Tag Archives: sonnet

May First, 2024

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Mary Beth Frezon

The still light of afternoon • shimmering with song, of • so many birds. I weep . . . (See more) Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 27

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Mary Beth Frezon

Woke up this morning wanting to paint • Wanting to use the vacuum cleaner Continue reading →

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Day 16 NaPoWriMo 2022

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Mary Beth Frezon

The NaPoWriMo prompt suggested we “write a curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form was developed by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and he used it for what is probably his most famous poem, … Continue reading →

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The Eve of April

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Mary Beth Frezon

My tradition is to write an eve of April poem so here it goes. Maureen over at NaPoWriMo headquarters suggested a play on Emily Dickinson so that was a nice launching prompt. So without further ado: hope it’s a forever … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo – Day Twenty

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

Today was a day about the day job. Felt strange and in a weird way lonelier than the past month and a half. But we trudge on folks, we trudge on. (And a hat tip to my Mom, Betty Frezon … Continue reading →

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