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Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #1912256
a descent into poetry insanity
These are poems I'm writing for various month long challenges.
I'm not sure how sane I'll be at the end . . .
Poem # 1 blue ribbon plate 0.37k
Poem # 2 this or that? 0.34k
Poem # 3 picking strawberries 0.63k
Poem # 4 like lightning illuminating the world in shadows 0.69k
Poem # 5 the promise of flowers 0.36k
Poem # 6 once upon a midnight 0.39k
Poem # 7 in her skin 0.49k
Poem # 8 food fight 0.37k
Poem # 9 binges 0.35k
Poem # 10 I thought we were friends! 0.13k
Poem # 11 for Caleb, again 0.76k
Poem # 12 one birthday afternoon 0.48k
Poem # 13 the strongest memory 0.85k
Poem # 14 adulthood 0.12k
Poem # 15 cousins 0.40k
Poem # 16 two and a half miles from home 0.86k
Poem # 17 love as a proof 1.03k
Poem # 18 April showers 0.27k
Poem # 19 imaginary friends 0.53k
Poem # 20 I want a nap 0.29k
Poem # 21 treasure hunting 0.22k
Poem # 22 fortune telling 0.18k
Poem # 23 overshadowed 0.78k
Poem # 24 laying the pollen 0.32k
Poem # 25 never bored 1.07k
Poem # 26 coming home from the total eclipse 0.85k
Poem # 27 how spring begins 0.64k
Poem # 28 wishes and lemonade 0.65k
Poem # 29 priorities 0.35k
Poem # 30 wash and wear 0.44k
Poem # 31 spring morning 0.12k
Poem # 32 after I heard my grandfather passed 0.59k
Poem # 33 at the end 0.35k
Poem # 34 hopping down the bunny trail 0.27k
Poem # 35 what's up? 0.23k
Poem # 36 black ice 0.57k
Poem # 37 Nature Walk 0.68k
Poem # 38 traffic jam 0.66k
Poem # 39 wanting 0.50k
Poem # 40 who me? yes, you. couldn't be. then who? 0.18k
Poem # 41 when it's time for the pain 0.65k
Poem # 42 learning the bees and the birds 0.64k
Poem # 43 iambic pentameter 0.17k
Poem # 44 mirrors and echoes 0.51k
Poem # 45 naptime for grown-ups 0.38k
Poem # 46 a new project 0.43k
Poem # 47 green onions 0.30k
Poem # 48 18 April 2012 0.35k
Poem # 49 designated driver 0.55k
Poem # 50 ashes on the wind 0.42k
Poem # 51 the movie was better 0.27k
Poem # 52 now I am six and forty, and oh, tis . . . confusing, true 0.83k
Poem # 53 one chapter a night before bed 0.25k
Poem # 54 the letters are chasing me! 0.21k
Poem # 55 love is 0.57k
Poem # 56 word count 0.15k
Poem # 57 the weight of ashes 0.35k
Poem # 58 you know who you are 0.20k
Poem # 59 puncture 0.77k
Poem # 60 meditation 0.59k
Poem # 61 and lead me not . . . 0.59k
Poem # 62 poem like qualities 0.48k
Poem # 63 the invisible cat 0.33k
Poem # 64 and then it was gone 0.32k
Poem # 65 . . .it's a design element 1.45k
Poem # 66 lion roars tonight 0.73k
Poem # 67 behind closed eyes 0.30k
Poem # 68 D: All of the above 0.65k
Poem # 69 finding a way 0.68k
Poem # 70 fear 0.25k
Poem # 71 what's a poem? 0.89k
Poem # 72 cycles of growth 0.32k
Poem # 73 after the music 0.62k
Poem # 74 scattered thoughts 1.02k
Poem # 75 the sound of a bass clarinet 0.65k
Poem # 76 bum-pa-di-bum-bum-bah 1.01k
Poem # 77 introversion 0.25k
Poem # 78 why our phone conversations last so long 0.90k
Poem # 79 feeling random 0.62k
Poem # 80 for Caleb, on his tenth birthday 0.68k
