Poetry Decathlon
- Replies: 46
- Views: 88055
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:02 am
- Forum: Archive 2019 Mid-Summer Poetry Fest
- Topic: Poetry Decathlon
- Replies: 46
- Views: 88055
Re: Poetry Decathlon
As a poetry newbie this Decathlon challenge been and continues to be a fun exercise. I'm being exposed to forms and structures I didn't know existed. An interesting mental challenge, and I think it sometimes sparks some creativity. Thanks, Tracy. Here a couple of Triolets. As my friend Dave o...
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 7:59 am
- Forum: Archive 2019 Mid-Summer Poetry Fest
- Topic: Poetry Decathlon
- Replies: 46
- Views: 88055
Re: Poetry Decathlon
"Triolet" Mullein guillotined in the Hay Field I objected to the appellation, common, even more that being called a noxious weed. No one said that of my cousin, cotton. I objected to the appellation, common. I prayed that those nasty words would soften. I lie here, edible decongestant, and I bleed. ...
- Sun Aug 04, 2019 8:28 pm
- Forum: Archive 2019 Mid-Summer Poetry Fest
- Topic: Poetry Decathlon
- Replies: 46
- Views: 88055
Re: Poetry Decathlon
"Acrostic'
Never The Same
Surely the tide advances
Usurps the stillness of the bay
Revives the brackish waters
Places gifts over the mud flats
Reels in the languishing sea weeds
Invites the gulls to feast
Sing their gullet songs
Erase the quiet at ebb tide
Never The Same
Surely the tide advances
Usurps the stillness of the bay
Revives the brackish waters
Places gifts over the mud flats
Reels in the languishing sea weeds
Invites the gulls to feast
Sing their gullet songs
Erase the quiet at ebb tide
- Sun Aug 04, 2019 8:24 pm
- Forum: Archive 2019 Mid-Summer Poetry Fest
- Topic: Poetry Decathlon
- Replies: 46
- Views: 88055
Re: Poetry Decathlon
"Double Etheree" On The Gaspe Peninsular land of my ancestors by the river baptized st laurent far fields of golden waves chest high in fierce august sun i walk a rutted cartwheel path lost in an aimless contemplation of blue waters and blue sky in a breeze a gate left open to a yellow sea invites ...
- Sun Aug 04, 2019 8:17 pm
- Forum: Archive 2019 Mid-Summer Poetry Fest
- Topic: Poetry Decathlon
- Replies: 46
- Views: 88055
Re: Poetry Decathlon
Cinquain
I Wonder
Again
She touches him
He wakes out of the dream
Wordless, she hovers, eyes glowing
Rapture
I Wonder
Again
She touches him
He wakes out of the dream
Wordless, she hovers, eyes glowing
Rapture
- Sun Aug 04, 2019 8:04 am
- Forum: Archive 2019 Mid-Summer Poetry Fest
- Topic: Poetry Decathlon
- Replies: 46
- Views: 88055
Re: Poetry Decathlon
"Acrostic"
Never The Same
Surely the tide advances
Usurps the stillness of the bay
Revives the brackish waters
Places gifts over the mud flats
Reels in the languishing weeds
Invites the gulls to feast
Sing their gullet songs
Erase the quiet at ebb tide
Never The Same
Surely the tide advances
Usurps the stillness of the bay
Revives the brackish waters
Places gifts over the mud flats
Reels in the languishing weeds
Invites the gulls to feast
Sing their gullet songs
Erase the quiet at ebb tide
- Sat Aug 03, 2019 8:13 am
- Forum: Archive 2019 Mid-Summer Poetry Fest
- Topic: Let It Be Spoken
- Replies: 10
- Views: 27367
Re: Let It Be Spoken
Let It Be Spoken Post to this thread audio readings of your own poems! Let us hear what you sound like!! We’re dying to hear you, and you know you want to. MP3, links to SoundCloud, youtube, or whatever other platform – embed it, link it, whatever – this is an audio thread, but it would be cool i...