TO THE TASK AHEAD FOR OUR WRITERS
...TO THE TASK AHEAD FOR OUR WRITERS
No one can write our story but us;
His story merely footnotes us:-
In the culture of the penned word,
We must personally ink ourstory;
Footnoting history’s ke...
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Categories:
footnoting, analogy, black african american,
Form: Prose
The New Avatar
...Cronin started writing—
Prescriptions and papers,
Ended up writing fiction.
I started teaching and, eventually, came to write poetry,
I’m tempted, by vanity, to think
That I am prompted by the t...
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Categories:
footnoting, analogy,
Form: Light Verse
In Search of 50 Names -Edited For Judge
...In Search of 50 Names(couplets alphabetized for ease of footnoting the names)
A) A tom cat sits in heather nearby a willow tree.
Rose and jasmine fill the air. A billy goat I see.
B) 50 words ...
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Categories:
footnoting, words, , cute,
Form: Couplet