Category: Poems
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Dying To Live [Again] (Snippet 2)
The second snippet from my poem “Dying To Live [Again]” from my book To Whom It May Concern: Go here to read up on what To Whom It May Concern is about. If you’d like to make a purchase today, click this link. Follow me on my social accounts to read all the snippets from the book: Twitter…
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Tidbits from To Whom It May Concern
I’m bring back the snippets for this summer! I’ll be sharing up to 3 snippets from each poem in To Whom It May Concern. This first one is from the letter poem “Dying To Live [Again]” Be sure to go and buy yourself a copy of my book (only available for purchase on my blog) Click…
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June Word Challenge: Day 29
(The prompt for today’s challenge was to record yourself reading a poem, narrative or informational piece and then watch the playback, then share what things you noticed: the sound, feel of it, the rhythm or noticeable patterns, etc. The poem I decided to record was Vanity [Rewrite] and I true to form I chose to write a poem…
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Word Challenge Day 7 (June)
(Today’s topic: if you were an animal, what would you be? Why?) WORD CHALLENGE DAY 7: SPEEDY My patience Would equate to that of a cheetah In a full out dash But my life Is pretty much that Of a turtle A graceful, fast-paced mammal Trapped Inside this sluggish, Awfully slow Ridiculously behind everybody else…
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June Word Challenge
(I missed yesterday’s word challenge and I try to steam ahead to the current one in the poetry group. Today’s topic: Imagery. Describe your experience eating your favorite piece of fruit or describe your experience watching someone else eating your favorite fruit.) TROPICAL FRUIT The tart sweetness Always brings me back to my childhood When I…
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Word Challenge Day 31
(The last day of the month’s word challenge topic is, “Describe yourself without mentioning the physical or superficial.” I was confused on the superficial part, so I just did my best to describe parts of my life that I feel have made me who I am and describe me. I had to cut it short because…
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Word Challenge Day 20 (Poem)
(I wanted to post this up last week, but just ran out of time. The day’s topic was, “Describe a color without using its name.” I plan to expound on this eventually because there’s so much I want to say, but this is how I will leave it for now.) WORD CHALLENGE POEM DAY 20:…
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Word Challenge Day 19 (Poem)
(Doing today’s word challenge poem has reminded me I’ve got some poems tucked away that I need to be sharing [Cleaning Out the Attic 2] Anyway, today’s challenge, “Write a poem about love.” If anyone’s read a lot of my poetry, I have quite a few of those. This one is dedicated to an old…
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Word Challenge, Day 18 (Poem)
(I joined a new poetry group on Facebook today, or rather I was added since it’s a closed group, and in the group they have word challenges with topics for each day of the month to write on. The topic for today was, “Name something about yourself you wish the opposite sex could understand,” and this poem is…
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Cut: Passing the Time (Poem)
(This is a poem I decided to remove from To Whom It May Concern [my new book set to release 06.19.16] “Passing the Time” is one of several letter poems I’ve written, and since it will not be included in the book, I decided I wanted to share this piece because I wanted to make sure people still…