Tag: Poetry Form
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The Waiter
Schaller’s Pump, the oldest bar in Chicago, clossed in 2017. https://tinyurl.com/8pk4nhpw
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The Road Fork
It’s Poetics Tuesday over at the dVerse Poets Pub. MsJadeLi of the Tao Talk blog is our host. Today our mission is to explore diverging connections between things in poetry. Of the three options, I’ve decided to take a crack at the Diamante poetry form. Friend Faithful, Honest Sharing, Trusting, Caring Ally, Confidante, Liar, Backstabber…
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Our Time | A Villanelle
It’s OLN (Open Link Night) over at the dVerse Poets Pub. I chose the villanelle below to share. I still believe you hung the moon Painted rainbows after a storm. Who knew our time would end so soon? The look in your eyes made me swoon Memories sting and rip like thorns I still believe…
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Elsewhere Tableau
It’s the Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip over at MLMM! This week we’ll be crafting a Tableau. Any topic. A tableau consists of one or more verses, each having six lines. Each line should have five beats. There is no set rhyme scheme, although rhyme may be present. The title should contain the word tableau. Veil…
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A Rubaiyat: Love Wins Again
The Rubaiyat poetry form for dVerse Poets Pub. He was the man they loved to hate For reasons one can’t clearly state. A lonely man without a friend, It seemed like much too cruel a fate. A wealthy man who dared not spend This one rule he would not bend One day he met…
aka, The Abject Muse 