A limerick You'll have big shoes to fill, big sis said, Coaching him for toddler years ahead; Be sure to spit up mashed peas With each burp, cough, and sneeze... But- he forgot, swallowed, and cooed instead! What do you see prompt? (#WDYS) This limerick is my response to Sadje’s WDYS prompt this week, which… Continue reading Spit up, or: Swallow
A quadrille In the form of a Double Nonet poem born naked; heart beating; anxie- ty; wailing loudly, absent salt- y tears despite harsh, harrow- ing experience; for- eign, chilly air flow- ing into ti- ny lungs; glar- ing lu- mi- nes- cence that pierces thin eyelids, tightly shut; cacophony reverberating on small eardrums; lying… Continue reading Born naked, or: Affectionate kiss
An American sentence: Baby poets constantly put forms in their mouths to learn about them. What's an 'American Sentence'? Allen Ginsberg, inventor of the American Sentence, felt that the haiku didn’t work as well in English. Ginsberg decided to remove the line structure of the haiku, maintaining the requirement of 17 syllables total. He felt… Continue reading It’s normal, or: That’s how they learn, Honey
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