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- Fri May 04, 2018 1:53 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Wings of Another Kind
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7270
Wings of Another Kind
Wings of Another Kind Fiona found a bumblebee in her garden. Bees sure grow big in Scotland: this one, almost the size of a country mouse, striped black and yellow, crept the ground because she had no wings, poor thing. Fiona took her in, named her Bea, built a flower-box buffet of tasty blossoms. B...
- Fri May 04, 2018 11:16 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Shop local
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4518
Re: Shop local
I feed locals now, sprinkle seeds in fertile soil and dream of butterfly effects A great way to avoid getting overwhelmed and falling into global despair. I'm trying to be a kinder, gentler person--even at the College Ave/ Vista Way intersection in unclear circumstances I yield the right-of-way. W...
- Fri May 04, 2018 9:30 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: A Portrait
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4493
Re: A Portrait
Hi Anna,
This forum has been slow lately thanks to the NaPo challenge during the month of April. We will revive I'm certain.
This poem of yours is right up my alley--it has a celebratory flair. I like the cadence and your use of repetition is very effective.
I appreciate your contributions here.
This forum has been slow lately thanks to the NaPo challenge during the month of April. We will revive I'm certain.
This poem of yours is right up my alley--it has a celebratory flair. I like the cadence and your use of repetition is very effective.
I appreciate your contributions here.
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:30 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Circus: Act II
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7506
Re: Circus: Act II
Years ago I read the phrase "the richness of ambiguity" in an article that talked about the unique character of poetry--it should be open to interpretation by the reader ( I still want to correct feedback on my writing on this site when it doesn't match my intention).
- Fri Apr 27, 2018 5:40 pm
- Forum: The Commons
- Topic: poems in public domain
- Replies: 0
- Views: 14147
poems in public domain
http://www.public-domain-poetry.com/poetrylines.php
Here's a site that lists tons of poems by first lines and they are in the public domain. There are several ways to search.
Here's a site that lists tons of poems by first lines and they are in the public domain. There are several ways to search.
- Fri Apr 27, 2018 9:33 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Oboe - A childhood memory
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4372
Re: Oboe - A childhood memory
This is one of my favorites of your poems, Gyppo. So precise in detail without being tedious. I love the life that woman leads. (well maybe not in reality but in dreams of a simpler existence). And the N has made me love it just through a few well-written details.
- Fri Apr 27, 2018 9:14 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Circus: Act II
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7506
Re: Circus: Act II
Love the breakneck pace of this writing so suited to the theme. As I read it the N makes a case for a hard-knocks life being preparation for that acceptance of the two realities---the thesis/antithesis that constitutes holistic thinking. What a wonderful metaphor you have chosen to express a fact of...
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 7:48 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
- Topic: Hi
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10705
Re: Hi
Hello--
Shall we assume you are here because you love poetry? Welcome
Shall we assume you are here because you love poetry? Welcome
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:22 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Circus: Act II
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7506
Re: Circus: Act II
Oh my gosh this is fabulous! I will return many times to this one to comment
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:43 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Signings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8792
Re: Signings
to press, to save a wet leaf,
a moth wing, your heart
between pressed sheets
of wax paper.
I remember using a laundry iron to press leaves between two sheets of wax paper with limited success. What an image. As a matter of fact what images throughout this poem.
a moth wing, your heart
between pressed sheets
of wax paper.
I remember using a laundry iron to press leaves between two sheets of wax paper with limited success. What an image. As a matter of fact what images throughout this poem.