Category Archives: Mild-mannered opinion

Springsong

Give me a northern spring! Rare, revivifying, joyous: A return to light, to warmth, To the promise of summer. In northern spring, Snowbanks melt, leaving Crystaline carapaces Gleaming, giggling in the sun. In northern spring, There is that definite Delightful … Continue reading

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Symbols simples

LOL above: What the world needs now Is not H8 but L’0

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The Sonnet Form

I have been told that a sonnet is written in iambic pentameter, and that my “sonnets” are full of iambs and anapaests, and therefore not sonnets. Fair comment. I just find that sticking with iambic pentameter seems to force me … Continue reading

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