Poems
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Poetry: a laughing matter?
This week’s Poetry Thursday topic is humor in poetry. I went through most of my poems, and gosh — I’m not very funny. Amusing, sometimes, maybe — but only dry. Even the small poems I thought, at writing, were funny — aren’t really: sitting alone at a table for two drinking lemon tea This… Continue reading
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Bell
[I’m on vacation. This was originally posted Wednesday, 25 August 2004] MP3 File once I imagined the bell all the rest came easily the young man in the burgundy coat lilies tolling their scent in the garden pale moon over narrow streets, it all dreamt itself into tall dark trees shivering with sparrows and wind… Continue reading
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The Braid
Why do you resist me?the man asks. The woman braids her hair. He touches her shoulder,the small of her back. It’s good for you to trust me, he says.The woman frowns at her reflection. Slowly she unweavesthe braid, lifts her hair, begins again. This poem was posted… Continue reading
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Poetry Thursday|NaPoWriMo Chapbook
It has been a good mail week for me. I’ve been keeping this one for today — the NaPoWriMo Chapbook, courtesy of Maureen: Not only did she organize the NaPoWriMo poem-a-day marathon in April, but she then invited each of us to choose a poem for the chapbook, got the book made for us, and… Continue reading
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Poetry Thursday
Quick Muse, via dumbfoundry: Two poets write a poem in 15 minutes. You can see the letters as they type them in, and if they decide to delete them or change something, you see that too. You can read the ‘finished’ poem or watch it appear over 15 minutes bit by bit. This week’s… Continue reading
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