Poem # 81 cup of tea during a storm 0.24k
Poem # 82 our Christmas tree 0.29k
Poem # 83 our garden in the rain 0.65k
Poem # 84 How I Prepared for the Shawl I Cast-On Today 1.45k
Poem # 85 at the corner of Tarzan and Jane 0.19k
Poem # 86 a simile 0.18k
Poem # 87 Okay 0.91k
Poem # 88 at the end 0.24k
Poem # 89 Narrator and Poet 0.46k
Poem # 90 calling bird 0.49k
Poem # 91 stormy weather 1.49k
Poem # 92 silk road 1.41k
Poem # 93 To Do: Nature Walk with Niece, age 3 years 1.22k
Poem # 94 reasons 1.04k
Poem # 95 Giving into impulse 0.61k
Poem # 96 rituals of sleep 1.32k
Poem # 97 Spring 0.12k
Poem # 98 if April showers bring May flowers, what about April snow? 0.28k
Poem # 99 a healing process 0.60k
Poem # 100 it isn't raining rain, you know 0.61k
Poem # 101 hump day 0.26k
Poem # 102 miscarriage 0.28k
Poem # 103 Sijo 0.85k
Poem # 104 in search of clarity 0.29k
Poem # 105 Family History 1.62k
Poem # 106 Pioneer Road Show 0.97k
Poem # 107 choice and consequence 0.49k
Poem # 108 What's on your mind? 0.94k
Poem # 109 to the future 0.77k
Poem # 110 middle ages 0.80k
Poem # 111 a best friend 0.76k
Poem # 112 no such place 0.70k
Poem # 113 rocking chair promises 0.69k
Poem # 114 Sunny Saturdays 0.18k
Poem # 115 we will yet sing together 0.92k
Poem # 116 my changing landscape 0.79k
Poem # 117 caught in the middle of a shawl 0.69k
Poem # 118 a broken unsonnet 0.54k
Poem # 119 a difficult prompt 0.22k
Poem # 120 my father's pet robot 0.27k
Poem # 121 frustration 0.15k
Poem # 122 before the storm 0.92k
Poem # 123 Laugh 0.53k
Poem # 124 mistaken potential 1.49k
Poem # 125 arguing with the weatherman 0.55k
Poem # 126 snowdrops 0.31k
Poem # 127 a memory 0.22k
Poem # 128 the folly 0.38k
Poem # 129 diabetic ketoacidosis 0.41k
Poem # 130 at the end 0.39k
Poem # 131 it tolls for thee 1.55k
Poem # 132 Swans Reflecting Elephants 1.10k
Poem # 133 desert fire 0.66k
Poem # 134 rainstick 0.38k
Poem # 135 pneumonia 0.62k
Poem # 136 special delivery 0.68k
Poem # 137 why I left 0.45k
Poem # 138 for Caleb re: the eighth anniversary of his death 0.81k
Poem # 139 Family Reunion on Lake Powell 0.81k
Poem # 140 Pandora 0.65k
Poem # 141 why she said no 0.40k
Poem # 142 untangle 0.79k
Poem # 143 she listened 0.28k
Poem # 144 for Caleb, who would have been eight today 0.15k
Poem # 145 everywhere magic 0.95k
Poem # 146 2:37 am 0.82k
Poem # 147 in between 1.80k
Poem # 148 insomnia 0.90k
Poem # 149 theme and variations 0.58k
Poem # 150 tangible dreams 0.59k
Poem # 151 alone together 0.39k
Poem # 152 are we so different? 0.92k
Poem # 153 double knitting: Phoenix Rising 1.23k
Poem # 154 a long day 0.39k
Poem # 155 Reading "The Bells" 0.78k
Poem # 156 a complicated process 0.68k
Poem # 157 a short thought 0.39k
Poem # 158 I don't miss it 0.26k
Poem # 159 breaking a heart 0.53k
Poem # 160 Grampy 0.97k
Poem # 161 Behind and Beyond 1.25k
Poem # 162 estate sale 0.33k
Poem # 163 at the grocery store 0.76k
Poem # 164 the sane ones 1.85k
Poem # 165 new year snowfall 0.18k
Poem # 166 carnival scene 0.10k
Poem # 167 to Caleb, seven years later. 0.93k
