lapidescent – adjective – turning to stone; petrifying Watch for spiders when turning to stone A spider outside titanium tombs admits to gathering glass and Pokes positive whispers to flip Lichen over rocky ruins welcome collected chlorinated streams to Come to yes, the dust spinning You between tungsten traps sanction catching carbonation and StayContinue reading “L is for Lapidescent and Lamott”
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Ars Poetica: Poetry At Play
Poetry At Play Play Playing Playing with words Word play Rhyme Rhyming Rhythm with Schism and ism Play Playing With beat iambs and feet To make line Form Forming Or following Syllabic plans Or free stanz- as Play Playing with nouns Strong, specific nouns To paint pictures And bring them to life with ActionContinue reading “Ars Poetica: Poetry At Play”
K is for Kainotophobia and Kakorrhaphiophobia
kainotophobia – fear of change kakorrhaphiophobia – fear of failure Summer Comes Too Soon Wind whips a chill of impatience. Roiling waves chop at the bulkheads and ramps, speeding the jade of aged concrete, leaving lapilliform spaces for the next surge to fill. Only the lowest hills are free of the cloud blanket. ToesContinue reading “K is for Kainotophobia and Kakorrhaphiophobia”
J is for Jeremiad
jeremiad: noun – a prolonged lamentation or complaint The NaPoWriMo prompt for today talks about the body as a union and about the future state of the union. It’s a fun coincidence that the prompt uses the state of the union as metaphor because Wikipedia states: “A jeremiad is a long literary work, usually inContinue reading “J is for Jeremiad”
Tragic Magic
Tragic Magic I wait, camera ready Patient as stone For her to return The blue, of her name Coats three speckled Magic orbs The sky breaks aflutter She shapes a world To plump body I twitch; she disappears Clacks and cracks burst to life The clutch, altricial horrors She hunts and returns to nourish QuickContinue reading “Tragic Magic”
G is for Gigantomachy
gigantomachy: noun – a war between gods and giants. gabble: verb – 1. to talk fast or foolishly; jabber 2. to utter inarticulate or animal sounds. galimatias: noun – nonsense; confused mixture of things; confused or unintelligible talk. This poem was inspired by provocative phrases from the Foreward by MartinContinue reading “G is for Gigantomachy”
F is for Frangible
frangible: adjective – readily or easily broken; brittle. Believe Your Eyes Still Blending Fiercely striking Color and shape The straight and rigid Reject the curve Fill Bending Coyly tricking Hue and line The playful illusion In frangible balance Will Bedding Madly mimicking Base and fore Hidden in mystery Beyond awed eyes Skill Besting WildlyContinue reading “F is for Frangible”
E is for Erumpent and Etiolate
erumpent: adjective – bursting forth or through a surface. etiolate: verb – 1. to bleach and alter the natural development of by excluding sunlight 2. a. to make pale b.to deprive of natural vigor: make feeble. The NaPoWriMo challenge for today would have been daunting–find a photograph and a poem in a foreign languageContinue reading “E is for Erumpent and Etiolate”
D is for Duende and a Double Dose of Dufresne
duende: noun – 1. a goblin; demon; spirit 2. charm; magnetism Bonus word: dejecta: noun – feces; excrement Azalea Petals It was a shame to cover up those voluptuous curves in that floral tent of a mumu such a contrast to the white hood and robe silently hanging in the padlockedContinue reading “D is for Duende and a Double Dose of Dufresne”
C is for Commove
commove: verb – 1. to move violently: agitate 2. to rouse intense feeling in: excite to passion. Vandalize In Space Blank stares Blank slates to vandalize Vandalize the empty hearts Vandalize the vapid Vapid vikings Vapid minds Minds the sloths Minds to commove Commove me Commove the day Day washers Day away Away from hereContinue reading “C is for Commove”
Experience Writing 