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"The Birth of the Poet in the Deep Deep Darkness"

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

In the deep deep darkness a barn owl screeches, And two dark trains pass quietly in the night, And at a campfire a father lovingly teaches.
The boy listens intensely as he preaches, Of love, of hope, and of might. [...]

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Yes, Thom, I’m writing a villanelle

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Thom Ingram challenged a bunch of us to write a Villanelle this week. I have had no idea what that was. It sounded evil though.
Anyway, I decided to take him up on it, since I keep breaking promises to write and share more poetry. Here’s the details from a posting on his website:
The lines are [...]

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