Tag: poems
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Never More – A Whirlback on a Monday
Decided to take the whirl since I’ve been skimping on writing poetry! This once is my take on an interlocking or interconnecting ruba’i. Basically it’s an AABA BBCB CCAC. No graphic today because I’m procrastinating and am about to go write a paper on systems thinking. Enjoy.😀 Never MoreA mute shadow now casted foreThe moon […]
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I am looking for love: Wordle 569
“I am looking for love”The pieces of love lay broken unmetTenacious though my heart may seem to beAnd agile still my mind’s abilityTo end each empty moment with a ‘yet’My teeth rarely apart hope still present As tears like full fat bees climb through the crack Of my resolve oozing I brush them backNo one […]
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Avian, #275
I chose to use loop poetry (Shout out to dVerse for always having descriptions and examples) for this one since the word and syllable count were open. A bit more abstract than my usual. But! I like it. Enjoy. Avian When she flies clouds partPart of it the forceForce not all the reasonReason is they […]
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Love & Marriage: Sunday Whirl Wordle #568
Cuz it’s another writing challenge and who am I to eschew opportunity to grow? This is a dodoitsu, a Japanese form that follows the pattern of 4 lines with 7 syllables in the first three lines then 5 in the last line. The poem’s theme is usually either work or love. Idk why this challenge […]
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Here’s to new challenges: Sunday Whirls
I love challenges. This one is a new one I found reading someone else’s work. Excited even though I know myself all too well! The first one will be a bust in the obedience department; the second one will hit the mark but maybe not the movement of the first. I can say to you […]
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Wander
“Wandering” Instead of making it okay for youI’m trying to make it all right for me.Your comfort had become my kryptonite.Now I have broken free, put the cape down, And have wandered off into the world To be myself.
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Satisfied
Ummm. This is my “why.” If anyone ever wondered why I write, it is because my writing comes from a place that other people cannot control. SatisfiedThey cracked my teethMade it ugly for me to speakThought it would make meKeep my mouth closed Didn’t work thoughSo they pierced my earHoping that I couldn’t hearThat sounds […]
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Sour Stomach
Sour StomachWhat was saidswallowed upWhat was meantand i have eatenthe sorrow ofyour wordsnow i am full upwith bad feeling
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Sibilance: It’s the ssssss for me!
This one is a part of the challenge put forth by Sammi Cox . Here are the parameters: This one was easy, lol. I love alliteration and assonance and employ them liberally in the longforms that I write. When I first saw this challenge i immediately thought of a poem I wrote before, which I […]
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