Journal

Cherry

survive

The day's confusion of abstract numbers thrown on abstract floors in glass buildings melt away under the night-janitor's broom

Slamming It (A Jabber )

Sometimes we have this style of communication , call it jive or whatever , this poetry structure is called The Jabber and is trying to capture the lingo of the current time .

Freedom (An Acrostic )

Sometimes even the simplest of structures can bring a challenge to the clever and wise .

Rhythmic Rain (An Onomatopoeia )

Sounds bring us an understanding of the world around us , poetry is its echo .

Its All So Crystal Clear ( A Tercet )

A tercet is three lines of poetry forming a stanza or complete poem.Here is an example .

Mountain Meadows ( A Sijo )

The sijo is like the tanka, renga and haiku .

Backdrops Of Blue Gums ( A Rubai )

The Rubai (plural rubaiyat) is a quatrain rhyming sequence a-a-b-a- Edward Fitzgerald the great translator of Omar Khayyam wrote it in iambic pentameter .

My Place ( A Sense Wise )

Our understanding of life is communicated through our senses . This structure highlights that fact .

My Neurosis

The first short story which delivered any substantial "oomph"

I Can't Have What I had ( An In-Tense )

I would like to share an idea about poetry with a sense of place and time ,