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by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
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 one of those days 0.12k
Poem # 2 the food of love 0.87k
Poem # 3 field trip in the mountains during a flash flood 0.42k
Poem # 4 dream country 0.21k
Poem # 5 cleaning house 0.48k
Poem # 6 passing in the night 1.09k
Poem # 7 for Caleb on his thirteenth birthday 0.55k
Poem # 8 the Spartoi 0.41k
Poem # 9 call me 0.60k
Poem # 10 feathers or lead? 0.78k
Poem # 11 night adjusted eyes 0.43k
Poem # 12 why I still talk to her 0.21k
Poem # 13 lace work 0.16k
Poem # 14 Portland, Oregon, May 1980 0.76k
Poem # 15 slowing down 0.83k
Poem # 16 Wednesday, midday 0.71k
Poem # 17 as I touch, the world bleeds 0.61k
Poem # 18 stasis 0.46k
Poem # 19 my new friend 0.69k
Poem # 20 the pistol principle 0.48k
Poem # 21 4:59 and thirty seconds 0.55k
Poem # 22 blue ribbon plate 0.36k
Poem # 23 this or that? 0.34k
Poem # 24 picking strawberries 0.63k
Poem # 25 like lightning illuminating the world in shadows 0.69k
Poem # 26 the promise of flowers 0.36k
Poem # 27 once upon a midnight 0.39k
Poem # 28 in her skin 0.49k
Poem # 29 food fight 0.37k
Poem # 30 binges 0.35k
Poem # 31 I thought we were friends! 0.13k
Poem # 32 for Caleb, again 0.76k
Poem # 33 one birthday afternoon 0.48k
Poem # 34 the strongest memory 0.85k
Poem # 35 adulthood 0.12k
Poem # 36 cousins 0.40k
Poem # 37 two and a half miles from home 0.86k
Poem # 38 love as a proof 1.03k
Poem # 39 April showers 0.27k
Poem # 40 imaginary friends 0.53k
Poem # 41 I want a nap 0.29k
Poem # 42 treasure hunting 0.22k
Poem # 43 fortune telling 0.18k
Poem # 44 overshadowed 0.78k
Poem # 45 laying the pollen 0.32k
Poem # 46 never bored 1.07k
Poem # 47 coming home from the total eclipse 0.85k
Poem # 48 how spring begins 0.64k
Poem # 49 wishes and lemonade 0.65k
Poem # 50 priorities 0.35k
Poem # 51 wash and wear 0.44k
Poem # 52 spring morning 0.12k
Poem # 53 after I heard my grandfather passed 0.59k
Poem # 54 at the end 0.35k
Poem # 55 hopping down the bunny trail 0.27k
Poem # 56 what's up? 0.23k
Poem # 57 black ice 0.57k
Poem # 58 Nature Walk 0.68k
Poem # 59 traffic jam 0.66k
Poem # 60 wanting 0.50k
Poem # 61 who me? yes, you. couldn't be. then who? 0.18k
Poem # 62 when it's time for the pain 0.65k
Poem # 63 learning the bees and the birds 0.64k
Poem # 64 iambic pentameter 0.17k
Poem # 65 mirrors and echoes 0.51k
Poem # 66 naptime for grown-ups 0.38k
Poem # 67 a new project 0.43k
Poem # 68 green onions 0.30k
Poem # 69 18 April 2012 0.35k
Poem # 70 designated driver 0.55k
Poem # 71 ashes on the wind 0.42k
Poem # 72 the movie was better 0.27k
Poem # 73 now I am six and forty, and oh, tis . . . confusing, true 0.83k
Poem # 74 one chapter a night before bed 0.25k
Poem # 75 the letters are chasing me! 0.21k
Poem # 76 love is 0.57k
Poem # 77 word count 0.15k
Poem # 78 the weight of ashes 0.35k
Poem # 79 you know who you are 0.20k
Poem # 80 puncture 0.77k
Poem # 81 meditation 0.59k
Poem # 82 and lead me not . . . 0.59k
Poem # 83 poem like qualities 0.48k
Poem # 84 the invisible cat 0.33k
Poem # 85 and then it was gone 0.32k
Poem # 86 . . .it's a design element 1.45k
Poem # 87 lion roars tonight 0.73k
