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A Hop and a Leap: a leapfrogging bit of a rhyme
A Hop and a Leap A hop and a leap is all it takes To keep to make a happy child In lunchtime breaks Jumping over A four leaf clover Or a friend The other day I was out for a jog And saw a bollard What about a leapfrog, I thought? I leapfrogged the…
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Cold: a minute poem
I have a fever in my head And fear with dread My nose won’t stop Drip dripping drop
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Hope is… a poem
I wrote my poem HOPE IS in response to this week’s W3 Prompt #48: Wea’ve Written Weekly, where the Poet of the Week is Kerfe. Who prompts us to write a poem that begins with Hope is… Kerfe’s prompt guidelines •Emily Dickinson famously wrote a poem that begins with the line: ‘Hope is the thing…
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Waterfall: a waltz wave poem
Waterfall: a waltz wave poem
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Good Evening News: the lyrebird and the chainsaw; a prose poem
Good Evening News: the lyrebird and the chainsaw; a prose poem
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Mezza Luna: a haibun poem
Mezza Luna Mezza Luna is Italian for the half-moon, or quarter phase of the moon. This month of February, 2023, it was mezza luna on the 27th. North of the Equator: in the first quarter its right half shines. South of the Equator: it shines on the opposite side in the third quarter. Mezza Luna…
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The Silver-Eyed Wolves: a haibun poem
The Silver-Eyed Wolves: a haibun poem
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“Bird on the Wire”: a puente poem
Tanmay Philip is POW for W3 Weekly Prompt #42 and sets an interesting poetry form in his challenge. The Puente Poem (btw puente is Spanish for ‘bridge’). The Puente Poetry Form James Rasmusson created the Puente Poetry Form. It has three stanzas, with the first and third having an equal number of lines and the…
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Splish, Splash, Bash, Ō: a golden shovel poem
Splish, Splash, Bash—Ō: a Golden Shovel poem
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Behemoth’s Breath: No. 1 Tanka poem
Behemoth’s Breath: No. 1 Tanka poem