Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present . |
| The number of poems enforces the use of blog format with ten poems per page. |
| A Geographer’s Poem Alaska, the frozen state, wakes from its six-month sleep, admittedly a trifle late but winters are so deep, retracts its mighty arm, devoid of all pollutions, and throws, without intent of harm, snowballs named the Aleutians. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In Eight, 01.03.23 Prompt: Alaska became a state in 1959. Note: As already stated, this poem is written by and for geographers. To share in the joke, it may be necessary to google for a map of Alaska. |