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JULY (Ottava Rima)
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
JULY (Ottava Rima)
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SISTINE CHAPEL (Anagrammed Lines)
Rome. Along a gold Sistine Chapel,
Michelangelo paints a God's lore.
On the solar ceiling: Gospel. Adam.
Theological promise and angels.
Rome. Along a gold Sistine Chapel,
Michelangelo paints a God's lore.
On the solar ceiling: Gospel. Adam.
Theological promise and angels.
October 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
SISTINE CHAPEL (Anagrammed Lines)
Rome. Along a gold Sistine Chapel,
Michelangelo paints a God's lore.
On the solar ceiling: Gospel. Adam.
Theological promise and angels.
Rome. Along a gold Sistine Chapel,
Michelangelo paints a God's lore.
On the solar ceiling: Gospel. Adam.
Theological promise and angels.
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CHEF (Palindrome)
To pan idle,
he held a ladle.
He beheld
a ladle he held in a pot.
To pan idle,
he held a ladle.
He beheld
a ladle he held in a pot.
September 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
CHEF (Palindrome)
To pan idle,
he held a ladle.
He beheld
a ladle he held in a pot.
To pan idle,
he held a ladle.
He beheld
a ladle he held in a pot.
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DISHARMONY (Lipogram*)
Disharmony
rains hard diamond shards
on a marshy morass.
Disharmony ordains armadas,
arms assassins,
adds disarray.
Disharmony
rooms Roman dramas
in sordid dioramas.
Disharmony
is harmony
in a mirror.
(*only d, i, s, h, a, r, m, o, n, & y)
Disharmony
rains hard diamond shards
on a marshy morass.
Disharmony ordains armadas,
arms assassins,
adds disarray.
Disharmony
rooms Roman dramas
in sordid dioramas.
Disharmony
is harmony
in a mirror.
(*only d, i, s, h, a, r, m, o, n, & y)
August 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
DISHARMONY (Lipogram*)
Disharmony
rains hard diamond shards
on a marshy morass.
Disharmony ordains armadas,
arms assassins,
adds disarray.
Disharmony
rooms Roman dramas
in sordid dioramas.
Disharmony
is harmony
in a mirror.
(*only d, i, s, h, a, r, m, o, n, & y)
Disharmony
rains hard diamond shards
on a marshy morass.
Disharmony ordains armadas,
arms assassins,
adds disarray.
Disharmony
rooms Roman dramas
in sordid dioramas.
Disharmony
is harmony
in a mirror.
(*only d, i, s, h, a, r, m, o, n, & y)
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SACRAMENT (Palindrome)
We pass or call a few moods.
In my hymn is doom.
We fall across a pew.
We pass or call a few moods.
In my hymn is doom.
We fall across a pew.
August 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
SACRAMENT (Palindrome)
We pass or call a few moods.
In my hymn is doom.
We fall across a pew.
We pass or call a few moods.
In my hymn is doom.
We fall across a pew.
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MARINA (Anagrammed Lines)
Hear that solemn rain
on the marina: her salt
aroma; the snarl in the
lather…. This near moan
alarms another, in the
harsher lamentation….
Hear that solemn rain
on the marina: her salt
aroma; the snarl in the
lather…. This near moan
alarms another, in the
harsher lamentation….
August 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
MARINA (Anagrammed Lines)
Hear that solemn rain
on the marina: her salt
aroma; the snarl in the
lather…. This near moan
alarms another, in the
harsher lamentation….
Hear that solemn rain
on the marina: her salt
aroma; the snarl in the
lather…. This near moan
alarms another, in the
harsher lamentation….
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TIME
It
stands,
reversed before
me.
It
stands,
reversed before
me.
August 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
TIME
It
stands,
reversed before
me.
It
stands,
reversed before
me.
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My current favourite two-word anagram phrases:
1. Daemonic comedian.
2. Remote meteor.
3. Supersonic percussion.
4. Persistent prettiness.
5. Aristotelian retaliations.
6. Integral triangle.
7. Soapstone teaspoons.
Yours?
1. Daemonic comedian.
2. Remote meteor.
3. Supersonic percussion.
4. Persistent prettiness.
5. Aristotelian retaliations.
6. Integral triangle.
7. Soapstone teaspoons.
Yours?
July 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
My current favourite two-word anagram phrases:
1. Daemonic comedian.
2. Remote meteor.
3. Supersonic percussion.
4. Persistent prettiness.
5. Aristotelian retaliations.
6. Integral triangle.
7. Soapstone teaspoons.
Yours?
