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Monthly Archives: December 2019
What Makes Me Call a Poem “Good”?
I came across a copy of this post in my notes today and think this one from February 2018 deserves a rerun… As a poet I am always pondering what makes a “good” poem. Of course, subjectivity plays a big … Continue reading
Posted in Herstory, Meaning, Poetry, Thought, Writing
Tagged Beith, birch tree, coprus collosum, creativity, heart, Kathleen Irving, mind, Ogham, poetry, Sitting on the Hag Seat, writing
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Another Kind of Echo
So many kinds of echoes in the world. It’s no wonder the story of Echo and Narcissus has lasted so long. We humans have more than one archetypal resonance with that word. I can almost hear it echoing through my … Continue reading
Posted in Archetypes, Consciousness, dVerse, Poetry, Psychology, The Fool, Writing
Tagged d'Verse Poets Pub, Doppleganger, echo, The Naked Man
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Reflecting on Echo
So the challenge for Tuesday, December 10, thrown down by Merril D. Smith is to write about echoes for our lesson on Poetics at the virtual pub for poets I like to frequent. As it happens, I’ve written a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Archetypes, Consciousness, dVerse, Love, Myth, Poetry, Psychology, Storytelling, Writing
Tagged d'Verse Poets Pub, Echo and Narcissus, echoes, Merril D. Smith
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Prosery
Flash Flood Thunder in the mountains. Stallion herds his mares to higher ground. Vision stretches to miles on this calm cold morning. Prairie dogs pop from holes, sentinel forms alert, ready to run, but there’s nothing new … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, dVerse, Nature, Poetry, Water
Tagged arroyo, cows, d'Verse Poets Pub, flash flood, Jim Harrison, Linda lee Lyberg, prairie dogs, wild horses
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Apostrophe
Responding to Gospel Isosceles in Meeting the Bar: Critique and Craft at the d’Verse pub for poets, I have very little to say, except this poem wouldn’t leave me alone. It insisted on being written. Nothing to do when the muse … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, dVerse, Poetry, Psychology, Writing
Tagged apostrophe, d'Verse Poets Pub, Fear, Gospel Isosceles, poetry, truth
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A Spirited Quadrille
On the first day of December, De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) brought to me (and all the other poets hanging around the bar at the dVerse Poets Pub) a quadrille in the spirit of the season. My forty-four words are meant … Continue reading
Posted in dVerse, Poetry, Ritual, Solstice, Writing
Tagged Chris Olander, d'Verse Poets Pub, Jackie Olander, poetry prompts, quadrille, ritual, spirit, Whimsy/Gizmo, winter solstice
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Invasion
Kim M. Russell at the d‘Verse Poets Pub, prompted us to write in the manner of Sylvia Plath about something invasive. dawn to dusk and all night through their little voices argue, cajole joke, beseech … Continue reading