Note: August 1st through 7th is International Clown Week. I'm days late but still wish to tell you about these clowns. Enjoy
Ode to my beloved city and all cities everywhere in the world. And note the new Korean poetry form, called a sijo, that I applied (as per the prompt of today). I enjoyed working on this. Hope you enjoy reading it as well. Let me know in the comments, please. xoxo
A Repost from April 2021. I present to you a Badger Hexastich syllabic poem that first appeared on Day 2 of NaPoWriMo. With this poem I attempt to shed insight on how I see Robert Frost's poem, The Road Not Taken.
Started out trying to write a Shakespearean sonnet, but ended up with a string of Clerihews that sounded like Sonnets. Oh my! Read to see what happened next. Hint: good life lesson.
Elegant sylph up highGrand receptacle;Espouser of light, ardor, and purity Salacious savvy starGolden deity Source of serene delightGracing earth tonightWith your internal glow you complement usSweet direct convergence September full…
A metered abecedarian poem for you today, my friends.-- my contribution to Day 6 of National Poetry Writing Month. I hope you find it to your liking.
Have you ever noticed how everything around you looks ugly when you're feeling ugly and unworthy inside? Why is that? Here's a short true story that inspired a poem on one such day. Spoiler: all it took was for him to take care of 'something' that looked as ugly as he felt. Enjoy!
What are you, right now? Right now, you are a seeing being. The love that you brought when you came into this world is as pristine as it ever was. Why have you forgotten? Why do you insist on blanketing it under pretenses and stale bravadoes? Let the circus clown in this story remind you...