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Villanelle For “The Black Dog” (version 2)
You’ll go through each motion, one by one, As dark night gives way to blacker day. You begin with “I’ll live,” as you’ve always done. Pull the cord, raise the blinds, turn away from the sun. Step into the shower. Coat the pain in wet spray. You must go through each motion, one…
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Villanelle For The Black Dog (First Draft)
You will go through each motion, one by one, As gentle night gives up to brutal day. And repeat, “I’ll live.” As you’ve always done. Pull the cord of the blinds, turn your back to the sun, Step into the shower, dissolve in the spray. You will go through each motion, one by…
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NaPoWriMo Day 5: Backpedaling
After saying I didn’t think I’d 8979o–excuse me; cat on keyboard–use many of the daily prompts, I’m going back to one from an earlier day: writing a spell or incantation. People always have said I’m a bit witchy–I think that was the word they used–so surely this is appropriate. Onto my spell. An…
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Zen and the Art of Writing Bad Poetry
After many months away from this blog, I’m coming back to torment my followers by making this my site for National Poetry Writing Month in April. I’m hoping to start doing some practice work here over the next few weeks. And, no, not all my poems for April will be related to Mindfulness, Buddhism, Qi…
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