the lamp shades were the mostsolid thing in the roomnevermind the beetles gnawing on the trimwith orange stained fingers, she'dpeel them for companyand even as she invoked themthey reproached her for crimesagainst dirty kitchen floorssticky messes sh

bouts-rimés - (French: “rhymed ends”), rhymed words or syllables to which verses are written, best known from a literary game of making verses from a list of rhyming words supplied by another person. Honey, Bread and Rivers On

I just received an email from Elena Liliana Popescu, a Romanian poet. After thinking for a minute, I realize she must have read a poetry exercise I'd posted at Spit Toon, a poetry forum.  This was the exercise: From Frances Mayes' The Disc

THE ENTERPRISE BOOKSCaptivating Stories for Boys by Justly Popular Writers.They pluck lessons the graphic character conveys perseverance manly &

this    angler    should should        restrain memory,         not a butter-colored blanketon shore    &

cocoon      & rope, you on               your side blowing dandelion seed on high     casting nebula lyrics into a sculpture &nb

A whole day of poetry (I'm just going on Saturday), whew, but there are few chances for this kind of immersion and its fun to be around people who like to talk poetry. I'll have to go earlier this year so as not to miss the Moon Pie Press Poets. I'

Fire by Friction for a juggler They made fire by rubbing two dry sticks, one against the other.                          

are not what this poem is about it is just a string of pretty words palimpset          Queen Anne’s lace   polliwogs                                        edelweiss          ?