A day the earth stood still and CNN was the only channel to watch. I wrote this post in 2018, I am sharing it today because it still holds true. In my parents’ generation, it was where you were the days that President Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Junior were shot. For those of […]
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Our August poetry challenge was to write a nonet on nature or the seasons; a nine line poem with a descending number of syllables. The participants have cooked up some beautiful images for you. Six wonderful poems, in the order they were received. I’ve made a loose translation for all of them to the other […]
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Hold on, August means summer’s almost over! Time for a new poetry challenge. (en español abajo) For the August Poetry Challenge, we will try the new poetic form called a Nonet. A nonet is a nine line poem, that goes from 9 syllables in the first line, down to one in the last line. Your […]
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July Poetry Manifestos (bilingüe, mira abajo 🙂 We have two great submissions, one from Spain and another from England! Let’s dig into the work of these excellent poets in the order they were received. Manifiestos Poéticos de Julio Tenemos dos contribuciones fantásticos, ¡una de España y otra de Inglaterra! Vamos a investigar el trabajo de […]
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Road Trip Poetry Manifesto Words shimmer on the horizon like summer heat could be a mirage. Cross country road trip each center stripe a letter. Bugs cleaned from my windscreen the view is clear lakes, cactus and the deep blue sea. Paper map poetry small dash of GPS Road signs my grammar rocks and mufflers […]
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Welcome to the July Poetry Challenge! (en español abajo) In late April, we saw haiku poetry and tankas in June. Participants from Mexico, England, Chile, Spain, Colombia, Puerto Rico and the United States joined in! This month the challenge is to write a Poetry Manifesto in free verse. First, let’s talk about terms. A Poetry […]
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