Posts tagged poetry
Off the Page, Poetry Gets Personal
By presenting a poem in a new medium, the poet can bend a reader’s expectations. Readers identify with poems when they feel the poet has spoken directly to them.
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“The Red Balloon”
At the beach one afternoon a child bought a red balloon. He held it tightly in his hand as he trod along the sand. The balloon stared down in dismay.
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“before bed”
we used to chase fireflies at dusk frantically running from one clear yellow glow to the next full of giddy laughs and grass-stained knees and summer.
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“Yellow Kite”
Itchy grass and buzzing bees, Sunlight sifting through the leaves. Water splashes in the fountain. Busy children build sand mountains. Birdies chirp and crickets sing.
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Enjoy other recent articles by TSTS:
- I Scream Sunday: “Heaven’s Golden Stair”
- I Scream Sunday: “Golden Butterfly”
- I Scream Sunday: “The Corner of Cold Spring Lane and North Charles Street”
- Art & Literature: Death of the Dodge Poetry Festival
- I Scream Sunday: “Pearls of the Air”
- I Scream Sunday: “Geometric Optics”
