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  1. I'm honored to see my poem, "Tiller and Shears," appear in Issue #104 of Neologism Poetry Journal: neologismpoetry.com/January-20.

    I wrote it last spring, coming out of Jason Mitchell's "Poet's Myth" sessions and going into Christine Salvatore's "Building Worlds" workshop.

    I'm crazy proud of this piece!

    #poetry #poem #sestina #writing #neologismpoetry #icarus #garden #lgbtq

  2. I'm honored to see my poem, "Tiller and Shears," appear in Issue #104 of Neologism Poetry Journal: neologismpoetry.com/January-20.

    I wrote it last spring, coming out of Jason Mitchell's "Poet's Myth" sessions and going into Christine Salvatore's "Building Worlds" workshop.

    I'm crazy proud of this piece!

    #poetry #poem #sestina #writing #neologismpoetry #icarus #garden #lgbtq

  3. I'm honored to see my poem, "Tiller and Shears," appear in Issue #104 of Neologism Poetry Journal: neologismpoetry.com/January-20.

    I wrote it last spring, coming out of Jason Mitchell's "Poet's Myth" sessions and going into Christine Salvatore's "Building Worlds" workshop.

    I'm crazy proud of this piece!

    #poetry #poem #sestina #writing #neologismpoetry #icarus #garden #lgbtq

  4. I'm honored to see my poem, "Tiller and Shears," appear in Issue #104 of Neologism Poetry Journal: neologismpoetry.com/January-20.

    I wrote it last spring, coming out of Jason Mitchell's "Poet's Myth" sessions and going into Christine Salvatore's "Building Worlds" workshop.

    I'm crazy proud of this piece!

    #poetry #poem #sestina #writing #neologismpoetry #icarus #garden #lgbtq

  5. I'm honored to see my poem, "Tiller and Shears," appear in Issue #104 of Neologism Poetry Journal: neologismpoetry.com/January-20.

    I wrote it last spring, coming out of Jason Mitchell's "Poet's Myth" sessions and going into Christine Salvatore's "Building Worlds" workshop.

    I'm crazy proud of this piece!

    #poetry #poem #sestina #writing #neologismpoetry #icarus #garden #lgbtq

  6. Nekrosestina

    Leaves of gold and red make the announcement.
    We’ve been sleeping, trusting life’s green driver.
    Now we see: soil’s rich and grave appeal
    Draws us down and grants eternal access
    To the vast decay. Death’s governor
    Teaches us how saprophytes conceive....

    cacorbell.com/2024/11/21/nekro
    #poetry #sestina

  7. Nekrosestina

    Leaves of gold and red make the announcement.
    We’ve been sleeping, trusting life’s green driver.
    Now we see: soil’s rich and grave appeal
    Draws us down and grants eternal access
    To the vast decay. Death’s governor
    Teaches us how saprophytes conceive....

    cacorbell.com/2024/11/21/nekro
    #poetry #sestina

  8. A #poem which insisted on being a #sestina Dead Leaves: Alone I Reach to Watch the Light Away link.medium.com/DtVwGVRAjMb

  9. A #poem which insisted on being a #sestina Dead Leaves: Alone I Reach to Watch the Light Away link.medium.com/DtVwGVRAjMb

  10. A #poem which insisted on being a #sestina Dead Leaves: Alone I Reach to Watch the Light Away link.medium.com/DtVwGVRAjMb

  11. A #poem which insisted on being a #sestina Dead Leaves: Alone I Reach to Watch the Light Away link.medium.com/DtVwGVRAjMb

  12. #ClippedSestina

    Still practising.

    Somebody gave me three random words:
    rose, gutter, emu

    This is what came out of it.

    #WritingCommunity #poetry #sestina
    @poetry

  13. #ClippedSestina

    Still practising.

    Somebody gave me three random words:
    rose, gutter, emu

    This is what came out of it.

    #WritingCommunity #poetry #sestina
    @poetry

  14. #ClippedSestina

    Still practising.

    Somebody gave me three random words:
    rose, gutter, emu

    This is what came out of it.

    #WritingCommunity #poetry #sestina
    @poetry

  15. #ClippedSestina

    Still practising.

    Somebody gave me three random words:
    rose, gutter, emu

    This is what came out of it.

    #WritingCommunity #poetry #sestina
    @poetry

  16. #ClippedSestina

    Still practising.

    Somebody gave me three random words:
    rose, gutter, emu

    This is what came out of it.

