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night night
Read more: night nightI began writing this morning thinking more about sound than content, the first few lines originally reading, The lines were short and I played with the “ou” sound. I eventually dropped the second word, “though”, as it lost its function in the context of the poem. As much as I loved the look and sound…
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a tinman has hope too
Read more: a tinman has hope tooA poem about fire with, as Chat GPT told me, “intertextual resonance”.
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re: filtrate
Read more: re: filtrateSome thoughts on my recent poem, “filtrate” and on Mary Oliver’s “Poetry Handbook” and the craft of writing poetry.
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filtrate
Read more: filtrateA hard twenty poem–twenty minutes from the start, I’m posting this poem. It surely needs editing to stand up to my hopes for all of my poems. I’d love feedback if you feel inclined to offer any.
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at the spigot here
Read more: at the spigot hereSome poems fight me, but not this one. I’m sure there are things to change here, but all told, picture included, inside my twenty minute window for these Hard Twenty posts.
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throw back
Read more: throw backA Hard Twenty poem, although by the time I edited the picture and formatted the poem and re-edited the picture, well, that’s a bit more than twenty.
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re: poems about dementia
Read more: re: poems about dementiaThe author reflects on their emotional journey with their father’s neurological decline, ultimately diagnosed as Lewy Body Dementia, and their mother’s mixed dementia. Through poetry, they explore personal and shared experiences of memory loss, grief, and the transformation of relationships. The poems highlight the universal nature of suffering due to fading memories. (an AI generated…
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re: Pale fade arise moths dew
Read more: re: Pale fade arise moths dew(AI generated summary of this blog): The post discusses the author’s poem “Pale fade arise moths dew,” exploring its experimental style and sound over conventional meaning. The AI’s interpretations highlight themes of freedom and connection with nature. The author reflects on their writing process, the power of word sounds, and creatively employing language, concluding with…
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Chaos is on the counter
Read more: Chaos is on the counterToday’s Hard Twenty post is poetry instead of prose. I gave myself twenty minutes to write a poem, do whatever editing I could in that timeframe, and that’s it. So, here’s that effort.
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