tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post6678154266996995143..comments2024-03-29T00:37:50.644-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - RhupuntTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-86356982339135089602015-06-12T03:26:23.456-04:002015-06-12T03:26:23.456-04:00Nice job, Kate and Pat!
I 've wrjitten one t...Nice job, Kate and Pat! <br /><br />I 've wrjitten one that is much shorter and plainer. I love the idea of making one line of the shorter lines, so that some rhymes are nternal. And I like the way it can sound when punctuation interrupts the thrust of the four syllables. But I'm going to keep working to come up with a Welsh-ier response! <br /><br />Two Quick Riddles <br /><br />Here&#Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-17378581729192653152015-06-03T16:57:22.531-04:002015-06-03T16:57:22.531-04:00I love these, Kate and Pat. Tricia, I put this boo...I love these, Kate and Pat. Tricia, I put this book on my tbr list back when you shared that fabulous interview with the Poetry 7. Now I'm just going to have to give in and order it! laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-66399552871939618962015-06-03T08:54:30.924-04:002015-06-03T08:54:30.924-04:00I like your gold better, Patrick!
Baba Yaga
She...I like your gold better, Patrick!<br /><br /><br />Baba Yaga<br /><br />She stirs the air,<br />her witch’s glare<br />crushing the night.<br /><br />Her mortar rides<br />the midnight skies<br />and steals starlight.<br /><br />The woods are wild,<br />the foolish child<br />will be her dish.<br /><br />But she knows all,<br />things large and small,<br />the secret wish.<br /><br />So brave herKateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-20039319335563660482015-06-03T07:48:06.021-04:002015-06-03T07:48:06.021-04:00At the End of the Rainbow
A rainbow swerves
until...At the End of the Rainbow<br /><br />A rainbow swerves<br />until it curves<br />down to a field, <br /><br />then where it goes <br />nobody knows.<br />It keeps concealed<br /><br />and buried there<br />in earthenware,<br />its famous pot.<br /><br />What should be gold, <br />so we’ve been told,<br />but no, it’s not.<br /><br />The pot contains—<br />Imagine!—chains <br />of magic keys<Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07845206473171251419noreply@blogger.com