Tag Archive | poetry
Love Lost; Lust Found
I had a minister who on occasion would tell us that his job was to “comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” When I get too comfortable I have to convince myself to get out of my overstuffed comfy chair and find something with a higher back and stiffer seat. So in an effort to […]
Something Old, Something New…
It has been a while since I last posted some poetry. I don’t think of it as my strength and so I push myself to try new things. There are many different forms of poetry: the sonnet, the limerick, and haiku are some. I am not an expert. There are all sorts of meters—iambic pentameter […]
Write from Experience
We’ve all heard the advice to write about what you know. I spend countless hours a year commuting into and out of Washington DC. So here is a poem that takes that advice into account. The Orange Line The jostle and thrum Vibrates up through The soles and souls Of a thousand Individual stories as […]
Poetic License
Today’s post is bit of a departure for me. I have been enjoying the fairly regular posts of Chris Galford’s original poetry (on The Walking Den). I have to admit that I am somewhat challenged (maybe intimidated is a better word) by poetry and what better way to try to develop a clearer understanding of […]
