My Headache Ghazal (and my excuse for not posting last night) What is a headache made of? Made up in the brain, of course, what I’ve called “an exquisite pain.” But why call the pain exquisite? What can that mean? Delicate, beautiful? An exquisite pain — from the Latin, sought out, from ex- and to seek. But who seeks […]
Today’s poem — or attempt at a poem — is an homage to Emily Dickinson. Emily as mother…of my fourteen year old? Here’s her original: I like a look of Agony,Because I know it’s true —Men do not sham Convulsion,Nor simulate, a Throe —The Eyes glaze once — and that is Death —Impossible to feignThe […]
It’s late…but here goes. The prompt was to write a poem referencing 3-5 favorite movies. I must be doing it wrong. Donna Reed I’m sure did not drink wine all afternoon with her girlfriends and gripe about Jimmy Stewart. Remember when we never missed a Woody Allen movie, holding hands and believing an acid quip might […]
Here’s the prompt for today’s poem from POETRYisEVERYTHING: “A poet’s autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.” ― Yevgeny Yevtushenko Welcome to Day 11 of the NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month) challenge. One third of the challenge and poetry month is behind us now. If you are just getting started I hope you’ll set […]