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Saturday, October 10th, 2009Yesterday, as part of the #haikuchallenge on Twitter, I wrote this piece: Red sun falls behind as I flee the black castle. Church in the distance. But I’m not entirely satisfied with that last line. The first two have such stark visual impact, and then the last just flatly states “church.” Originally I had been more »
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009While Twitter is often lampooned as empty chatter, I’m finding it an increasingly rich source of news and information. (Just look at what it has done in terms of revealing the aftermath of Iran’s election.) Lately, I’ve been using Twitter to post a daily lune (like haiku, but shorter; see this poetic forms post for more »
What Could Be Verse?
Monday, June 15th, 2009The first time that I ever wrote a sonnet, ’Twas filled with grand Romantic affectation, As tho’ perhaps Shelley or Keats had done it And I had merely taken poor dictation. And so I tried to write free verse instead, Which left me feeling somewhat loose and sore As if, instead of a four-poster bed, more »
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