Following the eyes in the room to the edge of the corner to the corner of the carpet traveling upwards onto the skin of the talking body, who is this? Thank you for reading! Please follow or subscribe to read more poems! -Alina
Bodies that Ache (poem #281)
Mulled, thinking drifting into the midnight hours until there are bodies that ache. Thank you for reading! Please follow or subscribe to read more poems! -Alina
Under the Surface (poem #280)
Itching words under the surface under the mind and there where the eyes glow. Thank you for reading! Please subscribe or follow to read more poems! -Alina
Poetic Forms: What is a Sestina?
Today’s discussion of poetic forms is on Sestina’s! Link for the History of the Sestina The basic form of Sestina: 39 lines (6 stanzas, 6 lines each) with a final stanza of 3 lines unrhymed use of same six end-words in every stanza in a pattern “the first line of the second stanza must pair…
Thoughts Left Impressions (poem #279)
Thoughts left impressions on skin and hair like dust…