Shiner, or: Lover

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Poetry Partners #9

‘Shiner’, a poem by Eric Erb of ‘erbiage’

What do you mean you don’t know how to rise and shine?
Every morning the sun shows you!
Just be as you are
The world will turn towards you

An atom poem by ben Alexander of ‘The Skeptic’s Kaddish’

sunup
glaring
pushy

I need
endless
space

stars
distant
offer

night
my mind's
lover

we two
produce
magic

lines
birthed
of her

Atom poem?

  • Three line stanzas;
  • Count letters: 5-7-5;
  • No punctuation or capitalization like haiku.

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

List of Poetry Partners

32 thoughts on “Shiner, or: Lover”

  5. My mother used to wake me for school each day with “rise and shine!”. Even then I was reluctant to let go of the night sky.
    Counting letters is an interesting idea. (K)

    1. uhm…. why don’t you wait to see what the next d’Verse quadrille prompt will be? it’s going up in another 5.5 hours…

      actually, now that I think about it, why don’t you write about your exams, since that’s what’s actually going on in your life?

      1. Aw, the DVerse prompt goes up in 5.5 hours, and its 8:15 in the night in India right now 😂. So I’m gonna be sleeping soundly by the time the DVerse pub opens up!

  7. I love your atom poem ✨ Happy Hanukkah (if I’m not mistaken it starts today, I’m not Jewish but love learning and studying all religions, we learned a lot about the Jewish faith last year. Hanukkah was our favorite celebration. Festival of Lights)

    1. Art,

      #1. look at that particular page of your blog – NOT in the WordPress Reader – but rather directly on your blog.

      #2. copy the URL for that page of your blog

      #3. paste the URL into a comment on my blog.

      ❤
      David

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