Tag Archives: Iambic Pentameter

Dementia

Early this year, I ran across a call for submissions to a poetry anthology about grief. The call made a point of indicating that they were looking for grief born of various life experiences. I had been thinking about my … Continue reading

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“Underground” Poetry

(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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Poetry Fragments

(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

(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

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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