    #WritingCommunity #poetry #sestina
    @poetry

  17. Finished my attempt at a #sestina. It came out ok!

  18. Finished my attempt at a #sestina. It came out ok!

  19. Finished my attempt at a #sestina. It came out ok!

  20. Emboldened by a poet friend to try a #sestina , the choice of iambic was traditional but optional. So obviously went that way & now supping at the table of consequences.
    #ampoeting

  21. Emboldened by a poet friend to try a #sestina , the choice of iambic was traditional but optional. So obviously went that way & now supping at the table of consequences.
    #ampoeting

  22. Emboldened by a poet friend to try a #sestina , the choice of iambic was traditional but optional. So obviously went that way & now supping at the table of consequences.
    #ampoeting

  23. Late January, season of sorrow;
    most vicelike, the icy grasp of winter.
    Behold its wrath in the wrought-iron sky.
    Taste of its venom in fen’s creeping haze.
    And keep vigil as sunset brings darkness
    to feel the cold night steal away your bones’ warmth.

    Nothing endures long, not even the winter;
    soon, the warm Sun will again rule the sky.
    For now, rain on snow still sends up a haze;
    further obscured, the rainy night’s darkness.
    The walls of the home promise shelter, warmth,
    calm come what may, great joy or great sorrow.

    Outside, the trees stand before clouded sky,
    clothed from below in silk ribbons of haze
    phantom grey before twin shades of darkness.
    Behind the windows, the home’s ward of warmth
    blocks the night’s cold but yields before sorrow
    ever ascending to zenith in winter.

    Kindling a spark, I call forth my own haze;
    a lone fire burning against night’s darkness.
    The ember brings forth sight rather than warmth,
    the gift of a song to drive back sorrow,
    to keep summer’s hope aflame in winter:
    the raven’s call under rainy night sky.

    The ember cools; alone, I, in darkness,
    feeling my breath give away my life’s warmth.
    Laying aside the misty night’s sorrow,
    I withdraw behind walls before winter
    and the icy rain pouring from the sky
    to call up a silver, sinister haze.

    Here in my chair, with my pen, there is warmth,
    a song at its tip, reprieve from sorrow;
    balm to insulate the soul from winter;
    a new hope, feathered, singing ‘cross the sky.
    Let the night bring forth its clever haze–
    I will be the light which fears no darkness.

    Thus, the sorrow of winter in passing;
    thus, the sky, filled up with ice and with haze;
    thus, the long darkness presaging spring’s warmth.

    #poetry #writing #sestina #winter

  24. Late January, season of sorrow;
    most vicelike, the icy grasp of winter.
    Behold its wrath in the wrought-iron sky.
    Taste of its venom in fen’s creeping haze.
    And keep vigil as sunset brings darkness
    to feel the cold night steal away your bones’ warmth.

    Nothing endures long, not even the winter;
    soon, the warm Sun will again rule the sky.
    For now, rain on snow still sends up a haze;
    further obscured, the rainy night’s darkness.
    The walls of the home promise shelter, warmth,
    calm come what may, great joy or great sorrow.

    Outside, the trees stand before clouded sky,
    clothed from below in silk ribbons of haze
    phantom grey before twin shades of darkness.
    Behind the windows, the home’s ward of warmth
    blocks the night’s cold but yields before sorrow
    ever ascending to zenith in winter.

    Kindling a spark, I call forth my own haze;
    a lone fire burning against night’s darkness.
    The ember brings forth sight rather than warmth,
    the gift of a song to drive back sorrow,
    to keep summer’s hope aflame in winter:
    the raven’s call under rainy night sky.

    The ember cools; alone, I, in darkness,
    feeling my breath give away my life’s warmth.
    Laying aside the misty night’s sorrow,
    I withdraw behind walls before winter
    and the icy rain pouring from the sky
    to call up a silver, sinister haze.

    Here in my chair, with my pen, there is warmth,
    a song at its tip, reprieve from sorrow;
    balm to insulate the soul from winter;
    a new hope, feathered, singing ‘cross the sky.
    Let the night bring forth its clever haze–
    I will be the light which fears no darkness.

    Thus, the sorrow of winter in passing;
    thus, the sky, filled up with ice and with haze;
    thus, the long darkness presaging spring’s warmth.

