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Blog Posted:1/17/2013 10:21:00 AM
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I just read a wonderful poem today by Donna Hilbert that will be the basis for my next contest and I am excited to share it with all of you. It's called "A Button Poem" and was published in her book, Travelers in Paradise: new and selected poems PEARL Editions, 2004. Enjoy!
A Button Poem
Order
In this cut glass relish tray
where my grandmother once laid
circles and slices of pickles
and beets, I now arrange
bags full of buttons
bought at the swap meet.
What would she make of me—
idle pursuer of order and beauty—
sorting by color, shape and size
castaway remnants
of other people’s lives?By Donna Hilbert So my next contest will be on, you guessed it, BUTTONS! If you want to know more about how buttons become a part of our lives, see this article: http://www.slate.com/articles/life/design/2012/06/button_history_a_visual_tour_of_button_design_through_the_ages_.html
You can write anything about a button, buttons, button phrases, or merely reference one in your poem...contest coming soon, I hope!
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 5/14/2013 | five minute challenge | Tanka | sad, |
| 5/11/2013 | yellow | Tanka | color,freedom,people, |
| 4/21/2013 | in the meadow | Tanka | betrayal, |
| 4/18/2013 | metamorph contest | Tanka | anger,loss, |
| 4/15/2013 | a dog's good-bye | Tanka | animal,tribute, |
| 4/14/2013 | empty tissue box | Tanka | angst,grief, |
| 4/11/2013 | secret contest | Senryu | caregiving,dark, |
| 2/24/2013 | party - for one | Senryu | lonely, |
| 2/7/2013 | Poems for My Alien Abductors: a Ride into Space | Rhyme | funny,humorous,journey,po |
| 2/6/2013 | Burning Embers | Rhyme | courage,hope,introspectio |
| 1/31/2013 | snowed | Haiku | nature,snow,winter, |
| 1/20/2013 | scars left behind | Senryu | dark,depression, |
| 11/12/2012 | Ribbon Tied | Tanka | angst,loss,sad,cancer, |
| 11/4/2012 | a three second pause | Senryu | angst,lost love, |
| 10/15/2012 | Reflecting | Tanka | life,sad,wedding, |
| 10/7/2012 | The Instrument's Hiss | Sonnet | sad,baby,baby, |
| 10/1/2012 | Unicorn Porn | Rhyme | funny, |
| 9/26/2012 | The Divinyls - clerihew | Clerihew | funny, |
| 9/20/2012 | Senator's Puppet Wife | Verse | funny,people, |
| 9/20/2012 | Thank-you | Rhyme | slam,husband,husband, |
| 9/18/2012 | let me have it then kiss my petunia | Rhyme | lost love,people,slam,wif |
| 9/11/2012 | Penny-posing Loafer | Pantoum | life,people, |
| 8/31/2012 | Constanza | Rhyme | angst,hope,lost love,plac |
| 8/11/2012 | deadly kiss | Rhyme | death,husband,life,passio |
| 8/7/2012 | Missing Mom | Rhyme | daughter,loss,love,mother |
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| Cinder Girl | Rhyme | lovelove, |
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| BUBBLES | Free verse (vers libre) | depression,life,family,fa |
| This laundry never ends | Couplet | funny,life, |
| Anger | Free verse (vers libre) | funny, |
| Infidelity | Rhyme | passion,recovery from..., |
| A Gamble Every One | Epigram | life, |
| Drama Drama Drama | Rhyme | people,poetry, |
| My Biography | Rhyme | life, |
| To-Susan, From-Natalie | Free verse (vers libre) | dedication, |
| Aging with Flare | Limerick | adventure, |
| Jars | Tanka | life, |
| Conscience Beeper | Rhyme | faith,life,love, |
| Paid In Full | Acrostic | faith,love,religion,jesus |
| The Twenty-Five Thousand Dollar Dessert | Rhyme | food,social, |
| Tiny Fractures of Death | Free verse (vers libre) | depression,introspection, |
| Missing My Little Boys | Rhyme | love,nostalgia,son, |
| NEVER TO RETURN | Tanka | loss,mystery, |
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| your name in my heart | Haiku | romance, |
| One Toy Soldier | Couplet | angst,introspection,loss, |
| Papers | Rhyme | life,lost love, |
| If I Had to Paint My Aura this day | Free verse (vers libre) | confusion,introspection,d |
| The Elephant in the Room | Blank verse | depression,food, |
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