I enjoy your work, Claudette, & feel we have a lot in common. For starters, I am a retired editor of college textbooks living in NYC. More to the point, I am a poet who paints in both words & pictures. Years ago I had one haiku accepted by Tinywords. Perhaps I'll try again.
Being a writer can be tough, and we all need encouragement. All I can say is enjoy the challenge, write hundreds of drafts and keep working on them, moving them up and down a document of draft poetry, when you decide if they are close enough to submit.
There's an amazing archive of work on tinywords to study. Look forward to seeing your work!
And also packing the unfamiliar, and certainly unpacking the long forgotten. I have three apartments worth and two offices worth of stuff in a small garage and squeezed into my current abode. :-)
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Forgotten rain
the wedding ring left
in a doll’s house
Alan Summers
Publication Credit: ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK (Japan May 30, 2014)
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May 11th, 2015 at 8:39 am
So simple and utterly convincing! Lovely.
May 11th, 2015 at 8:56 am
I enjoy your work, Claudette, & feel we have a lot in common. For starters, I am a retired editor of college textbooks living in NYC. More to the point, I am a poet who paints in both words & pictures. Years ago I had one haiku accepted by Tinywords. Perhaps I'll try again.
May 11th, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Georgia, by all means submit to tinywords again. You're missing out on all the fun :)
May 13th, 2015 at 4:23 pm
Thanks, Claudette, I do need the encouragement, & some fun.
Best wishes,
Georgia
May 12th, 2015 at 12:41 am
Yes, do submit again! :-)
warm regards,
Alan
May 13th, 2015 at 4:20 pm
Thanks for the encouragement. I need it.
Warm regards to you as well,
Georgia
May 14th, 2015 at 12:42 am
Being a writer can be tough, and we all need encouragement. All I can say is enjoy the challenge, write hundreds of drafts and keep working on them, moving them up and down a document of draft poetry, when you decide if they are close enough to submit.
There's an amazing archive of work on tinywords to study. Look forward to seeing your work!
warmest regards,
Alan
May 11th, 2015 at 9:03 am
Found; old jewels once forgotten; gained mood.
Jewels… a metaphor, for all values of that… from the past.
__Nifty_! _m
May 11th, 2015 at 10:14 am
Loved this one!
May 11th, 2015 at 5:14 pm
Excellent poem. Reminds me of many a move.
May 11th, 2015 at 6:28 pm
Thanks to all who commented.
May 11th, 2015 at 6:52 pm
Beautifully imaged.
May 12th, 2015 at 12:43 am
And also packing the unfamiliar, and certainly unpacking the long forgotten. I have three apartments worth and two offices worth of stuff in a small garage and squeezed into my current abode. :-)
.
Forgotten rain
the wedding ring left
in a doll’s house
Alan Summers
Publication Credit: ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK (Japan May 30, 2014)
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May 12th, 2015 at 5:40 am
Wonderful poem, thank you
May 15th, 2015 at 1:10 pm
Love this! There is a lot of narrative in it.
marion