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‘The Fluctuations of Modernity and Antiquity’ by Laurel Aronian

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January 11, 2023
Beauty, High School Submissions, Pantoum, Poetry
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. The Fluctuations of Modernity and Antiquity a pantoum __Something is ahead, A solemn note on open sky, __It rises from the dead, A whizzing plane of time gone by. A solemn note on open sky, Reminds me of...

‘In Plain Sight’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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September 4, 2022
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
45 Comments
. In Plain Sight Our enemies aren’t rattling at the gate. Our foes aren’t firing shots from foreign ground. They toy with minds---pain brains, and obfuscate--- We bend and bow and break without a...

‘The Death of the Leviathan’ by Adam Sedia

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August 31, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
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. The Death of the Leviathan The monster finally meets its doom: Sound out the death-knell, light the pyre! The depths are ready for its tomb--- Now let the wretch at last expire! Sound out the death-knell,...

‘Seeing the Light’: Three Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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March 2, 2022
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. Seeing the Light by Susan Jarvis Bryant . I. Peace Be with You… a pantoum   “Peace is possible, truth at all costs.” ---Martin Luther  The churchyard cat is terrified The belfry bats are numb with...

‘Aspects of Love’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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February 13, 2022
Culture, Love Poems, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé
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. Aspects of Love . I. Unrequited a rondeau redoublé Tonight, my eyes are open and aware. The kiss I trusted was a lustful lie. I’m letting go of love that isn’t there. My heart holds dreams no...

‘The Joys of Spring’ by Janice Canerdy

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January 23, 2022
Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry
5 Comments
. The Joys of Spring a pantoum It’s here—sweet long-awaited spring. New blooms smell lovely; skies are blue. The trilling birds are on the wing. Earth has awakened; life is new. New blooms smell lovely;...

‘Poppy’ and Other Poetry by A.S. Chuba

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December 27, 2021
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Pantoum, Poetry
7 Comments
. Poppy A vase of poppies on the table there, Twelve years have past, all white is now her hair. A shadow running up the path she sees, Her son has come! Her end to miseries. Twelve years have past all white...

A Fake News Pantoum and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

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December 9, 2021
Culture, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau
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. What Is Truth? a pantoum To keep us blind and riven You falsify the facts. You will not be forgiven--- These are a tyrant’s acts! You falsify the facts Promoting news that’s fake. These are a tyrant’s...

‘Hypnosis’ by Judy Koren

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November 7, 2021
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
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. Hypnosis Come over here, then, and sit in this chair, Gaze at this candle-flame, empty your mind, No need to worry, no need to beware--- I am so patient, so caring and kind. Gaze at this candle-flame, empty...

Three Poems on Having COVID-19, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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October 15, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Villanelle
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. A Pox Upon My House a pantoum I heard the hiss of sickness as my mind cracked. I scoured and bleached and reached new hygiene heights. I locked down, muzzled up and shunned all contact--- Its moans and...

‘A Pantoum of Wager’ and Other Poetry by Leland James

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October 6, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
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. A Pantoum of Wager God said to Satan: Have you seen my servant Job, a man who fears God and shuns evil. Satan replied: You’ve bought him with blessings. Take them away and he’ll spit in your eye. God...

‘A Woke Recipe for Disaster’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 15, 2021
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau, Villanelle
26 Comments
. A Woke Recipe for Disaster a villanelle Heap fresh and zesty chaos on despair. Rub salt in history’s wounds till hatred sticks, Then sugar discontent with bogus care. Pour rage and scorn on free-speech...

‘Bridge of Memories’ and Other Poetry by Dusty Grein

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May 20, 2018
Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry
16 Comments
Bridge of Memories a symmetrelle in mixed syllabic meter A bridge built of memories spans the gap between future and past. Although life may speed by us too fast, from every experience, knowledge we...

‘Bemused’ and Other Poetry by N. Ram

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December 31, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry
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  Bemused “Polyhymnia would not lift her veil, All my attempts at sacred poetry failed, Calliope did not lend me her tablet, Epic poetry left me desolate, Terpsichore was sure, I could never...

‘The Price’ and Other Poetry by Dusty Grein

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October 7, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé, The Environment
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  The Price (a pantoum in iambic pentameter) The sea and sky, once beautiful and clean, They’ve paid the price for man’s hubris and greed. The jungle canopies were brilliant green as nature...

‘The Pleiades’ (Pantoum) by Carol Smallwood

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September 25, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
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  There is a tale of seven sisters whose father help up the sky pursued by Orion, carried to the heavens by Zeus. Farming season began when their star cluster appeared high— their position in the...

How to Write a Pantoum (With Example)

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September 19, 2016
Beauty, For Educators, Pantoum, Poetry, Poetry Forms
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By Carol Smallwood The pantoum is a poetry form that originated in 15th century Malaysia and drifted West in the 19th century with French writer Victor Hugo, among others. While it never quite took off like...

‘Winter Storm Watch’ and Other Poetry by Catherine Wald

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March 5, 2015
Beauty, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry
1 Comment
  Winter Storm Watch The sky is still; no flakes appear and yet we know that they will come. Held hostage by our doubts and fears we beat out warnings on our drums. We know, for sure, the flakes...

‘A Lace Piece’ (A Pantoum) by Carol Smallwood

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August 28, 2014
Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry
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There’s a wonder about it, the fragile beauty of lace. Many kinds for centuries have been important to own; one can go to Ireland, Flanders, from place to place— they’re in catalogs: Irish, Mechlin,...




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