Monthly Archives: June 2014

The Harvest

Posted on June 24, 2014 by cdsmiller17

The Harvest   Metaphysically, we are the past: Each one a seed of life in the future, Trying to grow to the sun, good and pure, Ascending from the earth to which we’re cast. The reaper comes so slow, yet … Continue reading →

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Is Missing MH370 in the Indian Ocean Equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle?

Posted on June 23, 2014 by cdsmiller17

I wanted to share something with you that might have something to do with missing Malaysian Airline MH370. Here is the beginning of the Human Spirit part of chapter fifteen, The Bermuda Triangle, from At This Point in Time. It’s … Continue reading →

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Too Many Years (lyrics)

Posted on June 14, 2014 by cdsmiller17

  Too Many Years   I’m waiting at the station for the Sudbury bus To see my real dad, years ago: He answered my letter to meet this one time And there’s so much I need to know. But he … Continue reading →

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Hedgey

Posted on June 4, 2014 by cdsmiller17

I have an ear for imitation, even when I cannot accurately reproduce the effect. This is when poetry comes to my aid,  as the reader can hear what I intend, in their own head. That way I can ‘edge my … Continue reading →

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Forty-Love

Posted on June 3, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Forty-Love Almost too quickly, it’s come time to choose: Have you been courting a twin score of years A match being watched from seats in the tiers? Panic sets in: there’s no time to lose. Perhaps what’s been said will … Continue reading →

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Footprints

Posted on June 3, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Footprints Somewhere in the middle of the snowstorm, Night fell and trapped me inside its darkness: Out in the cold, I walked, wishing for warm Wooly blankets, and wanting to feel less Foolish for being caught in the open. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Seasoning

Posted on June 2, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Signs of Winter A scattering of leaves on snow-shrouded grass, A print of soft lines etched by the wind, A whistling whisper signed through the trees Tell that white winter has come to pass. Spring Morning Mauve splashes, smudged across … Continue reading →

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Rainy Day

Posted on June 1, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Rainy Day   The sleepy sky has not yet wak’ed: The street is darkly melancholic; A drizzle paints a misty haze, And dampens any frolic. The silence of the gloomy street, By feet splashing a steady beat Is broken…   … Continue reading →

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Lonesome (a Terza Rima)

Posted on June 1, 2014 by cdsmiller17

The literal translation of terza rima from Italian is ‘third rhyme’. Terza rima is a three-line stanza using chain rhyme in the pattern A-B-A, B-C-B, C-D-C, D-E-D. There is no limit to the number of lines, but poems or sections … Continue reading →

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Separate Movements (a Villanelle)

Posted on June 1, 2014 by cdsmiller17

A villanelle (also known as villanesque) is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain. There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third line of the first tercet repeated alternately until … Continue reading →

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