tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post969980454266932236..comments2024-03-29T09:04:58.888-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - Akshar-MalaTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-88773361443461400142016-05-23T09:00:42.376-04:002016-05-23T09:00:42.376-04:00Hi Margaret,
Thanks for stopping in! As far as I c...Hi Margaret,<br />Thanks for stopping in! As far as I can tell from my research, an abcedarian required that you begin with the first letter of the alphabet and follow with each successive letter until the final letter is reached, so it must have 26 lines from A-Z. An akshar-mala does not require an A-Z treatment, only that lines begin with successive letters of the alphabet. So, an akshar-mala Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-92145956141001798792016-05-22T19:20:17.651-04:002016-05-22T19:20:17.651-04:00How is this form, if at all, different from an abe...How is this form, if at all, different from an abecedarian? <br /><br />I borrowed the opening word from Jane Yolen's, and wrote this. My first time sharing here, be gentle. :)<br /><br />Actually, my voice<br />believes in itself<br />chanting to my heart<br />dissonance<br />effectively<br />forming a shield.<br />Gladly, I <br />harmonize.<br />I don't need to be louder.<br />Just<br Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-57417579369583343982016-05-18T13:02:57.354-04:002016-05-18T13:02:57.354-04:00Thanks, Judith. :-)Thanks, Judith. :-)Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-5705632051150171492016-05-12T08:47:57.548-04:002016-05-12T08:47:57.548-04:00Wow, you guys are good!
April Night
April is a g...Wow, you guys are good!<br /><br />April Night<br /><br />April is a good way to<br />begin. I<br />can’t see starting with<br />December.<br />Everything is<br />far away this morning.<br />Good and bad,<br />how do<br />I<br />judge? How does anyone<br />know?<br />Last night was<br />muddy.<br />Now<br />only<br />pages and pages of<br />quiet. As if<br />rare<br />songs had<br />tumbled apartKateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-29736655139775916482016-05-12T08:09:08.375-04:002016-05-12T08:09:08.375-04:00An Alphabet of Pain, of Joy
Actually, life
balanc...An Alphabet of Pain, of Joy<br /><br />Actually, life<br />balances between the two,<br />cantilevered, caught in mesh.<br />Down can sometimes be up.<br />Equal partners in the dance.<br />Follow or lead,<br />going or coming,<br />half is attitude, the rest<br />is luck<br />Just wait a minute,<br />kiss and make up,and<br />Life will smile.<br />Miss the moment and<br />nothing will fill the Jane Yolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614445497209111557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-38536743147024380392016-05-10T19:14:02.281-04:002016-05-10T19:14:02.281-04:00Spot on, Charles.Spot on, Charles.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639189488267519417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-12621632759701125672016-05-10T19:12:07.427-04:002016-05-10T19:12:07.427-04:00Advice to a young woman with a freshly broken hear...Advice to a young woman with a freshly broken heart<br /><br />Accompany sorrow only long enough to<br />break that hateful habit.<br />Clear your mind.<br />Date it on your calendar to<br />escape the misery that has been<br />forced upon you.<br /><br />Greet the morning as if it<br />holds a place<br />in line for you,<br />just as that smiling stranger did befpre<br />language class that day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639189488267519417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-84807495235947935652016-05-10T15:08:18.637-04:002016-05-10T15:08:18.637-04:00WHIRLING DERVISH
All I wanted
Back in the day was ...WHIRLING DERVISH<br />All I wanted<br />Back in the day was for<br />Cecilia not to get knocked<br />Down too hard by life <br />Every time she <br />Flung herself with<br />Gusto into adventures, making<br />Hairpin turns <br />In<br />Just about every<br />Kind of activity she tried.<br />Lunging down mountain slops;<br />Narrowly escaping sharks <br />Or diving down the ocean floor then<br />Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.com