Read Write Poem prompt #98 – Whee! – got me thinking about spinning and whirling, and because I live in Turkey, that led to the dervishes, to Rumi, and to this ghazal. I’ve never tried to write one before, and I’m not sure I completely understand the form. This article – What Is a Ghazal [...]
Entries from October 29th, 2009
Chance Language Encounters
October 21st, 2009 19 Comments
This week’s poem comes from Nathan Moore’s Read Write Poem prompt #97. I used some words of his post for my text and came up with this. Chance Language Encounters Let’s create remarks & surprise transitions from words, little words. Shake the first line, link situations & cut the rough way. Relax. It’s just fun. [...]
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Field Notes: Storm
October 14th, 2009 15 Comments
Today’s poem comes from Read Write Poem prompt #96. Using some of the words in the prompt, I returned to my American Sentence Field Notes – I have written 30 of these by now – and rearranged them into this five line poem. The 17 syllable form requires strong verbs, so the Wordle prompts are [...]
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My Angel, My Devil
October 1st, 2009 15 Comments
My Angel and My Devil by Thomas Hawk Today’s poem comes from Read Write Poem Prompt #94 and a photo, My Angel and My Devil, by Thomas Hawk. The photo didn’t inspire me much, but when I saw this post by Robert Lee Brewer, Poetic Form: Sevenlings, the poem came together. My Angel, My Devil [...]
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