Category Archives: New Free Verse

Poetry 2012

how not to write a poem

there are elements in this process I might have neglected along the way like use of meter, alliteration, or assonance string- ing syllables taut, so it doesn’t sound like a Blue Mountain Greeting Card; because free verse is often confused with … Continue reading

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Nancy’s Facebook

She wakes, shaking off 2 full nightmares, complete with story lines & nothing for comfort but the heady promise of coffee still brewing she paints her morning with cryptic comments in her Facebook status that her friends will “Like” or read … Continue reading

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05/06/2012

may is the month for remembering my sister’s birth my mother’s death separated by years, only 4 days apart on the calendar the flowers I place carefully over their graves spice the air like cinnamon coloring the palate remembered love … Continue reading

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planting

magic happens here, how buried seeds become life new leaves greeting sun  

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perigee 1992: 2012 revision

perigee 1992: 2012 revision.

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Hour (Saturday 5/5 Haiku Heights)

share this hour with me, gray and drowsing before sundreams sweet on your tongue

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Moon musings

who says we have said everything that can wax and wane poetic about this disc locked by gravity but still pulling the tides of the seas & our blood?

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