National Poetry Month
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Harvest
In preparation for the lean season, I gather my memories. Some ripe and sweet as childhood, others in neglected, unwatered corners, withered and stone-hard. Some offer themselves freely, some hide in thistles and thorns. This basket grows heavy. Winter is coming. But not today. Continue reading
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April: National Poetry Month 2014
I am going to attempt a poem-a-day this year, despite my previous failures. I will be participating in the PAD Challenge at Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides Blog | WritersDigest.com. I may not write a new poem/draft every day, but I hope to at least post a poem every day here at Watermark.… Continue reading
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Kitten
kitten in the morning kitten in the evening kitten | all day long little kitten claws little kitten teeth pitter-patter feet kitten | all day long kitten in the morning kitten in the evening kitten | all day long sharp kitten claws sharp kitten teeth pound-pound feet kitten | all night long ______________ What can… Continue reading
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2009-04-06 this moment free-write [slightly edited]
maybe something will come if i just start typingof course, immediately i want a smoke and feel the tiredness of body & mind if i don't have more than ten notes in an afternooni feel all smudgy and inadequate now i remember an email to be answered a phone call to return, anything but the… Continue reading
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Take out your pen and paper . . .
Crazed blogging poets across this country will be writing — and posting — a poem a day for all of this month. Dave will be posting a card a day; that one up there is his first. Some more sites devoting this month to poems: poemAddiction ReadWritePoem Reen, of course, our NaPoWriMo ForeMother Bloof Books… Continue reading
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