    #poetry #writing #sestina #winter

  25. Late January, season of sorrow;
    most vicelike, the icy grasp of winter.
    Behold its wrath in the wrought-iron sky.
    Taste of its venom in fen’s creeping haze.
    And keep vigil as sunset brings darkness
    to feel the cold night steal away your bones’ warmth.

    Nothing endures long, not even the winter;
    soon, the warm Sun will again rule the sky.
    For now, rain on snow still sends up a haze;
    further obscured, the rainy night’s darkness.
    The walls of the home promise shelter, warmth,
    calm come what may, great joy or great sorrow.

    Outside, the trees stand before clouded sky,
    clothed from below in silk ribbons of haze
    phantom grey before twin shades of darkness.
    Behind the windows, the home’s ward of warmth
    blocks the night’s cold but yields before sorrow
    ever ascending to zenith in winter.

    Kindling a spark, I call forth my own haze;
    a lone fire burning against night’s darkness.
    The ember brings forth sight rather than warmth,
    the gift of a song to drive back sorrow,
    to keep summer’s hope aflame in winter:
    the raven’s call under rainy night sky.

    The ember cools; alone, I, in darkness,
    feeling my breath give away my life’s warmth.
    Laying aside the misty night’s sorrow,
    I withdraw behind walls before winter
    and the icy rain pouring from the sky
    to call up a silver, sinister haze.

    Here in my chair, with my pen, there is warmth,
    a song at its tip, reprieve from sorrow;
    balm to insulate the soul from winter;
    a new hope, feathered, singing ‘cross the sky.
    Let the night bring forth its clever haze–
    I will be the light which fears no darkness.

    Thus, the sorrow of winter in passing;
    thus, the sky, filled up with ice and with haze;
    thus, the long darkness presaging spring’s warmth.

    #poetry #writing #sestina #winter

  26. Late January, season of sorrow;
    most vicelike, the icy grasp of winter.
    Behold its wrath in the wrought-iron sky.
    Taste of its venom in fen’s creeping haze.
    And keep vigil as sunset brings darkness
    to feel the cold night steal away your bones’ warmth.

    Nothing endures long, not even the winter;
    soon, the warm Sun will again rule the sky.
    For now, rain on snow still sends up a haze;
    further obscured, the rainy night’s darkness.
    The walls of the home promise shelter, warmth,
    calm come what may, great joy or great sorrow.

    Outside, the trees stand before clouded sky,
    clothed from below in silk ribbons of haze
    phantom grey before twin shades of darkness.
    Behind the windows, the home’s ward of warmth
    blocks the night’s cold but yields before sorrow
    ever ascending to zenith in winter.

    Kindling a spark, I call forth my own haze;
    a lone fire burning against night’s darkness.
    The ember brings forth sight rather than warmth,
    the gift of a song to drive back sorrow,
    to keep summer’s hope aflame in winter:
    the raven’s call under rainy night sky.

    The ember cools; alone, I, in darkness,
    feeling my breath give away my life’s warmth.
    Laying aside the misty night’s sorrow,
    I withdraw behind walls before winter
    and the icy rain pouring from the sky
    to call up a silver, sinister haze.

    Here in my chair, with my pen, there is warmth,
    a song at its tip, reprieve from sorrow;
    balm to insulate the soul from winter;
    a new hope, feathered, singing ‘cross the sky.
    Let the night bring forth its clever haze–
    I will be the light which fears no darkness.

    Thus, the sorrow of winter in passing;
    thus, the sky, filled up with ice and with haze;
    thus, the long darkness presaging spring’s warmth.

    #poetry #writing #sestina #winter

  27. Late January, season of sorrow;
    most vicelike, the icy grasp of winter.
    Behold its wrath in the wrought-iron sky.
    Taste of its venom in fen’s creeping haze.
    And keep vigil as sunset brings darkness
    to feel the cold night steal away your bones’ warmth.

    Nothing endures long, not even the winter;
    soon, the warm Sun will again rule the sky.
    For now, rain on snow still sends up a haze;
    further obscured, the rainy night’s darkness.
    The walls of the home promise shelter, warmth,
    calm come what may, great joy or great sorrow.

    Outside, the trees stand before clouded sky,
    clothed from below in silk ribbons of haze
    phantom grey before twin shades of darkness.
    Behind the windows, the home’s ward of warmth
    blocks the night’s cold but yields before sorrow
    ever ascending to zenith in winter.

