When Pluto was a planetYou cleared your neighbourhoodScooped all the
negativityFlung it to far reachesYou spun in your orbitSo well
rounded.We wanted to come alongBut your journey is longand oh, ...
Some shriek to preserve historyBut ah! Consider the mysteryof that
illusion of one side’s victory.What happened to the voicessilenced
by the cruel choicesof the victors? Can we rejoicethat now ...
(Sometimes the breakdown of a relationship is not a surprise to folks
watching from the outside). . When I met his eyes . I saw into the
depths saw his emptiness unfaithfulness. He knew I knew Hi...
What wind brings Don’t wrap this silence in your memory Gather the
fallen leaves Your departure: a beginning. Going means coming to
understand Summer wildfires Sometimes ashes fall Sometimes ra...
COLD COMFORT (by Shawn Bird and the 2021 En 11-A class) . Something
burns on a winter night I smell the smoke and see the fire Reflections
on the snow are bright The dreams to which I aspire . I ...
A POTATO FORK POEM (for Brenda) . Fellow forks, beware! Do stay away
from here! Brenda takes us then she breaks us. Oh tremble! Feel fear!
Come only if you dare! . Digging rocks and boulders (Put...
I heard your namecalling to me from long ago.I heard your name,(Oh,
that melancholy refrain!)whispering words so soft and low,memories I
need to let go.I heard your name. This poetry form is call...
NaPoWriMo prompt for Day 21 was to use repetition modelled after
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/poem/2008/11/there_was_a_man_of_double_deed.html.
There was a girl who spoke the wordsThat wrap...
