A Poem We Will Go
The Old English epic poem Beowulf is written in alliterative verse and paragraphs, not in lines or stanzas. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Poetic Asides’ annual April Poem-a-day Challenge has begun....
View ArticleRejection: A Poet’s Best Friend?
Poets are like country singers; telling stories about troubled times, love, and personal angst. Along with all that is rejection. And that’s what was called for on Poetic Asides this morning. Rejection...
View ArticlePAD Day 24—Two For Tuesday
Skírnismál, one of the poems in the Poetic Edda. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Everyone knows love and its opposite. There are love poems galore because each person experiences it differently. On the flip...
View ArticleCity across the Bay
This particular story came from the same prompt as my partner used here on Two Voices. We saw the same image. She went back in time, while I took a more lateral path. I serve up an alternative for...
View ArticlePoetic Bloomings: A First Time for Love
When Poetic Bloomings asked for its blast from the past–in Part #7–I was torn. Did the prompt of “Write about falling in love for the first time” really count for me? Did it mean a case of first...
View ArticleNovember PAD 2012 – Day 17
Over at PAD today, the prompt was to come up with a how to poem. What would you write a how to on? Something you excel in? Something you wish someone else did for you? Or a public service announcement...
View ArticleI Would Do Anything For Love Or So The Song Goes
Lunchtime BirdsPhoto Credit: Meena Rose This whole week, I have found myself consumed by one woman’s Labor of Love. Jodi Barnes was inspired to invite a number of poets on Facebook. She gave them a...
View ArticleWhen a Story Strikes
Story lines are ever plentiful around my desk. There are times when I can read the Police Blotter in the local paper and find at least ten of the little buggers waiting to be taken out for a spin....
View ArticleEkphrastic and the Image
Photo credit: Marjory M. Thompson Poetic Bloomings has gone Ekphrastic again today. I love doing these poems, as can be seen by my Calliope posts each Saturday. To create a poem based on an image,...
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