K. A. Grey

@w-o-holmes  You mean irony?  Because I love irony.  But never mind if you meant satire.

Anyway, I reread your poem.  To be brutally honest, the first time I read it I didn’t like it because it didn’t make a bit of sense to me.  It took a second reading, but now I can see more of what you’re trying to say.  I like the parallel you make betwe…[Read more]

@w-o-holmes  *gasps in horror*  I shall never show you my poem! *clutches notebook to heart*  *sticks tongue out for good measure*

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Just kiddin’.   I don’t care if you do critique.  Tell me what you think it means, what emotions it evoked, the symbolism behind each and every word, the relevancy of word choice, and report back with a 8,00…[Read more]

@w-o-holmes    My dear fellow, you mustn’t jump to conclusions. I posted almost as soon as I wrote it out.  😏

Yes, it is partly from experience.  Our family has planted several gardens over the past summers, although we haven’t done so for a few years.  My mom was talking about wanting to plant another one, and my sister and I protested.  Tha…[Read more]

@dakota  That’s a lovely poem!  I love fall.  Yes, I would definitely say that counts.  🙂

@w-o-holmes    I’ve got one that (I hope) evokes feelings, but it’s not about tangible objects, it’s more of a mood.   And it’s also extremely unconventional, so…

Planting a Garden

Mommy and Daddy decided to plant a garden,

And they made me help.

I didn’t wanna help, and I told them so.

I said maybe we should harvest kelp

Like the people who live by the sea.

But they said no.

They never listen to me.

So we planted beans and tomatoes

and squash and cabbages

and cucumbers and peas

and eggplant.…[Read more]

@w-o-holmes   By the way, I read your poem, and wow!  You’re really good.   Who are your favorite poets?

Frost said nothing gold could stay.

Nothing white can either.

White clouds soon turn into gray,

Billowing thunderheads.

Shirts get stains, and so do

Gloves, handkerchiefs, even teeth.

The pearly whites of smiling youth

Become discolored, broken, few.

Snow gives way to mud.

White bandages to blood.

Paper becomes yellowed with age,

Page…[Read more]

@emma-starr @libby @andrew   Thanks!

@libby   What a sweet poem!  Makes me hungry for a slice of bread. 😉

@emma-starr   Ahahaha!  Bagpipes. 😆  Well done!

Another silly one for you:

I found a caterpillar in my meal.

(I’m sure they’re not good to eat.)

‘Cause when I was swallowing

my last bit of spinach,

It tickled my throat with its feet.

@w-o-holmes  That’s a tough one.  I’m thinking lamplighter maybe?  IDK. 😅

Also,  another couplet for ya, taken from a longer poem also written in couplets:

A good idea flitted by

Like a golden butterfly.

@ashira   Or in other words, two rhyming lines which express a complete thought. 🙂

@w-o-holmes Thanks!  I enjoyed yours too — there’s almost an antiquated quality to them that I like.   By the way, just curious, does your username happen to be influenced by Oliver Wendell Holmes?

@the-fledgling-artist  Ooh, you started this up again!   😍 Your work is lovely.

@w-o-holmes  Hey, this is a great idea!  Here I try:

There is nothing more nightmarish on a dark night

Than to discover that you have — a failing light.

(By the way, do you have a time limit in mind?  Few days, couple weeks?  Or is this just an informal challenge.)

@banana-peacock-warrior     Oooh, yes!  I’ve got one:

“I don’t wait for moods.  You accomplish nothing if you do that.  Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.” ~~ Pearl S. Buck

Futures are like darkness–

Full of uncertainty,

Veiling the unknown;

And like children, we cower

At the threshold of an open door,

Afraid of what will jump out at us,

Afraid of the monsters we are certain

Are hidden from our eyes

In shadowy recesses.

Yet just as light drove away the childish fears,

So does love, love perfect and…[Read more]

@evelyn  @kb-writer  Wow, those are really cheesy poems. 😆  OK, this is fun:

I essayed once to write a poem about cheese.

I tried awfully hard, if you please.

But try as I might, I failed;

This effort my poetry curtailed.

So now I shall write about peas.

@banana-peacock-warrior  Wow, powerful poetry!  I almost got chills reading it.   I enjoyed #2 and #5, #2 especially.

I think one thing you may want to consider changing is the prologue.  It’s a good thought, but the rhyming seems just a little… forced?  It takes a little away from the rest of the poems, which contain powerful images.  May…[Read more]

@evelyn  Thanks! 🙂

@warrioroftherealm   Well to put it into perspective, argentinosaurus, which was the largest dinosaur, was about 70 ft tall and 115 ft in length.   here’s how it compares to a human: 

And yes I realize dragons and dinosaurs are not the same.

Travel

 How happy the birds must be–

Sky-kings and sky-queens–

Traveling along a pathway of clouds

Tinted with the sun

Tinted gold in the morning

Tinted rose in the evening

Traveling silhouetted against the sky.

And I can only wander on this earth on foot

And travel the expanse of blue skies,

The realm of stars and dreams and…[Read more]