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Across the Wide

There are cities of sonnets to map
Quests of pantoums and villanelles 
To harness, and ride
Across the wide
Tangled grassland of gratuity
Unwritten, unruled
Anarchy of expression
Empty lines can entice
And immobilize 
The choice of choice
May embolden, or paralyze
But the space you embrace
Is where you hear your voice
In the discipline of daring
The dance of chance
The only choreography
You need heed
Is your pen.

11/27/19

For 'Free Verse vs Structured' contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier

Shared 2nd Place

Poem of the Day, November 29, 2019

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Krish Radhakrishna

Date: 3/10/2020 2:00:00 PM

Very good. read it a few times to get the full meaning. Great impact of the last sentence. Congrats on your win!

Edmund Strempfl

Date: 12/29/2019 5:01:00 PM

Very enjoyable and well written . Piecing ech thought like a jigsaw.

John Hamilton

Date: 12/21/2019 6:33:00 PM

A wonderful write Michelle, a poem that speaks for most if not all of us, double congrats I see are in order...well done!

Edmund Strempfl

Date: 12/13/2019 5:39:00 PM

Enjoyable and creative as for thought as don't see the end until the end

Terri Stiles

Date: 12/13/2019 4:18:00 PM

Michelle-Beautiful! Our words as a dance and our keys or pen as choreography-brilliant! Terri

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 12/13/2019 4:59:00 PM

Thank you for the kind compliment, terri!

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 12/13/2019 2:55:00 PM

Congrats for being in the top 100 new poems! Well done.

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 12/13/2019 4:55:00 PM

Double thanks for the double compliment, Richard!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/13/2019 2:55:00 PM

Also congrats for POTD!

Line Gauthier

Date: 12/9/2019 7:56:00 AM

Congrats on your POTD, Michelle. Thank you so much for participating in my contest.

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 12/13/2019 4:55:00 PM

Thank you. Line, appreciate the placement-

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 12/5/2019 9:58:00 PM

Belated congratulations for poem of the day, my friend. Very nice!

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 12/7/2019 5:43:00 PM

Thank you, my friend!

Mark Toney

Date: 12/5/2019 5:06:00 PM

Michelle, this resonates deeply with me. I have to Fav this so I can read it over and over again. Give your muse a high five for me! A belated congrats on Poem of the Day! ~Mark

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 12/7/2019 5:42:00 PM

I am so touched by your generous comment, Mark, thank you so much-

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 12/1/2019 7:59:00 PM

This wonderful poem speaks to every poet Michelle. I really love it and it is going into my Faves! Congratulations on having it honored as POTD! xxoo

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 12/7/2019 5:41:00 PM

Thank you for your compliment, Connie, it means a lot!

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 11/30/2019 12:51:00 PM

I love the way your pen dances across the page, you got the music down pact, love it. xo

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 11/30/2019 7:28:00 PM

I love your warm and witty comments, thank you, my friend!

Kai Michael Neumann

Date: 11/30/2019 8:34:00 AM

Very well penned. Just a pen needed and a lot of brain waves. Kind wishes, Kai

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 11/30/2019 7:26:00 PM

Very grateful for those kind words, Kai-

Brandy Nicole

Date: 11/29/2019 6:55:00 PM

The Pen is needed when Wrapping thoughts around these forms. True! But the heart- it should always be the Spine of a Poem. Structured or Not. Congratulations Michelle, on this win and Poem of the Day. ~ Brandy

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 11/30/2019 7:24:00 PM

Yes, the heart is the center of every poem - thank you for commenting, Brandy-