I’m feeling rather poetic today. Why? Maybe it’s the view outside my kitchen window: Thin lavender clouds, strewn like tattered throw rugs along a pale horizon. (Is “throw rug” ever a poetic phrase?) Or it might be the song that’s stuck in my head: Trousers loosed, Abandoned to battle gravity – beltless. Imprudent-seeming, you Speed their [...]

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A sunbeam, more powerful Than the clouds That try to contain it, Paints a line of light Across the living room floor. And upward in the beam Tiny particles spin through still indoor air Like principal dancers In a microscopic ballet. I blink. Black letters fade Into white background. Pupils contracting, I peer At a [...]

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FRIDAY, FRIDAY, FRIDAY! It’s… If you read me regularly, you’ve probably come to expect the usual inane and ridiculous observations about my journey as a mom, country dweller, embarrassing world traveler, and word nerd. If that’s all you want to see, you might want to skip tomorrow’s post. Cuz I’m gettin’ all LITERARY on y’all. [...]

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Now I don’t claim to be a poet. But I’ve decided to take up the challenge made by Robin at Pensieve in her monthly… This month I’m learning a new poetic form: the CINQUAIN. It has bunches of definitions, but I chose the one used by most schoolchildren here in the States: 1 Noun 2 [...]

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Today feels like a haiku day. Of course, I’m not sure what a haiku day is. It’s just that it’s rainy and I’m grumpy and for some reason short, sarcastic stuff is really easy to write… Do you think I might turn into Rosie O’Donnell? I hope not. BTW, Haiku is a poem of 17 [...]

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