GloPoWriMo #22 On the Beam Ends
Wild nights,wild rudderless nightsat a loose end.Were I capsized on thee,wild nights would be a sultry luxury.Futile are the winds,to…
Keep readingGloPoWriMo #3 Little Matchbreaker
One night, I said his name upon the strand, But went the waves and muddied it nearby: Again, I erased…
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Do You Think?
Do you think you can tellthe knife from the gun,thick forest from seas,the ticks from the fleas,or are the details…
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NaPoWriMo #6 Risk Factors
Today’s task on NaPoWriMo.net is a spin on an acrostic poem. Use a quote and create a line for each…
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NaPoWriMo#3 The Scribbler’s Moon
Today’s NaPoWriMo.net prompt asks writers to play with a new poetic form, a Glosa, which is a Spanish poem that…
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The Merry Wanderer
Sweep away the cobwebsmerry wanderer of the night.Sprinkle love’s magic juiceonto the budding eyelidsof youth. Oath for oath,I’ll follow you,around…
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The Fast Act
The afternoon contains a hintof that melancholy musty scent, sotake me to a circus tentwhere I can easily pay my…
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The Faults of Man
Nae man can tether time or tide.Robert Burns “Tom O’Shanter” Nae man can tether time or tide,that noose around ‘is…
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The Subway in the Small Hours
I wake to warp speed; green steel supports me.Stand clear of the closing doors, please; sounds like an orderly’s plea.A…
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I Who All Through Lockdown
I WHO all through the lockdownHoarded Clorox and Deluxe Crown,And traveled incognito the S&M porn underground;Now I moan without a…
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Gapstow Bridge-A Fairwell to 2021
I did something I always dreamed about doing this year: I wrote a novel. I finished my first draft of…
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A Lover’s Quarrel with the World
The hurt is not enough.It goes onthe way the duskacquainted with the nightis bullied into silence,black and blue,blows followed byI-love-you’s,and…
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First Fizz
Swifter than eagles! Stronger than lions! What we just went through, a dance about to begin. A thing of beauty…
Keep readingName that Vase~February 2021
The Alchemist’s Studio invites its viewers to a monthly competition called Name that Vase. The moment I saw this month’s…
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Yard Sale of Thoughts 