Poem # 88 behind closed eyes 0.30k
Poem # 89 D: All of the above 0.65k
Poem # 90 finding a way 0.68k
Poem # 91 fear 0.25k
Poem # 92 what's a poem? 0.89k
Poem # 93 cycles of growth 0.32k
Poem # 94 after the music 0.62k
Poem # 95 scattered thoughts 1.02k
Poem # 96 the sound of a bass clarinet 0.65k
Poem # 97 bum-pa-di-bum-bum-bah 1.01k
Poem # 98 introversion 0.25k
Poem # 99 why our phone conversations last so long 0.90k
Poem # 100 feeling random 0.62k
Poem # 101 for Caleb, on his tenth birthday 0.68k
Poem # 102 cup of tea during a storm 0.24k
Poem # 103 our Christmas tree 0.29k
Poem # 104 our garden in the rain 0.65k
Poem # 105 How I Prepared for the Shawl I Cast-On Today 1.45k
Poem # 106 at the corner of Tarzan and Jane 0.19k
Poem # 107 a simile 0.18k
Poem # 108 Okay 0.91k
Poem # 109 at the end 0.24k
Poem # 110 Narrator and Poet 0.46k
Poem # 111 calling bird 0.49k
Poem # 112 stormy weather 1.49k
Poem # 113 silk road 1.41k
Poem # 114 To Do: Nature Walk with Niece, age 3 years 1.22k
Poem # 115 reasons 1.04k
Poem # 116 Giving into impulse 0.61k
Poem # 117 rituals of sleep 1.32k
Poem # 118 Spring 0.12k
Poem # 119 if April showers bring May flowers, what about April snow? 0.28k
Poem # 120 a healing process 0.60k
Poem # 121 it isn't raining rain, you know 0.61k
Poem # 122 hump day 0.26k
Poem # 123 miscarriage 0.28k
Poem # 124 Sijo 0.85k
Poem # 125 in search of clarity 0.29k
Poem # 126 Family History 1.62k
Poem # 127 Pioneer Road Show 0.97k
Poem # 128 choice and consequence 0.49k
Poem # 129 What's on your mind? 0.94k
Poem # 130 to the future 0.77k
Poem # 131 middle ages 0.80k
Poem # 132 a best friend 0.76k
Poem # 133 no such place 0.70k
Poem # 134 rocking chair promises 0.69k
Poem # 135 Sunny Saturdays 0.18k
Poem # 136 we will yet sing together 0.92k
Poem # 137 my changing landscape 0.79k
Poem # 138 caught in the middle of a shawl 0.69k
Poem # 139 a broken unsonnet 0.54k
Poem # 140 a difficult prompt 0.22k
Poem # 141 my father's pet robot 0.27k
Poem # 142 frustration 0.15k
Poem # 143 before the storm 0.92k
Poem # 144 Laugh 0.53k
Poem # 145 mistaken potential 1.49k
Poem # 146 arguing with the weatherman 0.55k
Poem # 147 snowdrops 0.31k
Poem # 148 a memory 0.22k
Poem # 149 the folly 0.38k
Poem # 150 diabetic ketoacidosis 0.41k
Poem # 151 at the end 0.39k
Poem # 152 it tolls for thee 1.55k
Poem # 153 Swans Reflecting Elephants 1.10k
Poem # 154 desert fire 0.66k
Poem # 155 rainstick 0.38k
Poem # 156 pneumonia 0.62k
Poem # 157 special delivery 0.68k
Poem # 158 why I left 0.45k
Poem # 159 for Caleb re: the eighth anniversary of his death 0.81k
Poem # 160 Family Reunion on Lake Powell 0.81k
Poem # 161 Pandora 0.65k
Poem # 162 why she said no 0.40k
Poem # 163 untangle 0.79k
Poem # 164 she listened 0.28k
Poem # 165 for Caleb, who would have been eight today 0.15k
Poem # 166 everywhere magic 0.95k
Poem # 167 2:37 am 0.82k
Poem # 168 in between 1.80k
Poem # 169 insomnia 0.90k
Poem # 170 theme and variations 0.58k
Poem # 171 tangible dreams 0.59k
Poem # 172 alone together 0.39k
Poem # 173 are we so different? 0.92k
Poem # 174 double knitting: Phoenix Rising 1.23k
Poem # 175 a long day 0.39k
Poem # 176 Reading "The Bells" 0.78k
Poem # 177 a complicated process 0.68k
Poem # 178 a short thought 0.39k
