Last week was the first I’d heard of the Square Poem or the Square Stanza. It is an utterly fascinating concept and [not-surprisingly] quite hard to pull off.
The trick is that the poem should read the same vertically down the page and horizontally across the page. Obviously then, and also to make it a true ‘square’, the number of words per line must equal the number of lines. This form is attributed to Lewis Carroll…
Category: Poetry
War: a #poem
Is it greed; insecurity; a hunger for power; hatred for humankind and for every living being? How is war ever an answer to anything? How can war answer the questions of food security, and health, and happiness, and shelter for all the creatures on this planet?
Blue and Yellow: a #poem
However much I want to believe in the power of good and however much I want to have faith and hold on to hope, I see new evidence everyday of much that is wrong with the world. Sometimes all one can do is to grieve and to pray that good prevails over evil…
Healing #Haikus
These Haikus are about the power of Nature to help us find solace in a world gone crazy.
A winter that will end
Sometimes, winter is more than just a time of year. Sometimes, it is a desolation that grows out of hurt and harm.
Here’s a poem that says it better than prose can…
Hurt & Heart – a poem
Memories – good and bad – serve a purpose. They remind us of times when things were beautiful and we had hope, and they warn us of what could go wrong despite the best intentions in the world.
Here’s a poem about that…
Of Enemies & Friends – a poem
Every so often I find myself sabotaging my hopes and dreams.
Too ambitious, too new, too unusual, too extravagant, I’ll say, and I’ll close my mind to what could be.
Here’s poem about that…
Continuing the saga of body parts and #Haiku
Sounds sinister, doesn’t it?
Well, I hope you find the following Haikus anything but ominous…
Little Love Stories in verse courtesy Twitter prompts #VSS365
These love stories are thanks to the #VSS365 daily word prompt given by uber creative hosts over the last few days on Twitter…
Murder on the blog today
Just felt like changing up the poetry mood on this blog a bit and what better way to do it than to kill off a few characters. It’s good practice for the murder mystery I [may] write someday…