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ALS NaPoWriMo Day 6: Write a poem inspired by any constellation. Which shape do you see? What do you feel about it? Poem: The River The tapestry of life I see dispersed across the sky As the congregation of stars conjoins and aligns The sky, the stars, the constellations, the galaxies The … Read more
Horizon–the illusory line where the Earth and sky meet, or rather appear to have become one. I consider the horizon as a symbol of the infinite–the vast expanse that offers us limitless possibilities. Since the horizon isn’t a fixed line, it depends on the point from which we are viewing, so … Read more
Prompt for Day 4 by Maureen: Today, let’s try writing triolets. A triolet is an eight-line poem. All the lines are in iambic tetramenter (for a total of eight syllables per line), and the first, fourth, and seventh lines are identical, as are the second and final lines. This means that the poem begins and … Read more
The challenge today is to take one of the following statements of something impossible, and then write a poem in which the impossible thing happens: The sun can’t rise in the west. A circle can’t have corners. Pigs can’t fly. The clock can’t strike thirteen. The stars cannot rearrange themselves in the sky. A mouse … Read more
Lillian hosted Poetics at dVerse this Tuesday. She has provided us with images captured by Hubble space telescope and wants us to write a poem seeking inspiration from any one picture. I have written this poem for the picture. Photo Credit: ESA/Hubble; NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration A life beyond the life … Read more
Just before the day cedes to the darkness Just before the moon impounds the crown Just before the stars embellish the sky Just before the synthetic light ensues the natural light Just before the birds fly back home Just before the kids leave the dome Just before the evil drapes the darkness to accomplish its … Read more