Poem # 179 I don't miss it 0.26k
Poem # 180 breaking a heart 0.53k
Poem # 181 Grampy 0.97k
Poem # 182 Behind and Beyond 1.25k
Poem # 183 estate sale 0.33k
Poem # 184 at the grocery store 0.76k
Poem # 185 the sane ones 1.85k
Poem # 186 new year snowfall 0.18k
Poem # 187 carnival scene 0.10k
Poem # 188 to Caleb, seven years later. 0.93k
Poem # 189 I am the wordsmith—I traffic in words 0.65k
Poem # 190 a complicated relationship 0.60k
Poem # 191 when the trees wake 0.85k
Poem # 192 now, I'm without you 0.38k
Poem # 193 half dreaming 0.21k
Poem # 194 Great-grandpa's chair 0.75k
Poem # 195 when he was dead 0.57k
Poem # 196 give us this day 0.56k
Poem # 197 in memory of lilacs 0.52k
Poem # 198 inversion 0.25k
Poem # 199 in shadow comfort 0.55k
Poem # 200 feathers or lead? 0.21k
Poem # 201 Rhyssa: her work 1.01k
Poem # 202 of tornados and butterflies 0.46k
Poem # 203 memories 0.44k
Poem # 204 particle theory 1.28k
Poem # 205 thoughts as fireflies shine at twilight 0.08k
Poem # 206 Níðhöggr 0.52k
Poem # 207 the end of the world 0.30k
Poem # 208 entering flood season 1.65k
Poem # 209 shopping lists: or why not to go to the market 0.82k
Poem # 210 the vibrations of the universe 0.34k
Poem # 211 Pickett's Charge 1.22k
Poem # 212 the pollen of spring 0.49k
Poem # 213 into the dreamscape 1.03k
Poem # 214 like a baby 0.58k
Poem # 215 my place 0.30k
Poem # 216 birdsong 0.91k
Poem # 217 the hero's journey as road trip 1.67k
Poem # 218 checking my blood sugar 0.48k
Poem # 219 aftermath 0.75k
Poem # 220 quantum entanglement 0.99k
Poem # 221 baby dragon 0.18k
Poem # 222 another reason why 0.13k
Poem # 223 butterfly thoughts 0.20k
Poem # 224 Monaco: the shining lives 0.76k
Poem # 225 Tanzania: two peaks of Kilimanjaro 1.39k
Poem # 226 Seychelles: the Aldabra giant tortoise 1.15k
Poem # 227 Singapore: Gardens by the Bay 1.34k
Poem # 228 Saint Kitts and Nevis: crossing the river 0.98k
Poem # 229 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: we're all sane here 1.38k
Poem # 230 Moldova: the hero of the story 1.35k
Poem # 231 Qatar: remember 1.08k
Poem # 232 Panama: Yellow Fever 0.86k
Poem # 233 Federated States of Micronesia: Maskun 1.24k
Poem # 234 Switzerland: childhood dreams 0.41k
Poem # 235 Spain: the mantilla 1.72k
Poem # 236 the Maldives: life on a coral reef 0.99k
Poem # 237 the sweet sorrow of parting 0.62k
Poem # 238 Liechtenstein: Swiss Invasion, 2007 1.20k
Poem # 239 my defense 0.85k
Poem # 240 to the world 0.77k
Poem # 241 weeping willow 0.61k
Poem # 242 forgetting to remember 0.65k
Poem # 243 process 0.58k
Poem # 244 the click of the wheels 0.84k
Poem # 245 searching 0.96k
Poem # 246 Andorra: the white lady 0.91k
Poem # 247 milestone accomplishment 0.77k
Poem # 248 why the balloon rose 0.97k
Poem # 249 chasing numbers 0.67k
Poem # 250 fire garden 0.22k
Poem # 251 why a string is tied around my neck 0.66k
Poem # 252 déjà vu : see again 0.84k
Poem # 253 stuff 1.03k
Poem # 254 should thy right hand offend thee, cut it off 1.25k
Poem # 255 Australia: the breath of life 1.09k
Poem # 256 the glass woman, a fairy story 2.98k
Poem # 257 my ghosts 0.51k
Poem # 258 unknitting: a haiku sonnet 0.43k
Poem # 259 Monday's Child 0.94k
Poem # 260 words like knives 0.96k
Poem # 261 child's pose 0.95k
