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New Directive: glosa, glose, gloss
Back out of all this now too much for us, Back in a time made simple by the loss Of detail, burned, dissolved, and broken off Like graveyard marble sculpture in the weather – Robert Frost Back out? How far? … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, destiny, Directive, dream, glosa, glose, gloss, illusion, nostalgia, poetic forms, Robert Frost
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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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