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Sunday Scribblings: Confess

Posted on May 7, 2009 by macrush53

Sunday Scribblings throws out the word: confess. Funny that this word comes up again as a prompt.  Just a few weeks ago I wrote another poem using that word here. This morning, a gathering of crows in the neighbor’s Douglas … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo: Seeing Red

Posted on April 29, 2009 by macrush53

tulip red lipstick lingers long after moon sets secret rendezvous In response to the “seeing red” prompt at Read Write Poem.

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NaPoWriMo: Poem 22

Posted on April 28, 2009 by macrush53

A colleague just handed me an old book, Pope’s The Rape of the Unlock and Other Poems. Was part of his father’s collection of things. It belonged to the University of  Oregon.  According to the “date due” it was last checked … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo: “How To” Poem

Posted on April 28, 2009 by macrush53

How to Write a Poem Rise before the dawn Gather words Those Juicy Plump Succulent images Aromatic ones which Crinkle your nose And return you To shadow places Found in the crevices Of remembering Throw the words Into the Calypso … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo: Hemingway’s Cats

Posted on April 28, 2009 by macrush53

One of the Six Toed Cats, Descendant of the Ones Owned by Hemingway papa hemingway’s polydactyl felines jump cavorts, writes, loves, drinks frangipani blooms- -writer’s retreat

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NaPoWriMo:Almost the End of National Poetry Month

Posted on April 28, 2009 by macrush53

This month has galloped away from me.  Vacation, a fundraiser for a friend.  Amazing that it is know April 28.  I hope I can make my goal.  I will be dissappointed if I do not.  This is a list poem … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday: Outside My Window

Posted on April 24, 2009 by macrush53

Tricia’s poetry stretch this week invited writers to write about “outside my window”.  Here is my response: outside my window the language of spring speaks tulips dance in the breeze as bee symphony plays a concerto the language of spring … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo: Found Poem

Posted on April 10, 2009 by macrush53

Read Write Poem’s prompt today is to create a found poem.  It is like going to the thrift shop and creating a new use for the lines fund in books says the people of Read Write Poem. I looked up Rumi … Continue reading →

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Read, Write, Poem: First Lines

Posted on March 26, 2009 by macrush53

Rediscovered this great site with weekly poetry prompts.  This week:”leave a first line and borrow a first line”. This is funny, Dave commented on an earlier post and said he was using my first line. This morning, I decided to … Continue reading →

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Read Write Poem: Face

Posted on March 19, 2009 by macrush53

The prompt this week at Read Write Poem is “face”: hair-silver white crinkles around eyes misses wife of fifty years drinking buds they were manhattan, seven n’seven In the end, my father missed my mother terribly.  Face the poems here.   … Continue reading →

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