Bless you 🌞

Always a joy to read and hear your work, Marcía.

Looking forward to more!

Wonderful!

My two #haiku
for #DailyHaikuPrompt
#late #snow #rose

.

snow approaching spring,
cold-shouldering calendars:
weather's never late

easy-going rose
opening unhurriedly
into timelessness

.

#poetry #nature #flowers #seasons
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That's awesome, Francesca! So happy for you!

For #vss365 #assure
.

ENGRAVING

World clock stuck on 11:59,
uncertainty assures the worst,

but then your heartbeats mallet me
with the chiselling of your words,

and I feel details, see relief;
my life's a certain art again.

.
#poetry #poem © me 2026
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For #7syllablesentence

March 12th to March 14th...

.

#bow

Slow-bowed notes moaned soulfully.

~

#ooze

Time oozed like a bandaged wound.

~

#will

Despots have to hate free will.

.

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#writing #writingcommunity

I enjoyed the themes you provided, Debbie.

Thank you, and best wishes!

For #vss365
#warmth theme

.

COLD SNAP

soft tropic warmth which
weaves these palms

till fingers
slack

leave
g a p s

and

touch

goes

tum-
bling
back
to

o-p-e-n

a i r

.

#poetry #poem © me 2026
#poetrycommunity
#writingcommunity

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The Distance of a Shout by Michael Ondaatje: 9780593805015 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books In The Distance of a Shout, Michael Ondaatje has assembled some of his finest poems into a singular poetic memoir that invokes the arc of his own journey over fifty years. “Michael Ondaatje remains....

Another new poetry collection to consider:

The Distance of a Shout
Selected Poems
by Michael Ondaatje

About the book
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801311...

About the poet
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/michae...

#poetry #poets #books #newbooks #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity

For #7syllablesentence

March 8th to March 11th...

#rain

Droughts made rain our miracle.

~

#action

Action figures gathered dust.

~

#invite

Stained glass invites light and eyes.

~

#naive

Naive backers bought the farm.

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We Interrupt This Broadcast A stunning new volume from a poet whose body of work illuminates the ways &#8220;language can become a tool for carrying what feels unbearable&#8221; (Krista Tippet, <em>On Being</em>)., We Interrupt ...

COMING JUNE 2026

We Interrupt This Broadcast: Poems
by Gregory Orr

About his latest poetry collection:
wwnorton.com/books/978132...

About the poet:
poets.org/poet/gregory...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gregor...

#poetry #poets #books #newbooks #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #poetrylovers

For #bravewrite #motif

.

LEITMOTIFS

Those madcap motifs
cuing you back
in my heart...

La Mer
chasing
Lark Ascending

Coltrane
Turner
Holiday

hints of Hendrix

Thunderstruck

salsa

Callas

and At Last...

bagpipes blasting
Ode to Joy!

.

#poetry #poem © me 2026
#music

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For #vss365 #lightning
.

BLITZKRIEG IDIOT

fan of 1000-camera storms

paparazzi flashbulb clouds

chilling apathetic stills

close-ups of unscripted risks

You smug as a thunderhead

bolting from thy lightning sins

craven (shocker!) craving fames

.
#poetry #poem ©me 2026
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Just a quick addendum to my earlier post...

how you creatively weave together all these various prompts is inspiring, Marcía!

You made my day, Jenn! 😊

Thank you so much!

3 for #SenryuSunday
~

daylight savings time
borrowing an hour for light
then to give it back

.

two seasons at once
summertime impassioning
wintertime mourning

.

arrive early, spring!
show how wrong the groundhog was!
shadows know nothing!

~
#poetry #senryu
#poem © me 2026
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Home Home The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.

AAP / Poets.org recognizes poets worldwide.

For example, they also feature...

Dante
poets.org/poet/dante-a...

Shakespeare
poets.org/poet/william...

Pushkin
poets.org/poet/alexand...

Basho
poets.org/poet/matsuo-...

Tagore
poets.org/poet/rabindr...

among many, many others past and present 🌎😊

For #vss365 #spellbound

DOOMSTRUCK?

I'm spellbound by
your absent spells.

Friend, you were
our optimist!

Is hope
a ghost tonight?

Disillusion's
a weak witch.

A better magic's
cast by stars!

Love's arts!
Odd truths!

More fascination's
anywhere!

#poetry #poem © me 2026
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From Poetry Foundation...

Celebrating Women's History Month

"Poems, articles, podcasts,
and blog posts that explore
women's history and
women's rights."

Website:
www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/...

#poetry #poets #women #history #rights #womensrights #WomensHistoryMonth

The Moods Time drops in decay

Something for #smallpoemsunday

The Moods, a potent little poem by W. B. Yeats.

excerpt:
"Time drops in decay,/Like a candle burnt out..."

The rest of the poem can be read at the Academy of American Poets website:
poets.org/poem/moods

#poetry #poems #brevity #yeats #nature
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Women’s History Month March is Women’s History Month, a time for us to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of extraordinary, influential women. In particular, we remember the women poets who have helped shape American ...

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH RESOURCES
from Academy of American Poets

"Here we’ve curated a collection of poems, videos, audio, essays, books, lesson plans, and ephemera in tribute to these and other women poets writing today."

poets.org/womens-histo...

#poetry #poets #women #history #WomensHistoryMonth

Lethe - Wikipedia

About that River Lethe...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethe

For #bravewrite #allude
~

SLIPPED MY MIND

One open mic poetry night
I made the mistake
of alluding to Lethe,
the mythical river in Hades.

Afterwards,
I had a hell of a time
explaining the damn thing,

so I sipped water
and said

Forget about it.

~
#poetry #poem © me 2026
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The Poetry of Chuya Nakahara (9784805318973) Premier Publisher Of Asian Inspired Books, Gifts, Craft Kits

Coming in March from Tuttle Publishing...

The Poetry of Chuya Nakahara:
Japan's Modernist Master

translated by Christian Nagle

tuttlepublishing.com/japan/the-po...

This "definitive bilingual edition" includes photos, notes, online audio, plus a foreword by Mikiro Sasaki.

#poetry #poets #books

You're welcome, Todd!

And I look forward to your craft book.

Way back I started one but it morphed into more of a memoir. Needs tons of revisions.

I love how Ted Kooser approached his classic Poetry Home Repair Manual. I still revisit it,find myself smiling.

He's such a nice poet/teacher/person.

For #vss365 #jewelry
*

THE FAILED HEIST

After a squall smashed
& grabbed
the garden's jewelry,

exquisitely fashioned
orb-weaver webs
dangled:

diamond necklaces
missed,
now shimmering,

more precious
perhaps
since this rain.

*
#poetry #poem © me 2026
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Three great poems, Todd.

Looking forward to reading the others.

Incredible work, as always, Marcía!

Thank you for your consistently amazing posts.

My #haiku for #DailyHaikuPrompt
3/6/26 #salmon theme

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saltwater to fresh:
salmon journeying homeward,
swimming for more lives

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#poetry #poem © me 2026
#fish #nature #journeys #survival

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