Tag Archives: Poetry

What Price?

Posted on 10/08/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

What Price? Good friends, good music, good times. Hands holding hands, bodies swaying to the rhythm of promises of night. Dancer’s jubilance fades to a scream as blood erupts from chest, arms, and legs. Nightmare falls as a hundred points … Continue reading →

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Version Three

Posted on 09/24/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

My writing hasn’t been progressing as well as I’d like this month, but I have been thinking more about last month’s poem and now have a version three (the other two are here if you want to compare: Poetry Revision). … Continue reading →

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Poetry Revision

Posted on 09/03/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

The greatest lesson a writer can learn is the art of revision. A text can always be improved. A poem can always be distilled to the essential image – the central emotion, the basic truth the poem is seeking. One … Continue reading →

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Tap – A Poem for a Hot Day

Posted on 06/18/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

Hot. Too hot. Energy sapping hot. I have great thoughts but they can’t get past the headache. A cool drink helps, but not for long. The fan blows warm air around my head. Thoughts do not cool. Tap. A diamond … Continue reading →

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