    Kindling a spark, I call forth my own haze;
    a lone fire burning against night’s darkness.
    The ember brings forth sight rather than warmth,
    the gift of a song to drive back sorrow,
    to keep summer’s hope aflame in winter:
    the raven’s call under rainy night sky.

    The ember cools; alone, I, in darkness,
    feeling my breath give away my life’s warmth.
    Laying aside the misty night’s sorrow,
    I withdraw behind walls before winter
    and the icy rain pouring from the sky
    to call up a silver, sinister haze.

    Here in my chair, with my pen, there is warmth,
    a song at its tip, reprieve from sorrow;
    balm to insulate the soul from winter;
    a new hope, feathered, singing ‘cross the sky.
    Let the night bring forth its clever haze–
    I will be the light which fears no darkness.

    Thus, the sorrow of winter in passing;
    thus, the sky, filled up with ice and with haze;
    thus, the long darkness presaging spring’s warmth.

    #poetry #writing #sestina #winter

  28. CW: "Sestina for Leigh Brackett"

    I have not seen too much of @fsvo on ye ole fedi lately, but for undisclosed reasons I was working on a sestina over the weekend, which put me in mind of Mike's superb "Sestina for Leigh Brackett":

    nannygoathill.wordpress.com/20

    Remembering this: we’re really in the stars /
    But some of us are looking at the gutter.

    #Poem #Poetry #Sestina

  29. CW: "Sestina for Leigh Brackett"

    I have not seen too much of @fsvo on ye ole fedi lately, but for undisclosed reasons I was working on a sestina over the weekend, which put me in mind of Mike's superb "Sestina for Leigh Brackett":

    nannygoathill.wordpress.com/20

    Remembering this: we’re really in the stars /
    But some of us are looking at the gutter.

    #Poem #Poetry #Sestina

  30. CW: "Sestina for Leigh Brackett"

    I have not seen too much of @fsvo on ye ole fedi lately, but for undisclosed reasons I was working on a sestina over the weekend, which put me in mind of Mike's superb "Sestina for Leigh Brackett":

    nannygoathill.wordpress.com/20

    Remembering this: we’re really in the stars /
    But some of us are looking at the gutter.

    #Poem #Poetry #Sestina

  31. CW: "Sestina for Leigh Brackett"

    I have not seen too much of @fsvo on ye ole fedi lately, but for undisclosed reasons I was working on a sestina over the weekend, which put me in mind of Mike's superb "Sestina for Leigh Brackett":

    nannygoathill.wordpress.com/20

    Remembering this: we’re really in the stars /
    But some of us are looking at the gutter.

    #Poem #Poetry #Sestina

  32. CW: "Sestina for Leigh Brackett"

    I have not seen too much of @fsvo on ye ole fedi lately, but for undisclosed reasons I was working on a sestina over the weekend, which put me in mind of Mike's superb "Sestina for Leigh Brackett":

    nannygoathill.wordpress.com/20

    Remembering this: we’re really in the stars /
    But some of us are looking at the gutter.

    #Poem #Poetry #Sestina

  33. had a crash course on how to spackle walls today, and couldn't help thinking, as I was covering up all those holes left from old / re-done wiring, how much it reminded me of writing a #sestina. #writingcommunity #writinglife #diy

  34. had a crash course on how to spackle walls today, and couldn't help thinking, as I was covering up all those holes left from old / re-done wiring, how much it reminded me of writing a #sestina. #writingcommunity #writinglife #diy

  35. had a crash course on how to spackle walls today, and couldn't help thinking, as I was covering up all those holes left from old / re-done wiring, how much it reminded me of writing a #sestina. #writingcommunity #writinglife #diy

  36. The literary #TuringTest still works!
    #ChatGPT is getting closer than last time I tried, but it still has problems writing a poem in #sestina form (although it can define it).
    It lacks one stanza and for some reason "comprehend" is displaced in the line ending in 5th stanza, and is not used in the finale.
    I have no idea why such a strict poetic pattern can't be simulated by a #llm . It really couldn't be lack of data if it knows the definition, right?
    Or is it just #avantgarde ?

  37. The literary #TuringTest still works!
    #ChatGPT is getting closer than last time I tried, but it still has problems writing a poem in #sestina form (although it can define it).
    It lacks one stanza and for some reason "comprehend" is displaced in the line ending in 5th stanza, and is not used in the finale.
    I have no idea why such a strict poetic pattern can't be simulated by a #llm . It really couldn't be lack of data if it knows the definition, right?
    Or is it just #avantgarde ?