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March 29, 2012

This Moment – A Poem

Here it is Thankful Thursday, and although I have much that I am thankful for (including the fact that I am on vacation this week for spring break) I wasn’t sure what to write for this post. I didn’t really have any concrete ideas for...

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March 28, 2012

Limericks for Lent

Last Thursday I wrote my first limerick in response to the dVerse Poets Pub FormForAll, then later that day wrote two more. At least one of my readers expressed concern that I might get stuck in this genre of poetry – an idea I quickly dismissed....

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March 27, 2012

Service – A Triolet

This poem started as just the first three lines as I was preparing to head off to my small group meeting to discuss our Christian tool of “service.” Then I decided to turn it into a triolet. The meter isn’t perfect for a triolet, but it...

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March 23, 2012

More Limericks of Dogs and Kings

When I wrote my first limerick yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised by all the positive feedback. I even had a couple of people post limericks in response.  Then later that evening my little dog inspired another limerick; and then just before bed another came to mind. It’s funny...

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March 15, 2012

God Is Love – A Triolet

For some reason, I am compelled to write one more triolet to finish off my trio of triolets. (Truth be told, I have fallen in love with this form of poetry so you will probably see more in the future.) In writing this triolet, I took...

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March 13, 2012

Saved by Grace – A Triolet

After my excursion into writing a triolet for the dVerse Poets Pub FormForAll last Thursday, I decided that this is a form I really like. As I listened to the lesson on grace in church on Sunday, I decided that I wanted to write another triolet...

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March 10, 2012

Seventeen Years – A Haiku

Today is my son’s 17th birthday, so I decided to write a haiku for him because haiku’s have 17 syllables. Then after writing the first one, I decided to write a second about our birthday plans for the day. Seventeen Years For seventeen years you...

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March 8, 2012

Have Faith – A Triolet

At dVerse Poets Pub today, Samuel Peralta shared an awesome lesson on triolets for the Form for All post. It looked like a very interesting poetry form so I decided to give it a try. I actually coupled it with the idea of a “found poem”...

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