Tag: craft
group name: penandpublish
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July 14, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
incidents of daily life are a dance
in time, a pirouette in learning,
a waltz of happiness, a procession
of confusion, or a jig of
sorrow and shame, the steps
of the dance . . . more
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June 11, 2008 04:41 PM EDT --
Here's a few I gleamed from Ted Kooser and several other noted poets, as I understand them:
DO'S & DON'TS OF CONTEMPORARY POETRY
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June 11, 2008 12:46 PM EDT --
Here are a few terms serious poets should use and understand:
abstract/concrete
alliteration
allusion
anaphora
anecdote
aphorism
assonance
blank verse
cadence
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June 11, 2008 12:47 AM EDT --
silence is an owl ready
to kill, its talons on a branch
alert for prey, flies away
more
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July 15, 2008 01:50 PM EDT --
young velvety bucks
prance around the verdant yard
eating new green shoots
more
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July 13, 2008 09:32 PM EDT --
lost old poems,
some from high school,
others from college days,
still more about love.
moving like all insults,
allows us to lose these things.
tears and woe, there's . . . more
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June 08, 2008 06:01 PM EDT --
Senryu 1
those girls talk too much
when they gather together
excluding all boys
Senryu 2
time has come to stop
complaining . . . more
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July 15, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
roses now in bloom
complete with rainbow colors
oh, what a delight
smell the splendid sweet odor
we enjoy nature's . . . more
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July 15, 2008 01:21 PM EDT --
birdbath
the birdbath guarded
in silence by woodpeckers
other birds denied
more
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June 11, 2008 01:48 AM EDT --
Coyotes, bobcats, owls inhabit our minds and acres.
Who would ever think that oak and pine trees hide
wildlife and fulfill our dreams? A house of a single
story . . . more
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July 13, 2008 10:25 AM EDT --
Daffodils white, yellow, gold, buds,
surround the long black driveway
shoots pushing up
green sprouting
bluejays announcing
woodpeckers busy
tiny oregon junkos . . . more
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July 13, 2008 10:35 AM EDT --
I once had an old book on Metaphysics
(written before quantum mechanics)
when read front to back it was impossible
to understand, yet if you read it from back
to front, everything . . . more
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June 06, 2008 04:01 PM EDT --
That pooch and her stuffed toy puppy,
she confronts, attacks, tries to destroy it.
I suppose confronts is a bit of over simplification,
she does chew it, bite it, throw it, and jump on . . . more
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July 15, 2008 02:35 PM EDT --
wild deer
come to visit
never knowing to fear
dogs, people or their predators
then run
more
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June 10, 2008 02:10 AM EDT --
Taken from: http://www.twodragonflies.com/about.html - THANKS!
What is Haiku?
Haiku – a form of Japanese poetry, the late 19th century revision by Masaoka . . . more
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July 15, 2008 02:04 PM EDT --
dog guarding owners
scares beautiful deer away
they scamper in fright
more
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July 14, 2008 09:54 PM EDT --
for Dr. . . . more
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July 15, 2008 03:10 AM EDT --
will wonders never cease!
they did it again, with a splash!
apple just released another winner!
the newest iphone is here,
in your local cell phone store!
. . . more
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June 06, 2008 12:34 PM EDT --
children in the wind
drop the leaflets
drop the stuff
blows away
soldiers in the wind
one mile from test
blast, fire, shouts
houses, trees exploded
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June 05, 2008 01:49 PM EDT --
Small birds eating seed
Left behind for them to find
Seem utterly unaware.
more
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