tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post8414788080472866275..comments2024-03-29T09:04:58.888-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - EthereeTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-50208025728144134412015-09-13T12:35:28.649-04:002015-09-13T12:35:28.649-04:00Fun poem, Charles. Love bedazzled, blueberry smile...Fun poem, Charles. Love bedazzled, blueberry smile. Mandy sounds like me ;) CarolWeishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070606276175218670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-51933187979877835382015-09-12T01:29:06.037-04:002015-09-12T01:29:06.037-04:00DESSERT
Josh
smiles, smacks
His lips as
He is ab...DESSERT<br />Josh <br />smiles, smacks <br />His lips as<br />He is about <br />to embark on the <br />last piece of pie when his<br />wife Mandy jabs her fork down, <br />flicks up this tasty confection,<br />smooshes it down her gullet, then shows<br />off her new, bedazzled, blueberry smile.<br /><br />(c) Charles Waters 2015 all rights reserved.Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-61243791673585180102015-09-10T10:37:40.319-04:002015-09-10T10:37:40.319-04:00It's been awhile since I played, though mine i...It's been awhile since I played, though mine is certainly not playful. I'm following such wonderful examples, too!<br /><br />Grief<br />slips in<br />when you least<br />expect it to<br />pooling tears in eyes <br />already damp from the<br />previous day, when it punched<br />you in the gut with its fistful<br />of memories, doubled you over<br />in pain, reminding you how much you CarolWeishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070606276175218670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-38254905215451746882015-09-09T21:27:08.440-04:002015-09-09T21:27:08.440-04:00Buzzzz!Buzzzz!KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-68125197658342238092015-09-09T15:07:10.300-04:002015-09-09T15:07:10.300-04:00Fabulous ending!Fabulous ending!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-59257874527961465712015-09-09T15:06:46.589-04:002015-09-09T15:06:46.589-04:00hips home with pollen - so livelyhips home with pollen - so livelylaurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-79247917176094761122015-09-09T15:06:23.866-04:002015-09-09T15:06:23.866-04:00whirling breeze swirling bee - love!whirling breeze swirling bee - love!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-21202198413118290962015-09-09T15:05:54.836-04:002015-09-09T15:05:54.836-04:00These are all wonderful! Kate and Jane, can't ...These are all wonderful! Kate and Jane, can't believe you did bees...that was going to be my topic (Tricia will back me up in this)! Funny that we all have bee brains.<br />laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-52305753763353302762015-09-09T10:18:40.638-04:002015-09-09T10:18:40.638-04:00Print.
Ebooks.
Not the same
but somehow… yes.
A fo...Print.<br />Ebooks.<br />Not the same<br />but somehow… yes.<br />A format question.<br />Encyclopedia<br />Britannica online claims<br />it updates daily and covers<br />the world. In print it fills a bookcase <br />back home in my father’s dusty study. Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-48070219777026414142015-09-08T08:34:37.425-04:002015-09-08T08:34:37.425-04:00Wonder if we could get them both published somewhe...Wonder if we could get them both published somewhere together?<br />Wonder if we could do a book together in which we write in wonderfully odd forms and echo one another? Maybe in email) we could discuss this????? xxxJane janeyolen@aol.comJane Yolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614445497209111557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-19291951994753437852015-09-08T08:14:09.565-04:002015-09-08T08:14:09.565-04:00Nice! I love hips as a verb.Nice! I love hips as a verb.KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-64012766177423252222015-09-08T07:05:37.731-04:002015-09-08T07:05:37.731-04:00A Companion to Kate's poem:
BeeHiving: An Et...A Companion to Kate's poem:<br /><br /><br />BeeHiving: An Etheree<br /><br />bee<br />hiving<br />behaving<br />as bees will do,<br />buzzably flying<br />making a beeline to hive,<br />kept alive by wind and honey<br />both promises made by her own queen<br />as she hips home with pollen to the hive.<br /><br />©2015 Jane Yolen all rights reservedJane Yolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614445497209111557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-12264764963539150632015-09-07T09:37:29.706-04:002015-09-07T09:37:29.706-04:00bee
buzzing
one bee lost
forgot the dance
east wes...bee<br />buzzing<br />one bee lost<br />forgot the dance<br />east west north south hmm<br />whirling breeze swirling bee<br />visiting roses daisies<br />hyacinths dance of flowers buzz<br />like bee dance remembering bee flies<br />north hips laden with pollen humming home<br /><br />—Kate CoombsKateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-8679701880154497532015-09-07T09:32:00.758-04:002015-09-07T09:32:00.758-04:00I just wrote a few fibs for a project, and I was r...I just wrote a few fibs for a project, and I was reminded how tricky these short, unrhymed but counted syllable poems could be to do well. But I can do bad ones, no problem! :D<br /><br />Thanks for the practice. I'm going to try one today!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.com