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April 19, 2015

A Conversation with My Fearful Self

This poem was inspired by the April 16 prompt from The Daily Poet by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano. The prompt was to write a conversational poem in which alternating stanzas were two speakers in a conversation. I decided to write a conversation with...

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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 3, 2015

Hate Never Wins

Cain killed his brother Abel with a rock because of hate But in the end Cain didn’t win Hate never wins Pontius Pilate killed Jesus had him crucified and buried But in the end Pilate didn’t win Hate never wins Caligula killed for pleasure was...

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March 2, 2015

My Schedule

I wrote this poem last Saturday during a poetry workshop at the Oregon Christian Writers’ 1-day winter conference. The assignment, if you will, was to write a poem similar to one titled “Holiday Concert” by Maryann Corbett. This is what I came up with. And...

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February 26, 2015

The Cost

We’re jousting over at dVerse Poets Pub today as the tournament continues. The challenge is to take one line from either Brian’s or Claudia’s poem, posted there, and write a new poem with that one line included. I cheated a little and took the last...

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February 18, 2015

Nemesis

The Faith and Culture Writers Conference word for the day on Facebook today was Nemesis. And I saw this poem. Nemesis Fear, my nemesis my arch-enemy my long-time rival Fear tries relentlessly to crush me prevent my survival Fear once held me tight in its grip and...

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