Poem # 168 I am the wordsmith—I traffic in words 0.65k
Poem # 169 a complicated relationship 0.60k
Poem # 170 when the trees wake 0.85k
Poem # 171 now, I'm without you 0.38k
Poem # 172 half dreaming 0.21k
Poem # 173 Great-grandpa's chair 0.75k
Poem # 174 when he was dead 0.57k
Poem # 175 give us this day 0.56k
Poem # 176 in memory of lilacs 0.52k
Poem # 177 inversion 0.25k
Poem # 178 in shadow comfort 0.55k
Poem # 179 feathers or lead? 0.21k
Poem # 180 Rhyssa: her work 1.01k
Poem # 181 of tornados and butterflies 0.46k
Poem # 182 memories 0.44k
Poem # 183 particle theory 1.28k
Poem # 184 thoughts as fireflies shine at twilight 0.08k
Poem # 185 Níðhöggr 0.52k
Poem # 186 the end of the world 0.30k
Poem # 187 entering flood season 1.65k
Poem # 188 shopping lists: or why not to go to the market 0.82k
Poem # 189 the vibrations of the universe 0.34k
Poem # 190 Pickett's Charge 1.22k
Poem # 191 the pollen of spring 0.49k
Poem # 192 into the dreamscape 1.03k
Poem # 193 like a baby 0.58k
Poem # 194 my place 0.30k
Poem # 195 birdsong 0.91k
Poem # 196 the hero's journey as road trip 1.67k
Poem # 197 checking my blood sugar 0.48k
Poem # 198 aftermath 0.75k
Poem # 199 quantum entanglement 0.99k
Poem # 200 baby dragon 0.18k
Poem # 201 another reason why 0.13k
Poem # 202 butterfly thoughts 0.20k
Poem # 203 Monaco: the shining lives 0.76k
Poem # 204 Tanzania: two peaks of Kilimanjaro 1.39k
Poem # 205 Seychelles: the Aldabra giant tortoise 1.15k
Poem # 206 Singapore: Gardens by the Bay 1.34k
Poem # 207 Saint Kitts and Nevis: crossing the river 0.98k
Poem # 208 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: we're all sane here 1.38k
Poem # 209 Moldova: the hero of the story 1.35k
Poem # 210 Qatar: remember 1.08k
Poem # 211 Panama: Yellow Fever 0.86k
Poem # 212 Federated States of Micronesia: Maskun 1.24k
Poem # 213 Switzerland: childhood dreams 0.41k
Poem # 214 Spain: the mantilla 1.72k
Poem # 215 the Maldives: life on a coral reef 0.99k
Poem # 216 the sweet sorrow of parting 0.62k
Poem # 217 Liechtenstein: Swiss Invasion, 2007 1.20k
Poem # 218 my defense 0.85k
Poem # 219 to the world 0.77k
Poem # 220 weeping willow 0.61k
Poem # 221 forgetting to remember 0.65k
Poem # 222 process 0.58k
Poem # 223 the click of the wheels 0.84k
Poem # 224 searching 0.96k
Poem # 225 Andorra: the white lady 0.91k
Poem # 226 milestone accomplishment 0.77k
Poem # 227 why the balloon rose 0.97k
Poem # 228 chasing numbers 0.67k
Poem # 229 fire garden 0.22k
Poem # 230 why a string is tied around my neck 0.66k
Poem # 231 déjà vu : see again 0.84k
Poem # 232 stuff 1.03k
Poem # 233 should thy right hand offend thee, cut it off 1.25k
Poem # 234 Australia: the breath of life 1.09k
Poem # 235 the glass woman, a fairy story 2.98k
Poem # 236 my ghosts 0.51k
Poem # 237 unknitting: a haiku sonnet 0.43k
Poem # 238 Monday's Child 0.94k
Poem # 239 words like knives 0.96k
Poem # 240 child's pose 0.95k
Poem # 241 Mexico: Día de Muertos 1.29k
Poem # 242 new habits 0.82k
Poem # 243 mixed messages 0.40k
Poem # 244 the sugar dilemma 1.63k
Poem # 245 secret tigers 0.62k
