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Challenging Poetry
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Rhyssa
Rated:
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1912256
a descent into poetry insanity
Intro Rated:
E
Size: 346 Entries
Created: January 7th, 2013 at 2:34
pm
Modified: April 30th, 2025 at 7:19
pm
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These are poems I'm writing for various month long challenges.
I'm not sure how sane I'll be at the end . . .
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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:
Katya the Poet
Apr 30, 2025 at 8:32am
In response to "
storm warning
"
Oh, so lovely and so full in its brevity. Exactly everything!
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winklett
Apr 18, 2025 at 2:52pm
In response to "
for Caleb on his thirteenth birthday
"
This is heartbreakingly beautiful. I wept for Caleb, and for you.
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Joy
Apr 17, 2025 at 2:34pm
In response to "
the Spartoi
"
Love the twist at the end.
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Katya the Poet
Apr 17, 2025 at 2:10pm
In response to "
feathers or lead?
"
I just kept smiling in appreciation as this poem built to its close!
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Cappucine
Apr 13, 2025 at 7:54pm
In response to "
why I still talk to her
"
Gorgeous.
I love the assonant “waxy satin”
Your title clarifies your metaphor beautifully.
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winklett
Apr 12, 2025 at 10:35am
In response to "
Portland, Oregon, May 1980
"
A beautiful sense of loss and fear - and at the end, of hope again. Lovely!
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Katya the Poet
Apr 12, 2025 at 9:54am
In response to "
Portland, Oregon, May 1980
"
What a beautiful and detailed memory, dreamlike, so perfectly set "at the edge of sleep." I'm going to Portland next week!
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Cappucine
Apr 11, 2025 at 11:27pm
In response to "
Portland, Oregon, May 1980
"
An evocative piece & an original look at the prompt, with your unnatural rain of ashes.
Nicely done.
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Cappucine
Apr 9, 2025 at 8:21pm
In response to "
Wednesday, midday
"
Indeed - I firmly agree with your poem’s final assertion.
A lovely take on the prompt.
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Katya the Poet
Apr 9, 2025 at 2:19pm
In response to "
as I touch, the world bleeds
"
So powerful, so vivid. I love how the kindness is there, too, along with the bleeding....
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