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Tag Archives: Writing
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Some time ago, I took to posting verseeach day. The rhyme and meter rang in me.I didn’t need more sonnets to rehearse,so I indulged in a varietyof forms. I gained familiaritywith 6- to 10-line stanzas, song and round,and typed the … Continue reading
Small Things
You know I like word origin, and wit.I tend to read 200 years ago,when writers strove to use appropriateand careful language, often mixing flowof syllable with concept, and a bitof multi-sense or syntax, chosen soa reader could enjoy the space … Continue reading
Lost in Guest Space
I lost this piece of paper and my pen.I searched for them three times before sunrise:the room I used, with phone light, and againby lamplight, straining lower back and eyesto view beneath the bed and shelves, and thenI looked upstairs … Continue reading
Describing My Unease
Describing my unease by telephone,despite the cellular efficiencies,reduces plaintive murmurs to a drone,describing my unease. It’s not enough to bring me to my knees.I wouldn’t sob or cry or even moan,but talking doesn’t yield true empathies. No matter what size … Continue reading
Scrappiness
Among the things I try to have aroundme every day, are writing pads and ink(and toilet paper, avocado, grounddark coffee and home seltzer for my drink).Although I’ve reams to write on, I have foundI scribble on used paper. What to … Continue reading
Stanzas
The poetry won’t always be profoundor inspirational, if daily writ.Epiphanies and insights don’t abound,but there’s no dearth of things appropriateto notice, whether weather or the soundof body politic or intimate.For even when I don’t have much to say,I pen a … Continue reading
Packing Time
The smoke from border fires starts to clear,and soon home skies will let some blue appear.My sinuses react to pollens here,and patience with the kinfolk veers to queer.I have no observations to en-poem.It’s timely to get ready to go home.
Before and During
Eight days before today, I wrote these words,expecting when it publishes I’ll beat table watching feeders ringed with birds,and interacting with a familyI fly to now with loving frequency –four days, five hundred miles in the air.I write expecting equanimity … Continue reading
Reception
I like each poem I post, but some speak morefor me, and satisfy an itch I mayhave not yet recognized. They might explorea path unseen till now, or find a wayto pair the words that thrills me in my core.I … Continue reading
Books and the Bookstore
I walked into a bookstore and securedthe lowest-paying job I loved the best.I got to spend my days with dust, immuredamid used books, near maps, at the behestof inattentive managers. I soldthe stuff I craved; I dealt in print with … Continue reading