Emily’s Not-So-Common Meter
Sometimes, I identify with Emily Dickinson—oh, not in her genius as a poet, but in her need for reclusiveness. True, …
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one, two, three…tenWord!
A while back for Meeting the Bar, Gay Cannon challenged us to create a new poetry form. The submissions …
The Dog Days of Summer–Open Link Night
Here in the Northern Hemisphere we enjoy, or, perhaps, endure the dog days of summer…those sultry days of July …
There’s SomeTHING I Want to Tell You–dVerse Meeting the Bar
A week or so ago I came upon an old spatula in the back of a kitchen drawer in a …
Just Say What You Don’t Mean: Irony
For me, an intriguing poetic devise is irony: saying one thing and meaning another. Think of how often we encounter …
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