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- Tue Apr 02, 2019 4:25 am
- Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
- Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
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Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
ROUNDING BOARDS In this yard, a garden spinner wicks away rain. Magnolia leaves - their pin-wheels set to dry by a weak tea of sun - homage a toy cart. A concrete donkey keeps pulling. Breezes crank turn stiles admitting song birds like ticket-holders to a boardwalk. Everyone scatters, everyon...
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:06 am
- Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
- Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
- Replies: 828
- Views: 696386
Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
BLUE STREAK Like a wooden roller coaster with an out-and-back design, she’s ranked, the chain lift carrying riders up the first slope and dropping them, mouths open, ties flying. Last night, a period movie about Bonnie and Clyde, nobody could find each other in the dust cloud after the chase, but ...
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:27 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Dryad
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5773
Re: Dryad
Felt it. Welcome!
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:26 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: food for thought
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3811
Re: food for thought
Great trope and "paunch and skull" is very fresh and sonic.
These days, much is written about the connection between gut and mind, the manufacturing of serotonin etc. Enjoyed!
These days, much is written about the connection between gut and mind, the manufacturing of serotonin etc. Enjoyed!
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:24 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Signings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8940
Re: Signings
Tim, wax paper is one of my favorites in poems. So rich. Enjoyed.
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:26 pm
- Forum: The Commons
- Topic: LIMITS OF NARRATIVE POEMS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11387
LIMITS OF NARRATIVE POEMS
For those of us who like to write narrative poems, what are their limits? I just posted one that, it could be argued, is prose ragged right. I fought with this thing for days. Decided to post it as a poem, but maybe it's a flash fiction piece, or the first page of a short story. Either one would be ...
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:08 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Dog catcher
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4482
Dog catcher
The poplar trees are leaning in like girlfriends sharing potent secrets, nearly scraping the roof of the squatty house. At the drive, a broom of rain strikes a handmade sign: "Minnie's Ark: Now accepting your unwanted animals." The sun swoons and fails, unhooking her crinoline and asking the cloudy ...
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 3:51 pm
- Forum: The Commons
- Topic: BEST PATH TO POETRY CRAFT: MFAs, Certificates, Workshops, Conferences
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13995
BEST PATH TO POETRY CRAFT: MFAs, Certificates, Workshops, Conferences
SEEKING INPUT ON MFA PROGRAMS, certificate programs, workshops and conferences not for bragging rights, but to be the best poet you can be. I am looking at fully funded MFA programs that take like 5% of their applicants and also more accessible non-traditional paths. I am excited to see some afforda...
- Sat Apr 07, 2018 7:18 pm
- Forum: The Commons
- Topic: Open Yale Courses - Modern Poetry
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4865
Re: Open Yale Courses - Modern Poetry
thank you I was just online looking at stuff like this and wondering about it.
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:16 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: It's Just Laundry
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5863
Re: It's Just Laundry
Very original and well-conceived! I use a public laundromat at this time and there is no romance in it for me but this is fresh. Great job.