Category Archives: Poetry

Villanelle

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Sarah

This poem was written when I was in graduate school. I had been having a pen-pal correspondence and we’d been discussing poetry, formal and free-form. He contended that formal poetry could not be spontaneous, and that free-form poetry was more … Continue reading →

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Day Break

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Sarah

This poem was inspired by a specific morning. I’d spent the night with my best friend: we’d built a tent from blankets in her back yard, and slept out there in the summer night, watching the bats circling above the … Continue reading →

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Winter Night

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Sarah

This poem was inspired by late winter nights in Michigan when I was growing up. Particularly returning home after midnight New Year’s Eve services. Empty streets, new-fallen snow, ice frozen on branches….

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“Underground” Poetry

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I’m goofing around with that title. “Underground” because this fragment used to be “buried” in some boxes with ancient papers, and it was also going to be about Hades’ abduction of Persephone, taking her to his … Continue reading →

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Finding Formerly Lost Poems, Yay!

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) So, now that I am launching into a new era of my life (having at last left Jeopardy! and its fine folks behind me), I have to do some major reorganizing in the apartment. Over the … Continue reading →

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Poetry Fragments

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) So, I was going through some more papers in preparation of either putting them in an accessible file, or boxing them up to go to the storage unit. This particular collection turned out to date from … Continue reading →

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Poetry From a Dream

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) Several years ago, I had a dream that had very vivid imagery … of the end of the world. I suppose it should have been a nightmare, but there was a curious detachment in my brain’s … Continue reading →

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Narrative Poetry – The Marble Don

Posted on July 14, 2007 by Sarah

I’d been meaning to post the opening of the long (over 400 lines) narrative poem that I’m planning to eventually publish, with illustrations. So I finally got my act together this morning.  (The actual title of the poem is “The … Continue reading →

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