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poem-threat July 23, 2014

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 11:54 am
Tags: metaphor, micropoetry, poem, poetry, storm

I hear your distant rumblings.

Your grumblings do not impress.

I can shut the windows

and let your storm pass by.

poem- perfection July 7, 2014

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 12:11 am
Tags: micropoetry, poem, poetry, quatrain

The poem is entitled Tiger Lily

but the accompanying photo

shows a Stargazer Lily.

I am trying not to mind.

poem- tears July 3, 2014

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 12:10 am
Tags: alliteration, metaphor, micropoetry, onomatopoeia, personification, poem, poetry

Her

howling,

stomping,

tearful

tantrum done,

the sky is blushing

with embarrassment.

poem- ancient understatement April 7, 2014

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 9:23 pm
Tags: internal rhyme, irony, micro-poetry, micropoetry, NaPoWriMo, understatement

My father,

born 1914,

grumbles about his sore eye

and sighs,

“I guess

I’m getting old.”

.

.

(True story).

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