Tag: dVerse
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#Publication Alert 1/30/18 #haibun #haiku #poetry
Happy that my latest haibun The Danger of Poetry appears in the Product Poet’s latest Paper!
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The danger of poetry: a #quadrille #haibun…#haiku #poetry
Photo by David Klein on Unsplash You were wise to banish poets from your Republic, Plato. We are dangerous. Watch us puncture your pious certainties with our clever turns of phrase. Ring your hands as we wordsmith creation. Shudder as we shatter your worshipped lies. poetry — our all-consuming wild truth
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#Throwdown Thursday (1/25/18): my lastest #haibun on .@ImageCurve… #haiku #poetry
Such Monotony Another day. Students to nudge to work or be silent, while others teach. While I remain voiceless… Another day. IEPs to write. The implications of the difference to face. Between where I am, and where the report indicates I ought to be… Another day. Already a…
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A History (and Legacy) of Handwriting: a #haibun about script…#haiku #poetry
Second grade. I follow the exercises in the book. Up and down, up and down, up and down. Then the next set: round and round and round again, left to right on the lines across the page. All to accomplish handwriting the alphabet in script. first penmanship … watching outside our window a…
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Miles from Innisfree: A #haibun response to Yeats…#haiku #poetry #dversepoets #writephoto
Jilly serves up the poetry as a guest pub tender at dVerse. She challenges us to write a response poem, a poem that directly replies to another poem. When I saw Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt–distant, I thought of Yeats’ The Lake Isle of Innisfree. I knew he and I needed to talk! The Lake…
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Light Bearing: a #Tanka Tuesday (1/16/18) #tankaprose #haibun …#poetry #haiku #dversepoets
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that” I never knew my about mother’s prejudice until I was almost thirteen. She deliberately chose to withold any comment, or display any attitude, that would influence me to adopt her biases. Others’ parents did not make such enlightened decisions. dark night “better…
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Bounce Back: A Riding the Dragon #Quadrille #haibun reprise…#poetry #haiku
The Dragon bucks. He spills me onto the earth. I can lie there, staring at the sky with the breath knocked out of me. Or I can bounce back up. And get back in the saddle. winter sun the only way out is through for dVerse–Quadrille #48. DeJackson hosts, and the word…
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#Throwdown Thursday (1/11/18): my latest on .@ImageCurve.. #haibun #poetry
Gastronomic Insomnia Full, from dinner. Spicy beef and rice with black beans repeat. The last traces of tequila complete their work. I keep drinking water. No matter how bloated I feel. Or how sleepy. windchime rises, falls crickets chirp first published on Image Curve, January 11, 2018 Photo by Natasha Bhogal on Unsplash for…
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