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Formal Poetry

Isolation #2 (Tetractys)

I’m alone, by myself, in a crowd of people, anxiety, and suffering. 4/14-4/23/17 This poem started life as […]

April 24, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tetractys

Now (a Tetractys)

Now is all that there is: The past is gone and the future will never quite arrive. 4/18/17 […]

April 23, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tetractys

Its Getting Darker (a Ghazal)

The sun fades into night, its getting darker. Someone turned out the light, its getting darker. Facts become […]

April 21, 2017 Formal Poetry, Ghazal, Poetry

Wishing (a Tanka)

Wish upon a star Blow your birthday candles out Nothing will happen. Act on your dreams; make them […]

April 20, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Leonard (a Haiku)

Birds on a wire A murder of crows in flight Its getting darker 4/17/17 Poem #18 for National […]

April 18, 2017 Formal Poetry, Haiku / Senryu

Life (a double tetractys)

Life begins in darkness, grows in the light: developing, evolving, flourishing. aging, decaying; systems breaking down. Life always […]

April 17, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tetractys

Isolation (a tetractys)

Here alone in a room full of people. Walls and chasms between their hearts and mine. 4/14/17 Poem […]

April 16, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tetractys

Burning Flame (a troilet)

Candle flame brightly burned, Extinguished, blackened; cold. Through the seasons as they turned Candle flame brightly burned, Illuminating […]

April 15, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Troilet

Cold Water (Haiku)

A chill in the air Water hardened into ice; Softened by the Sun. 4/11/17-4/12/17 Poem #14 for National […]

April 14, 2017 Formal Poetry, Haiku / Senryu, Poetry

Its Hard (a Tanka)

Harder and harder To breath, climbing up the hill Harder and harder To not cry out in pain […]

April 12, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

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