Tag: poems
member name: Susan Budig
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November 28, 2008 11:42 PM EST --
There's a lot of chatter about the merits of poetry over on this article by Time Heals. It prompts me to ask:
What's your favorite Gather poem? Or, if you can't think in . . .
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December 05, 2009 03:35 AM EST --
My clutched and folded map Stamped to fill every gap. Each space Marked soundly, all in place Each letter, none erased--success! This game, I did obsess Of that, I must profess. And now My wrinkled . . .
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December 01, 2009 01:11 AM EST --
Because December is a month of emotional excitement for many, the form that I present to you will be one that makes you sit and count on your fingers and say words out loud trying to find a simple, . . .
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December 07, 2009 03:11 PM EST --
The value of my tea, And chamomile is key to drink, Loses essence, I think If poured into the sink or gulped. Serenity is sculpt, But in haste rendered null and void When, like tea leaves, destroyed. . . .
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August 26, 2009 04:57 AM EDT --
Bet you've heard a person say, "I should write a book!" Do they mean it? If so, what's stopping them? What about you? Do you want to write a book? Or a magazine article? . . .
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October 16, 2007 11:01 AM EDT --
She Laughs Like a Rain Shower . . .
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July 30, 2009 11:56 AM EDT --
Stratus, nimbus, cumulus, clear air--this too is holy
looking down from 35,000 feet at plateau of thundercloud is holy
Valley carved by glaciers, which recede, leaving pockets of melted ice, . . .
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November 08, 2007 02:11 AM EST --
The title of this group just begs for us all to play "Copy the Master." It's a poetry exercise I used with a group of my wanna-be (some really are!) poets. We all . . .
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October 06, 2008 11:28 AM EDT --
On the scales of life, her burden was a few pounds short, yet ten times more piercing.
She had less than. I had more. Beyond the grasp of gravity, we each had one lifespan. . . .
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October 06, 2008 11:56 AM EDT --
This month our group will try out haibuns. October is often a month with one day too blustery for outdoor activities and the next day too stunning for anything but fun. Haibuns are single . . .
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May 06, 2009 01:16 PM EDT --
Lambing
It was drizzling when the ewe gave birth
That never fails to amaze me
Pungent breeze and guttural sounds unearth
The drizzling when the ewe gives birth
The wet, fresh, lamb, instills . . .
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July 08, 2009 01:28 PM EDT --
I don't know why I put off writing this monthly column. I'd already chosen the form last month! This is a form in which I haven't been successful yet, but plan to change that by month's end. . . .
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August 04, 2009 05:31 PM EDT --
It's time to laugh. Laugh because what else can you do? Cry? Let's all laugh until we cry and if you're crying, cry until you laugh.
Edward Lear wrote . . .
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September 12, 2009 03:31 AM EDT --
Because I'm late in presenting a new form for you, I have chosen a syllabic form that is concise and compact. Kushal Poddar introduced me to this form and I thank him.
Than-Bauk . . .
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November 01, 2009 03:41 AM EST --
After Brother Caleb
Donned Each Fedora--
Garish, He Is,
Jonah's Killed Lion
Mauled None.
Only Paul Quietly Rent--
Sadly, Too-
Ulsters, Vests, Worn . . .
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December 01, 2009 01:07 AM EST --
I dig deeper each day
Because I want to say: my dream
Slips past fingers, I’d scream
But for nothing extreme. Scratch that.
My purse of hope is flat.
I . . .
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July 09, 2009 06:14 AM EDT --
The words piled up on my paper like autumn leaves on a windy day. Fidelity, Matrimony, oath, break, broke HellCats! What did they all mean when linked? Anagrammed and dancing on the page
My sentence . . .
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August 05, 2009 03:06 AM EDT --
I heard a report on the radio the other day about children learning to read at the age of two years. I wasn't impressed with the aspect of earliness for two reasons. One, I think early . . .
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November 01, 2009 03:26 AM EST --
My world is awash with writing this month as I tackle NaNoWriMo . Hence I offer the abecedarian poetic form for both its simplicity as well as brevity. Since I read all of the featured . . .
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December 08, 2009 02:04 AM EST --
Tip the glass and pour it down You join a thousand others Liquid salt rings lips in crown Holding hands with your brothers
You join a thousand others . . .
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