This is my entry for LJ Idol - Survivor, with the topic "Keel-hauling."

Keel-Hauling

Tethered by my umbilical
I scrambled topside,
mouth opening to suck in
amniotic deluge, viscid
meconium, as forceps
pulled my bulbous head.
I burst to the surface,
too weak to cry. A bulb syringe
drained my brackish lungs,
and I gasped, mewling
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In the free moments I've been given, since all of our summer plans for trips and camps and such were canceled, I finally returned to a project that went on indefinite hiatus five years ago when my mother died. My second volume of poetry, "Owning the Ghosts," is finally available!


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This is my entry for Week 23 of LJ Idol (therealljidol). We chose partners this week, and mine was kittenboo. You can find her entry here: https://kittenboo.livejournal.com/408867.html.

"If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn"My final grad school year, I made ( Read more... )

This is my final poem for National Poetry Month. Not only did I write 30 poems this month, but I actually wrote 60! That's because I was writing the sample poem for the children's prompt every day at Wild Violet. This poem is a persona poem, in accordance with the final Wild Violet prompt: NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 30.


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My second poem for today is an epistolary poem, based on the prompt from Wild Violet: NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 29.


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Today's poem is based on the past, present, future prompt from Wild Violet: NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 28.


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Today's poem is in response to the prompt "Hope" from Wild Violet: NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 27. Even though we didn't get to see the Blue Angels, we did hear them, and standing outside in the sun, talking quietly to neighbors, in anticipation, was still a special moment.


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My second poem for the day is about weather, from the prompt at Wild Violet: NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 26


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Today, I tried my hand at a concrete poem, in accordance with the prompt at Wild Violet, to either write about shapes or write a poem in a shape: NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 25. Hopefully, I can replicate it here on LiveJournal. If you're reading it on your phone, it's probably best to turn it sideways.


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I'm writing two poems today to get caught up on the National Poetry Writing Month 30-day challenge. The first is about a place, based on the Wild Violet prompt to write a travel poem or a poem about a place: NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 23.


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