Astir
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Iridescent crow wings
scatter ice particles, patches of air clatter.
Grackle claws engrave the frozen creek,
small owls emerge from blanching shadows,
fieldmice burrow into snow drift...
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Categories:
flappable, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Flappable, Gruntled, and Plussed
...I'm new to this language; it baffles me so!
With so many mysteries I wish to know:
Why doesn't 'resolve' mean 'to solve it again'?
And why are 'wise guys' not the same as 'wise men'?
Why do...
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Categories:
flappable, humorous, language,
Form: Rhyme
Dracula and the Dinner Guest
...DRACULA AND THE DINNER GUEST
Here lie all parts of my retelling of Dracula, originally written by Bram Stoker. I have never read the book but was drawn into the synopsis that included my favorite ...
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Categories:
flappable, conflict, dark, death, drink,
Form: Senryu
Dracula Part 3: Spiked Secrets
...SPIKED SECRETS
wings in spiked red sauce
...flappable supper
...disemboweled coffer
under linen cloth
secrets away its latches
and old silk lining
feet pressed against chest
ill at ease...
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Categories:
flappable, dark,
Form: Senryu