Poems – Page 41 – Another Fearless Year

April 2, 2015

Betrayed, “Twas a Kiss

It’s Maundy Thursday, I decided today to join NaPoWriMo, and the lesson at dVerse today is to write a villanelle. At the convergence of these three things I wrote this poem: Betrayed, “Twas a Kiss Betrayed, ‘twas a kiss, the beginning of the end Then...

Childhood Dreams

The prompt at dVerse Poets Pub yesterday was to write a poem about our calling, or the calling of someone else. One of the suggestions was to write about what you wanted to be when you were a child. So I went to Facebook and...

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March 26, 2015

Impossible Madness

Why does it feel like I’ve lost you when you aren’t even dead? Why am I the only one who wants to make amends? Why does it have to be so hard after all these years? Maybe it’s the tears mine and yours, and theirs,...

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March 25, 2015

My Zealous Adonai

Adonai, my Lord of love How I long to see Thy face Alight on me, Holy Dove Bread of Life, strength for the race Thy Word, my faith, sustain me Resting, resting on Thy grace Creator, who made the tree Sun and moon, all life,...

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March 24, 2015

A Beautiful Sacrifice

Over at dVerse Poets Pub, Mary challenges to write about beauty. With Good Friday and Easter on the horizon, I decided to write about the most beautiful sacrifice in all of history. A Beautiful Sacrifice It is an ugly scene A naked man with bloody...

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March 21, 2015

No Dead Poetry Allowed

Today is World Poetry Day, so I thought I’d write a poem about poetry. I hope my poetry, in general, falls into the “living poetry” category. No Dead Poetry Allowed A poem leaps off the page into the reader’s heart or it is simply words...

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March 19, 2015

Words Lurk

Another dVerse challenge I couldn’t resist. Victoria has called us to action, to use verbs to improve our poetry. She suggested taking an older poem and rewriting it to replace any tired “to be” verbs with action verbs. I took an extremely old one of...

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March 17, 2015

Like Santa Ana Winds

The Poetic Winds of March are blowing over at dVerse Poets Pub today. Kathleen Everett has challenged to write about the wind or to use the wind as a character or presence. I decided to combine my two favorite winds in this poem. The first...

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March 7, 2015

The Beginnings of a Poem

This is the beginning of a poem I’m sharing for Meeting the Bar at dVerse Poets Pub, following the Oulipo option from Anna. Playing with language and poetry rules, I’m writing a poem with the following self-imposed rules: It’s a Terza Rima with 26 stanzas...

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March 5, 2015

My Son Shine – Reduction

Son Shine His smile a thousand rays of sunshine His laugh a hundred birds singing His dancing a silly smile and laugh His curiosity a hundred cats His temper a howling hurricane Sweet, silly, stubborn, bold is he The Meeting the Bar prompt at dVerse Poets...

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Another Fearless Year

Tag: Poems

Betrayed, “Twas a Kiss

Childhood Dreams

Impossible Madness

My Zealous Adonai

A Beautiful Sacrifice

No Dead Poetry Allowed

Words Lurk

Like Santa Ana Winds

The Beginnings of a Poem

My Son Shine – Reduction

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Betrayed, “Twas a Kiss

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