Poem # 246 big white bags 0.74k
Poem # 247 did you know? 1.20k
Poem # 248 let me remember 1.03k
Poem # 249 Uzbekistan: foreign exchange 1.89k
Poem # 250 pairing off 0.61k
Poem # 251 Cuba: a thought 2.15k
Poem # 252 Trinidad and Tobago: Limbo 1.34k
Poem # 253 Republic of Macedonia: ancient memories 2.32k
Poem # 254 Sri Lanka: Sigiriya 1.14k
Poem # 255 Pakistan: the dancing girl of Mohenjo-Daro 1.05k
Poem # 256 Nigeria: some thoughts 0.84k
Poem # 257 Malaysia: Batik 1.39k
Poem # 258 Belarus: Belovezhskaya Pushcha 1.22k
Poem # 259 Iceland: Under the Northern Lights 0.98k
Poem # 260 Paraguay: Nanduti Lace 0.92k
Poem # 261 Kiribati: Greeting the New Year 0.88k
Poem # 262 Zimbabwe: Moonlight Rainbows 1.01k
Poem # 263 Japan: under the shadow 1.19k
Poem # 264 South Africa: San Rock Art 0.80k
Poem # 265 Haiti: Some thoughts on the islands 0.41k
Poem # 266 Finland: T1 2.01k
Poem # 267 the NICU 0.55k
Poem # 268 New Zealand: watching the haka 1.29k
Poem # 269 rainbow 0.16k
Poem # 270 behind every smile 0.57k
Poem # 271 Fairydust: an acrostic 0.50k
Poem # 272 the nursery chair 1.66k
Poem # 273 Equatorial Guinea: thoughts on twenty percent 1.34k
Poem # 274 when the dead walk 1.05k
Poem # 275 El Salvador: República de El Salvador 1.48k
Poem # 276 Brazil: thoughts on the Itaipu Dam 1.03k
Poem # 277 Egypt: a perspective 0.51k
Poem # 278 Bulgaria: part of the dance 0.50k
Poem # 279 Barbados: the bearded ones 0.48k
Poem # 280 China: the terracota army of the first emperor of China 1.48k
Poem # 281 Burkina Faso: Les Pics de Sindou 1.17k
Poem # 282 Albania: And What Shall I Do in Illyria 1.49k
Poem # 283 on completing a goal 1.31k
Poem # 284 the day before 1.53k
Poem # 285 Daphne's fate 1.14k
Poem # 286 stories in the sky 1.43k
Poem # 287 the life of a graduate student instructor 1.55k
Poem # 288 Bonfire Night: 5 November 2000 1.23k
Poem # 289 on knitting a scarf 2.05k
Poem # 290 some thoughts on the ending of a relationship 1.42k
Poem # 291 mirror 0.44k
Poem # 292 on fairy tales 1.15k
Poem # 293 on a lingering and absolutely, completely rational fear 1.66k
Poem # 294 meeting the in-laws 1.29k
Poem # 295 good/bad 1.54k
Poem # 296 manic Monday 0.43k
Poem # 297 peace 0.75k
Poem # 298 bleeding money 2.03k
Poem # 299 on heroes and powers 2.24k
Poem # 300 on winning a fiction contest for the university magazine 2.15k
Poem # 301 purple ink 1.06k
Poem # 302 the family knot 2.22k
Poem # 303 tornado drill 2.75k
Poem # 304 ghostly gossip 2.61k
Poem # 305 moving violation 1.44k
Poem # 306 Beads--with apologies to Joyce Kilmer 1.12k
Poem # 307 nightmare 2.30k
Poem # 308 Remember me— 1.89k
Poem # 309 (for a moment) 1.06k
Poem # 310 after the thesis 1.52k
Poem # 311 fish story 0.87k
Poem # 312 waiting for blood 2.16k
Poem # 313 insomnia 0.93k
Poem # 314 high school reunion 1.12k
Poem # 315 the labyrinth 1.16k
Poem # 316 Angel's Landing--a hike in Zion's in southern Utah 1.96k
Poem # 317 my sister's bass clarinet 1.13k
Poem # 318 spoiled 1.23k
Poem # 319 a teenage fountain lady 1.42k

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