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One of the Newly-Old
My dear friend Rosemary, who turned 98 today!One of the Newly-Old Four friends well into their nineties chuckle when I call myself old You haven’t quite…
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Three voices
Three Voices (after Alicia Ostriker) I’m scared, I’m afraid can anyone help? pleaded five-year-old me We are meant to fly Come, find your wings said the…
May 6
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The After
The After with thanks to Ellen Girardeau Kempler Of course there’s an after, cosmos still swirling and expanding in the wake of my body, gone—but I…
May 5
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Change
Today I begin my fifth year of writing a poem every day. It's a wonderful practice.
May 4
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During Hard Times
poetic form: ovillejo (https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/ovillejo-poetic-form)
May 3
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Look
Look We’re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
May 2
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Peace Prayer
Peace Prayer after Kevin Hart O come, this peace like a sun-bathing anole, heat-drowsed on the stony way because of relentless betrayal or come as a…
May 1
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April 2026
Calligram - CASE STUDY
A Calligram is a poem shaped like its content.
Apr 30
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Catch and...
Catch and… Her long, curious nose pointing at the floor my sighthound Reading her I peer, too A delicate gecko aware of the looming goes still With a…
Apr 29
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Hay(na)ku
a poetic form created in 2003 by Eileen R. Tabios
Apr 28
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Trash Bandit
Ellen Rowland's prompt was to use as many words from the 4-4-2026 NYT Connections puzzle as possible. Out of 16 words, I used 12.
Apr 27
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Not This Time
An ekphrastic poem based onAkira Kusaka's painting "Angling the Night"
Apr 26
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