When you see this, post a poem in your own journal.
This is from the collection, "Crown of Weeds"

Cul-de-sac~Amy Gerstler ( Read more... )

Morning!

[Considering the inevitable time iterations, it's no longer morning for half of you and is no longer Sunday for a handful more. But we can *pretend* it's still Sunday morning. Yay for the arbitrary nature of time!]

kimberly_tries had posted this poem earlier today. I'm re-posting it over here, because...well, it struck a chord with me, and I wanted to ( Read more... )

There are a couple of crows that keep swooping past the nearest window. It's something that registers at the corner of my vision - swift jagged black forms set against a grey landscape, gone before I can direct my full attention toward the movement. I don't know what the Cousins are up to, but they've kept a smile on my lips all morning.

~~~

Since I ( Read more... )

Happy last day of April everyone!

And thus we reach the end of full-out poetic spamming. :) Thank you for commenting/ sharing your thoughts/linking me to poems throughout this month. I've enjoyed the process and am grateful for your indulgences. I intend to do a daily special round-up, for navigational ease [most likely on Friday] - but today I want ( Read more... )

This was not the poem I intended to post today. But, I started with goosebumps and finished re-reading in almost tears, so...

Instructions
~Neil Gaiman

Touch the wooden gate in the wall you never

saw before.

Say "please" before you open the latch,

go through,

walk down the path.

A red metal imp hangs from the green-painted

front door,

as a knocker,

do not ( Read more... )

I have yet to hear a poet who is as gifted a storyteller as Maj Ragain. I am admittedly quite biased - this is the man who I consider my first true poetry mentor. This piece is from his book, Fresh Oil, Loose Gravel.

A Man I Knew
~ Maj Ragain

A man I knew 
spent years one winter 
making a fence of his own ribs. 
Took his weather as he willed 
in that ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday
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Ha HA! This is quite possibly the geekiest meme quiz thingy I've ever posted. I love it. :D
[Gakked from kerry_louise]
Ottava rima? Me? That can't be right!
   Too frivolous? But tut, there's no such thing!
Let others ponder thoughts of wrong and right,
   Or sit and think how much they love the spring;
I'd rather spend my time in gleeful spite,
   Or maybe ( Read more... )

I'm been fishing for inspiration [or at least the final bits for partially finished work], but the watery muse types ain't biting. So... let me offer other people's poems about poetry instead. :) This seemed like a good way to start my Poetry Month Love off right...

First up, here's Billy Collins Introduction to Poetry

And then a piece from Pablo ( Read more... )

By the time this actually gets posted, St. Patrick's Day will have slid on past. I'd a big ol' post planned for the occasion...but it got eaten by the computer. *shakes fist* [Though, considering last night's bit of wordiness, it's prolly a mercy. :)] Still, I couldn't let the day pass without posting some poetry. And today we have the bonus of   ( Read more... )