Short Proofing Poems

The word is the housing forged as a proofing of thought. God's word is it's Temple....

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A poem can be left adrift
a deserted, floating wreck

Words wash over rails
on board, a slippery deck

Every poem I've ever written
helps me write the next

A gaggle of "lilliputian critics"
ensure I craft my text

True, I do the proofing
readers do the check...

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When an uptick in violet crimes
Made the front page of the New York Times,
Seems the cause of the botch
Was the proof of the scotch;
Now the checker hawks greeting card rhymes.


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SECOND PLACE WINNER
For the “Valentine Challenge” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich
Form: Limerick
2/6/2022
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EACH EDGE
CURVED
BEYOND IT'S
END
EACH CORNER WAS DEFINED
BY THE SMOOTH, SOOTHING
EDGE WHICH DECERATED
THE EDGE
IT'S FINALLITYWAS
APPROACHED BY THE
LINES OF THE CREATURES
 CHOSE OF NEW BEGANNINGS
ECHTINGS
AND MARVELOUS SIGNUTURES
WORDS FOR THOSE WHO
 LOVED BEAUTITY TO ADMIRE
LIFE BEYOND THE NEWNESS
CAUSED THE CREATER TO MAKE SIMPLE
THE SURFACE TO BE CLEANED...

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I hate the business of writing
the commerce of word craft
the tedium of publishing
the deadlines imposed

I hate the word count 
the editing and proofing
the book signing travel
and agents exposed

I hate the promotion
each workshop and fair
the reviews and the podcasts 
the bookstores that sell

But I love the writing
when the words come together
releasing my spirit
—my fortune to tell

(The New Room: January, 2022)...

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No No; that's my name 

Name I was given 

Given when I started crawling

Crawling and exploring my world

World that I couldn't touch until I was able to crawl

Crawl where my curiosity would take

Take me into a world of excitement

Excitement of a few bumps and bruises

Bruises mommy didn't want to see for my future

Future... mommy baby proofing our home

Our home that my grandma calls me Sweetheart

1/13/2016 by Eve Roper...

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