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My latest missives & musings
Why does Sisyphus go fishing?
And so we reach our final challenge of 2024, that being to write a poem in which the speaker is identified with, or compared to, a character from myth or legend, as in Claire Scott’s poem “Scheherazade at the Doctor’s Office.” Every day this month (year) I have gone to work on the first thing…
Taylor Swift’s Cardigan
In recognition of Taylor Swift releasing another album, Merriam-Webster put together a list of ten words from Taylor Swift songs. The setter hoped we didn’t find this too torturous (you have no idea!!!), but we were challenged to select one these words, and write a poem that uses the word as its title. I grasped the nettle,…
Paradise Lost
Our optional prompt for today asks us try our hand at writing a sijo. This is a traditional Korean verse form. A sijo has three lines of 14-16 syllables. The first line introduces the poem’s theme, the second discusses it, and the third line, which is divided into two sentences or clauses, ends the poem…
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