Monthly Archives: October 2015

I loved the idea of finding poetry on your bookshelf, as shared in the Commons. So, even though it lacks faces and a chiasmus, I wanted to give it a shot. The Lost Continent

I “found” my words by taking the first and last word of each paragraph in a paper I wrote on nature and civilization in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. The only think I changed was to add an “‘s” to Shakespeare. … Continue reading →

There are many poems that inspire me, but when I’m asked to think of a poem, this is one of the first that always comes to my mind. I think I remember having to memorize it in AP English my … Continue reading →

Affinity A new novel is a relationship Whether you are introduced by a friend Or meet by chance (In a book store, perhaps?) The tentative introduction… Will you judge me only by my cover? Are you plain-spoken? Folksy? Literate? Well-read? … Continue reading →

I had a lot of fun with this prompt: skin, prose poetry, internal rhyme. The idea of internal rhyme in a prose poem was interesting to me. I tried to use it throughout the piece, but I think a lot … Continue reading →