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March 07, 2009 07:51 PM EST
(featured date: March 08, 2009)
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Four thirds pie
That’s one and a bit;
Will you cut it into five?
And don’t fight
If they’re not all alike.
Four thirds pie are
Stop . . .
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March 03, 2009 06:11 PM EST
(featured date: March 08, 2009)
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The noise of the world
Almost deafens my ears
The hateful outcries
The wailing, the tears
The dashing of hope
As it falls to the ground
They say there is change
But then I look around . . .
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March 06, 2009 10:36 PM EST
(featured date: March 08, 2009)
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His is a world of noise
the cacophony
the downtown scene
walking from the train to
the overgrown obelisk with
windows running up all eighteen floors
blaring taxis, screeching brakes
buses . . .
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March 04, 2009 06:36 PM EST
(featured date: March 08, 2009)
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Image Gettysburg by Maryann Corrigan 2007
Shrouded in the Red, White and Blue
In honor of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps
By: Maryann Corrigan
At first glance into Lt.
Colonel Michael . . .
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February 25, 2009 03:02 PM EST
(featured date: March 01, 2009)
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This penny wedged between the window sill and pane
Has been painted over twice.
I can tell because the paint's chipped and I see
Two layers: pink then minty green.
No one has . . .
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February 27, 2009 11:04 AM EST
(featured date: March 01, 2009)
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Lost in thought
he put up the groceries
Mint extract next to the vanilla in the spice rack
Chips in the pantry, eggs in the fridge
He'd been elsewhere mentally while shopping too
Not having . . .
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February 28, 2009 01:16 AM EST
(featured date: March 01, 2009)
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Celebrating Japan ~Full Moon Rising
Sparkling water, cascades from the fountain
White ginger blossoms gesture in night air
Copper pennies reflect on the bottom
. . .
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February 18, 2009 04:49 PM EST
(featured date: February 22, 2009)
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Tuesday’s child is full of grace
She wears the lace white skirt
In church she fiddles fidgets
Whistles words where children
Should be seen not heard
And chocolate on her face . . .
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February 17, 2009 04:23 AM EST
(featured date: February 22, 2009)
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Tuesday.
World War Four.
Day two.
No panic in the martini bar,
just jazz and booze
stainless steel, mirrors, and black velvet.
Murder to death all the sadness, . . .
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February 15, 2009 07:42 PM EST
(featured date: February 22, 2009)
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Alas, poor Tuesday,
still awaiting payment for
Wimpy's burger. Nestled
'tween the chaos of Monday's
end of weekend shock and
the 'hump' of Wednesday's peak. . . .
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February 10, 2009 03:09 PM EST
(featured date: February 15, 2009)
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I am not a dream
but fantasy of broken boundaries
nurture my transgression
rather than reviled.
Life breathes
when I suck in air
a tethered prey still waits
to be killed bare.
Drenched . . .
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February 13, 2009 01:28 PM EST
(featured date: February 15, 2009)
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It wasn't the sweater
though thick and wooly
nor even the fire
with its base of glowing embers
and blazing flames that licked
thier way around the wood
. . .
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February 07, 2009 01:19 PM EST
(featured date: February 08, 2009)
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This poem about Discord and Harmony comes to you (after a long absence) with a "history lesson" to ground the metaphors used here in. If you're interested in more, follow the link . . .
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February 06, 2009 09:22 PM EST
(featured date: February 08, 2009)
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The notes of discord hard betray
The wounds that will not go away
The bitter sound, the frozen ground
The stone that has no words to say.
But sweet, remember sunlight still
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January 31, 2009 11:50 AM EST
(featured date: February 08, 2009)
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Our lives don't offer straight and level trails
though we would love a steady, even plane.
While wishing order, chaos oft prevails.
And who on earth can keep from knowing pain?
We humans, . . .
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January 27, 2009 10:06 PM EST
(featured date: February 08, 2009)
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Discord and Harmony!!! Poetry please….
To steal breathtaking earth piece
While meeting the soul croon peace,
Guard the cause discarded accord serene
With a pause natural ado appease!
Of flora . . .
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January 23, 2009 09:06 PM EST
(featured date: January 25, 2009)
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The ultimate consciousness
undeniable and obvious
imparting vitalizing forces
smudging the heart
a belief, unrestricted
an illusion, unannounced
. . .
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January 12, 2009 04:29 AM EST
(featured date: January 18, 2009)
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FLIP
Blips
of computer logic
just what the screen says
before it goes
blank
Transit sense
point skipped
slid clone style
"Unique"
as they say . . .
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January 16, 2009 01:10 PM EST
(featured date: January 18, 2009)
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On the flip side
The light side
The night side
The dark side
The hard side
The easy side
Between the sides
Is my side.
The flip side
Is this side
Is that . . .
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January 05, 2009 09:37 PM EST
(featured date: January 11, 2009)
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Poetry Please Single Word Challenge - Week 62
Once More Unto the Breach!
It's happened once again, despite all hope.
Time did not stop, nor slow, though I dug in
My heels with all my . . .
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I will give you a Single Word prompt and you will write a poem in any form based on that single word, whether it is a noun, adjective, or verb - represents a thing, a thought, an action or something more abstract All entries are due by Saturday . . .
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I will give you a Single Word prompt and you will write a poem in any form based on that single word, whether it is a noun, adjective, or verb - represents a thing, a thought, an action or something more abstract All entries are due by Saturday Evening at 9E/8CT. Winners will be announced by the following Monday. Please tag your entries Poetry Please Single Word Challenge, or just Single Word Challenge in either the title or tags. (We may want to add more challenges later on) Anything other than freeverse is to be labeled. Lines are limited to 36. The word itself does not have to be used so long as the idea is clearly represented. I f you write in a structured form, you must follow the rules of that structure. Providing a link to the accepted rules/conventions would be appreciated. A first, second and third place place poem will be chosen with overall points being taken off for 1) lack of adherence to the prompt 2) lack of adherence to poetry form chosen and 3) going over line limits. The top three will be featured for the week.
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