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One Cause Alone: envelope sonnet
One cause alone cannot sustain our reason. Quite surely in one lifetime are enough good reasons to press on; that is the stuff of all our myths and legends, in their season. Besides, one grows and passes out of childhood; … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, causes, envelope sonnet, justification, poetic forms, sonnet, stamina, sustainability
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America is Still: an erasure exercise
America, as Whitman wrote, is fading low; her heartbeat, a sour note. Her voice blows sadness, and one can hear her weep. Her voice resonates inside the bones, reminding of truth, your own. Her war machines bustle songs of might. … Continue reading
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Tagged America, democracy, envelope sonnet, erasure, interpretation, NaPoWriMo, poetic exercises, prophecy, Walt Whitman
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America is Still Singing: an envelope sonnet
America still sings, as Whitman wrote, but often-times the tune is fading low; and her heartbeat, not stopped, is often slow, causing a frequent skip, or sour note. Her voice is cracked from shouting in the wind of change that … Continue reading
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Tagged America, daily poems, envelope sonnet, sonnet, sonnet redoubled, Walt Whitman
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