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Blackbird Palinode Tanka
A bit about palinodes here, and the link within the poem leads to the one this turns back on. Blackbird Palinode Tanka The blackbirds grow mute and hunch their red shoulders down when I open up my thr… more →
Mumbling Jack
Blackbird Palinode Tanka
wrote 12 hours ago: A bit about palinodes here, and the link within the poem leads to the one this turns back on. Blackb … more →
When Lilac Branches Grow Heavy (extended tanka and notes on process)
wrote 6 days ago: Something my friend Jill said in conversation a week ago made me start to wonder if not only each ty … more →
The May Moon Swells #2
wrote 1 week ago: And of course I couldn’t resist also trying the pregnant moon image as a tanka. The May Moon S … more →
Lazy Bastard Magnolia Variations
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wrote 1 week ago: Lazy Bastard Magnolia Variations Lazy bastard, sitting in the spring sun counting magnolia petals fa … more →
Magnolia Love Poem Death Match: Cinquain vs Tanka #3
wrote 1 week ago: Explanation of the Magnolia Love Poem Death Match: Cinquain vs Tanka series can be found here. Magno … more →
Magnolia Love Poem Death Match: Cinquain vs Tanka #2
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wrote 1 week ago: Explanation of the Magnolia Love Poem Death Match: Cinquain vs Tanka series can be found here. Magno … more →
Magnolia Love Poem Death Match: Cinquain vs Tanka #1
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Explanation of the Magnolia Love Poem Death Match: Cinquain vs Tanka series can be found here. On th … more →
Starting Tomorrow on Mumbling Jack: A Magnolia Love Poem Death Match Series (notes on structure and process)
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Last night at work I was writing another goddamn magnolia cinquain, and I started wondering how it w … more →
These Eyes---Always April (more tanka and process)
wrote 3 weeks ago: Messed around with this one quite a bit this afternoon in the notes app on my ipod as I wandered aro … more →
Photo/Poetry Reflections
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wrote 3 weeks ago: drying seedsfrom autumn’s harvest – will our love flower againif you returnin the spri … more →
A Whole Month of the “Best Words in the Best Order” (from Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
wrote 3 weeks ago: by Elizabeth Bodien What are you doing to celebrate National Poetry Month? In this month, I like to … more →
When Bare Branches of Forsythia
wrote 3 weeks ago: You get two poems today, you lucky bastards. Because I wrote two. When Bare Branches of Forsythia In … more →
Re-reading Rilke In April With A Fever (double tanka)
wrote 3 weeks ago: Female Head (detail)—Thomas Couture, 1853. Re-reading Rilke In April With A Fever No bowls of … more →
Half-waking At Dawn
wrote 4 weeks ago: Le phénomène de l’extase, 1933—George Brassai. Half-waking At Dawn Half-waking at dawn pillows … more →
A Sky Swept Clean
wrote 4 weeks ago: A Sky Swept Clean This late April sun, in a sky swept clean of clouds by the north wind, looks a lot … more →
Magnolia Buds Clench, Firm
wrote 1 month ago: Halfway through April, with the half-full moon setting halfway through the night, magnolia buds are … more →
April, Just Past Dusk
wrote 1 month ago: April, Just Past Dusk April, just past dusk two barred owls, one to the east, one to the south, call … more →
Under Dark April Skies
wrote 1 month ago: Woman with the crows—Will Barnet. Under Dark April Skies Crows roosting on elms’ high, b … more →
The Yellow Grasses of April Tangle
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wrote 1 month ago: The Yellow Grasses of April Tangle The dry and yellow grasses of April tangle in wild rose bushes on … more →
