Category Archives: sonnet

NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-six

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Mary Beth Frezon

Daffodils slowly extinguishing hope released, now fading the forsythia have bloomed sturdy and sunny and along the house shy Fairy Wings – paler yellow, briefly flowers until its leaves fill the side garden with hearts. The one clump of bluebells … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo, Day Nineteen

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Mary Beth Frezon

Had this notion on the way to work about the color of the world seeping up toward the sky in spring but on the way home I saw my first of the wonderful white flowering shrubs that to me really … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo, Day Eleven

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Mary Beth Frezon

Today’s prompt from NaPoWriMo was to write a Bop: “The invention of poet Afaa Michael Weaver, the Bop is a kind of combination sonnet + song. Like a Shakespearan sonnet, it introduces, discusses, and then solves (or fails to solve) … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo Day Seven

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Mary Beth Frezon

How to soothe this inner shivering mess •
in the words of the wise: make art, breathe deep,
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NaPoWriMo Day Five

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Mary Beth Frezon

This was a stretch and I know, before the editing is done, there will be even more alternate ending couplets than I have already…. Clean out the closet, the drawer-fuls of things making room, space, to welcome in the new … Continue reading →

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