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The Poet’s Quill is my outlet for the most beautiful form of writing. I hope the Quill becomes a home for like-minded friends who find beauty in the written word and are willing to share it. Along with original poetry; comments, questions and suggestions are most welcome.
Mike Patrick
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Category Archives: Rhyming
I PLAY NO MORE
I’ve been so busy trying to write an impossible novel, I almost missed one of the Welsh poetry forms from Imaginary Garden with real Toads, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-gymryd-anadl.html. This week they want a toddaid. A toddaid is a stanza comprising a ten-syllable … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Love, Poetry, Real Toads, Rhyming, Toddaid
Tagged love, Poetry, Real Toads, rhyming, toddaid
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THE FISH
Theme Thursday’s prompt #57 is Fish, http://themethursday.blogspot.com/2011/10/thursday-october-13-2011-fish.html. Now, I’m a fisherman. I love to fish, so this would seem to be a natural for me, but with my propensity to experiment lately, I’m going to again post a rough draft. … Continue reading
Posted in Anapest, Childhood, Children, Family, Fish, Iambic, Love, Mixed Meter, Narrative Poem, Nature, Poetry, Rhyming, Theme Thursday, Uncategorized
Tagged anapest, childhood, children, family, fish, iambic, love, mixed meter, narrative poem, nature, Poetry, rhyming, Theme Thursday
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TIME
The Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/, threw out a real challenge in their ‘Croeso i Gymru!’ post, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2011/10/croeso-i-gymru.html. They want us to write an awdl gywydd: a Welsh poetry form with seven-syllable lines and a rhyming scheme of ******A … Continue reading
Posted in Awdl Gywydd, Love, Mixed Meter, Poetry, Real Toads, Rhyming
Tagged awdl gywydd, love, mixed meter, Poetry, Real Toads, rhyming
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WRANGLER
With a heightened awareness nagging, I find poetry everywhere. For the last couple of weeks, verse has been assaulting me in everything I do, everything I hear and everything I see. It’s gotten to where I can’t go to the … Continue reading
Posted in Mixed Meter, Narrative Poem, Poetry, Rhyming, Unprompted, Work
Tagged mixed meter, narrative poem, Poetry, rhyming, unprompted, work
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THE CALL OF DREAMS
Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/, introduces us to the triolet, another of those fun French forms from the past. You should check out Real Toads and give the triolet a try. THE CALL OF DREAMS by Mike Patrick It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams, Iambic, Poetry, Real Toads, Rhyming, Tetrameter, Triolet
Tagged dreams, iambic, Poetry, Real Toads, rhyming, tetrameter
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MIRAGE
Poetry Tow Truck, Prompt #38, asks for a poem with a cross between popular culture and an “old fashioned” form. It’s pretty easy to poke fun a pop culture, so let’s just do it. I believe this qualifies as a … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity, Doggerel, Iambic, Pentameter, Poetry, Poetry Tow Truck, Rhyming, Sonnet
Tagged celebrity, doggerel, iambic, pentameter, Poetry, Poetry Tow Truck, rhyming
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FIELDS OF TIME
Another off-prompt day. So much in this fevered mind demands attention. FIELDS OF TIME by Mike Patrick In vain, through bordered fields of time, I search for youth that once was mine, but time is but a looking-glass, with nothing … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Iambic, Lyric, Old Times, Poetry, Rhyming, Tetrameter, Unprompted
Tagged aging, iambic, Lyric, old times, Poetry, rhyming, tetrameter, unprompted
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KIDNAPPED
Margo Roby, http://margoroby.wordpress.com/, in her Tuesday Tryouts asks us to write a genealogical poem. The creation of my family tree ends on a beach on either Scotland or Ireland sometime around 1768. Sandy is a genealogy buff and has spent … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Family, Iambic, Mixed Meter, Narrative Poem, Old Times, Poetry, Rhyming, Tuesday Tryouts
Tagged children, family, iambic, mixed meter, narrative poem, old times, Poetry, rhyming, Tuesday Tryouts
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THE SQUIRREL’S TALE
I can’t help it, none of the prompts attract me. After finishing Poemcrazy, I have to play with at least a few of the lesser ideas from Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge’s book. She asked that I look at something—no, really LOOK … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Iambic, Nature, Poetry, Rhyming, Tetrameter
Tagged animals, iambic, nature, Poetry, rhyming, tetrameter
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KEYSTONE
The Sunday Whirl, http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/, with wordle prompt #22, a baker’s dozen of, “raw, sheep, verve, yearn, fingertips, omen, muse, mirror, strengthen, opal, corridor, thrust, and thread,” arrived while I’m in the middle of reading Poemcrazy, by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge. Margo Roby … Continue reading
Posted in A Wording Whirl of Sundays, Humor, Iambic, Muse, Poetry, Rhyming, Tetrameter
Tagged A Wording Whirl of Sundays, humor, iambic, muse, Poetry, rhyming, tetrameter
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