1. Daemonic comedian.
2. Remote meteor.
3. Supersonic percussion.
4. Persistent prettiness.
5. Aristotelian retaliations.
6. Integral triangle.
7. Soapstone teaspoons.
Yours?
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MERGING (Anagrammed Lines)
More winter seedlings —
more needless writing;
entire worlds seeming
to merge in wilderness....
More winter seedlings —
more needless writing;
entire worlds seeming
to merge in wilderness....
July 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
MERGING (Anagrammed Lines)
More winter seedlings —
more needless writing;
entire worlds seeming
to merge in wilderness....
More winter seedlings —
more needless writing;
entire worlds seeming
to merge in wilderness....
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HOW TO MAKE A RAGÙ (Palindrome)
Ragù:
Shallot.
A tuna.
Deft salt (light) or beer, up a root.
A motto.
Herb most sombre.
Hot tomato, or a purée.
Broth, gilt, last fed a nut.
A toll.
Ah, sugar!
Ragù:
Shallot.
A tuna.
Deft salt (light) or beer, up a root.
A motto.
Herb most sombre.
Hot tomato, or a purée.
Broth, gilt, last fed a nut.
A toll.
Ah, sugar!
June 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
HOW TO MAKE A RAGÙ (Palindrome)
Ragù:
Shallot.
A tuna.
Deft salt (light) or beer, up a root.
A motto.
Herb most sombre.
Hot tomato, or a purée.
Broth, gilt, last fed a nut.
A toll.
Ah, sugar!
Ragù:
Shallot.
A tuna.
Deft salt (light) or beer, up a root.
A motto.
Herb most sombre.
Hot tomato, or a purée.
Broth, gilt, last fed a nut.
A toll.
Ah, sugar!
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INTERSTELLAR WILD (Anagrams)
We speak of the interstellar wild
like we aren’t part of it. She dwells
in we who still sparkle—a fettered,
skeletal star. We flow in her tepid
earth, like weeds, patterns of will
personified. We talk, shatter well—
written like Death’s pale flowers.
We speak of the interstellar wild
like we aren’t part of it. She dwells
in we who still sparkle—a fettered,
skeletal star. We flow in her tepid
earth, like weeds, patterns of will
personified. We talk, shatter well—
written like Death’s pale flowers.
February 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
INTERSTELLAR WILD (Anagrams)
We speak of the interstellar wild
like we aren’t part of it. She dwells
in we who still sparkle—a fettered,
skeletal star. We flow in her tepid
earth, like weeds, patterns of will
personified. We talk, shatter well—
written like Death’s pale flowers.
We speak of the interstellar wild
like we aren’t part of it. She dwells
in we who still sparkle—a fettered,
skeletal star. We flow in her tepid
earth, like weeds, patterns of will
personified. We talk, shatter well—
written like Death’s pale flowers.
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THE PLAINS (Lipogram*)
Pale in the heat,
the plains pen an epitaph,
as little plants shape
the sleepless heath.
(*using only the letters of its title: theplains)
Pale in the heat,
the plains pen an epitaph,
as little plants shape
the sleepless heath.
(*using only the letters of its title: theplains)
June 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
THE PLAINS (Lipogram*)
Pale in the heat,
the plains pen an epitaph,
as little plants shape
the sleepless heath.
(*using only the letters of its title: theplains)
Pale in the heat,
the plains pen an epitaph,
as little plants shape
the sleepless heath.
(*using only the letters of its title: theplains)
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SUMMER SOLSTICE AT STONEHENGE (Palindrome)
Sun!
In my halo,
open,
I mull its altar: All.
I plait its lost light.
I lag, emanating:
I lay a ray, align.
I tan a megalith gilt.
Solstitial pillar, at last illumine —
pool a hymn in us.
Sun!
In my halo,
open,
I mull its altar: All.
I plait its lost light.
I lag, emanating:
I lay a ray, align.
I tan a megalith gilt.
Solstitial pillar, at last illumine —
pool a hymn in us.
June 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
SUMMER SOLSTICE AT STONEHENGE (Palindrome)
Sun!
In my halo,
open,
I mull its altar: All.
I plait its lost light.
I lag, emanating:
I lay a ray, align.
I tan a megalith gilt.
Solstitial pillar, at last illumine —
pool a hymn in us.
Sun!
In my halo,
open,
I mull its altar: All.
I plait its lost light.
I lag, emanating:
I lay a ray, align.
I tan a megalith gilt.