Poem # 262 Mexico: Día de Muertos 1.29k
Poem # 263 new habits 0.82k
Poem # 264 mixed messages 0.40k
Poem # 265 the sugar dilemma 1.63k
Poem # 266 secret tigers 0.62k
Poem # 267 big white bags 0.74k
Poem # 268 did you know? 1.20k
Poem # 269 let me remember 1.03k
Poem # 270 Uzbekistan: foreign exchange 1.89k
Poem # 271 pairing off 0.61k
Poem # 272 Cuba: a thought 2.15k
Poem # 273 Trinidad and Tobago: Limbo 1.34k
Poem # 274 Republic of Macedonia: ancient memories 2.32k
Poem # 275 Sri Lanka: Sigiriya 1.14k
Poem # 276 Pakistan: the dancing girl of Mohenjo-Daro 1.05k
Poem # 277 Nigeria: some thoughts 0.84k
Poem # 278 Malaysia: Batik 1.39k
Poem # 279 Belarus: Belovezhskaya Pushcha 1.22k
Poem # 280 Iceland: Under the Northern Lights 0.98k
Poem # 281 Paraguay: Nanduti Lace 0.92k
Poem # 282 Kiribati: Greeting the New Year 0.88k
Poem # 283 Zimbabwe: Moonlight Rainbows 1.01k
Poem # 284 Japan: under the shadow 1.19k
Poem # 285 South Africa: San Rock Art 0.80k
Poem # 286 Haiti: Some thoughts on the islands 0.41k
Poem # 287 Finland: T1 2.01k
Poem # 288 the NICU 0.55k
Poem # 289 New Zealand: watching the haka 1.29k
Poem # 290 rainbow 0.16k
Poem # 291 behind every smile 0.57k
Poem # 292 Fairydust: an acrostic 0.50k
Poem # 293 the nursery chair 1.66k
Poem # 294 Equatorial Guinea: thoughts on twenty percent 1.34k
Poem # 295 when the dead walk 1.05k
Poem # 296 El Salvador: República de El Salvador 1.48k
Poem # 297 Brazil: thoughts on the Itaipu Dam 1.03k
Poem # 298 Egypt: a perspective 0.51k
Poem # 299 Bulgaria: part of the dance 0.50k
Poem # 300 Barbados: the bearded ones 0.48k
Poem # 301 China: the terracota army of the first emperor of China 1.48k
Poem # 302 Burkina Faso: Les Pics de Sindou 1.17k
Poem # 303 Albania: And What Shall I Do in Illyria 1.49k
Poem # 304 on completing a goal 1.31k
Poem # 305 the day before 1.53k
Poem # 306 Daphne's fate 1.14k
Poem # 307 stories in the sky 1.43k
Poem # 308 the life of a graduate student instructor 1.55k
Poem # 309 Bonfire Night: 5 November 2000 1.23k
Poem # 310 on knitting a scarf 2.05k
Poem # 311 some thoughts on the ending of a relationship 1.42k
Poem # 312 mirror 0.44k
Poem # 313 on fairy tales 1.15k
Poem # 314 on a lingering and absolutely, completely rational fear 1.66k
Poem # 315 meeting the in-laws 1.29k
Poem # 316 good/bad 1.54k
Poem # 317 manic Monday 0.43k
Poem # 318 peace 0.75k
Poem # 319 bleeding money 2.03k
Poem # 320 on heroes and powers 2.24k
Poem # 321 on winning a fiction contest for the university magazine 2.15k
Poem # 322 purple ink 1.06k
Poem # 323 the family knot 2.22k
Poem # 324 tornado drill 2.75k
Poem # 325 ghostly gossip 2.61k
Poem # 326 moving violation 1.44k
Poem # 327 Beads--with apologies to Joyce Kilmer 1.12k
Poem # 328 nightmare 2.30k
Poem # 329 Remember me— 1.89k
Poem # 330 (for a moment) 1.06k
Poem # 331 after the thesis 1.52k
Poem # 332 fish story 0.87k
Poem # 333 waiting for blood 2.16k
Poem # 334 insomnia 0.93k
Poem # 335 high school reunion 1.12k
Poem # 336 the labyrinth 1.16k
Poem # 337 Angel's Landing--a hike in Zion's in southern Utah 1.96k
Poem # 338 my sister's bass clarinet 1.13k
Poem # 339 spoiled 1.23k
Poem # 340 a teenage fountain lady 1.42k

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