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In this moment…

Posted on May 30, 2011October 9, 2013 by Matt

In this moment lie two. Darkness, sweet, lay heavy. Here, in this moment, lies love. Moonlight graces her tresses and her frame. Shine of sorrow, searing, and of pity, piercing. Their eyes are locked, inclined one to another. Eyes forlorn and longing to long. That time will come and will yet be under many moonless…

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The Storied Tale of You and I

Posted on April 11, 2011October 9, 2013 by Matt

You captured my gaze and I entered this haze. I followed my eyes and you were my demise. You gave me your smile and I longed all the while. I stood and withstood and you gave all you could. You gave me your heart and I broke it apart. But I couldn’t understand til the…

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Poetry 101

Posted on December 12, 2010December 12, 2010 by Matt

A poem I submitted to a college poetry 101 class in place of the final essay and, I’m rather proud to say, was a risk that paid off quite well for me: Thus far Or What We’ve Learned This Semester What we’ve learned this semester Is first diction, and its poetic gesture. Alongside syntax we…

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In this picture…

Posted on November 17, 2010February 14, 2013 by Matt

In this picture is a bale of hay. Another, smaller, lies to its right, some ways away. Dead grasses lie before it. The brown specks of Autumn lie behind. The waning sun shines upon it all and grants the place life and being…

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In this dream…

Posted on February 14, 2010May 30, 2011 by Matt

In this dream stands a man. Two horses, two riders, two women before him. In his eyes is recognition.

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All Writing is Poetry.

Posted on August 11, 2009August 9, 2009 by Matt

The best poets concentrate words so well that just a few lines can be read as a full-on essay. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Ode to a Skylark is one example. When understood in this way, Ode blooms with ideas and with striking similarities to how we write essays.

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