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Daily Archives: April 16, 2004
Herding Cats: a gloss as a quintilla
The poets speak of love, and some in tangled words seem lost and mired; for each one that is awestruck dumb or struggles when the words won’t come, a dozen more seem uninspired, and speak of passion secondhand as if … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, affectation, daily poems, gloss, love, misrepresentation, poetic forms, poetry, quintilla, William Shakespeare
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The Squirrels: free verse
The squirrels have gone on strike; I can hear them chattering, each one voicing their dislike. The gist is not flattering. Yesterday we had the trees removed planted too close to the house, against the back fence, that blocked the … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, free verse, gardening, nature, poetic forms, squirrels
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