Solstitial pillar, at last illumine —
pool a hymn in us.
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REINTERPRETATIONS (Mondegreens)
Raze asunder witch or bible.
Right up, owe it poisoned presents.
Plan its idol. Mourn in gutters.
Reinter predations.
Razors under which orb-eyeball
write a poet poise and presence...?
Planets idle. Morning utters
reinterpretations.
Raze asunder witch or bible.
Right up, owe it poisoned presents.
Plan its idol. Mourn in gutters.
Reinter predations.
Razors under which orb-eyeball
write a poet poise and presence...?
Planets idle. Morning utters
reinterpretations.
June 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
REINTERPRETATIONS (Mondegreens)
Raze asunder witch or bible.
Right up, owe it poisoned presents.
Plan its idol. Mourn in gutters.
Reinter predations.
Razors under which orb-eyeball
write a poet poise and presence...?
Planets idle. Morning utters
reinterpretations.
Raze asunder witch or bible.
Right up, owe it poisoned presents.
Plan its idol. Mourn in gutters.
Reinter predations.
Razors under which orb-eyeball
write a poet poise and presence...?
Planets idle. Morning utters
reinterpretations.
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May 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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April 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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SOLEMN (Palindrome)
I sat, solemn.
I saw time open one poem.
It was in me, lost as I.
I sat, solemn.
I saw time open one poem.
It was in me, lost as I.
April 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
SOLEMN (Palindrome)
I sat, solemn.
I saw time open one poem.
It was in me, lost as I.
I sat, solemn.
I saw time open one poem.
It was in me, lost as I.
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BLACKBEARD (Bivocalism*)
Blackbeard —
menace at sea.
Enslave all the waters
and shred all the waves.
As the mast, helm, and stern race fast,
bear the flag
jet black;
spread the blade
and the name.
(*two vowels, alternating: a, e, a, e, a, e…)
Blackbeard —
menace at sea.
Enslave all the waters
and shred all the waves.
As the mast, helm, and stern race fast,
bear the flag
jet black;
spread the blade
and the name.
(*two vowels, alternating: a, e, a, e, a, e…)
April 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
BLACKBEARD (Bivocalism*)
Blackbeard —
menace at sea.
Enslave all the waters
and shred all the waves.
As the mast, helm, and stern race fast,
bear the flag
jet black;
spread the blade
and the name.
(*two vowels, alternating: a, e, a, e, a, e…)
Blackbeard —
menace at sea.
Enslave all the waters
and shred all the waves.
As the mast, helm, and stern race fast,
bear the flag
jet black;
spread the blade
and the name.
(*two vowels, alternating: a, e, a, e, a, e…)
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APRIL FOOL (Palindrome)
See,
still aloof,
may my ado,
today (my a.m.),
fool all it sees.
See,
still aloof,
may my ado,
today (my a.m.),
fool all it sees.
April 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
APRIL FOOL (Palindrome)
See,
still aloof,
may my ado,
today (my a.m.),
fool all it sees.
See,
still aloof,
may my ado,
today (my a.m.),
fool all it sees.
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March 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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ZEUS (Palindrome)
So:
Ah, Cronus!
We name open Olympus—aware still a deity rots onsite.
My Mnemosyne! Go next, far. Cognise. Resume:
No Muses lessen a Titan—a Titaness—else sum one Muse.
Resin, go craft xenogeny, so men.
My Metis: no story tied all.
Its era was up—
my lone poem a new sun
or Chaos.
So:
Ah, Cronus!
We name open Olympus—aware still a deity rots onsite.
My Mnemosyne! Go next, far. Cognise. Resume:
No Muses lessen a Titan—a Titaness—else sum one Muse.
Resin, go craft xenogeny, so men.
My Metis: no story tied all.
Its era was up—
my lone poem a new sun
or Chaos.
March 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
ZEUS (Palindrome)
So:
Ah, Cronus!
We name open Olympus—aware still a deity rots onsite.
My Mnemosyne! Go next, far. Cognise. Resume:
No Muses lessen a Titan—a Titaness—else sum one Muse.
Resin, go craft xenogeny, so men.
My Metis: no story tied all.
Its era was up—
my lone poem a new sun
or Chaos.
So:
Ah, Cronus!
We name open Olympus—aware still a deity rots onsite.
My Mnemosyne! Go next, far. Cognise. Resume:
No Muses lessen a Titan—a Titaness—else sum one Muse.
Resin, go craft xenogeny, so men.
My Metis: no story tied all.
Its era was up—
my lone poem a new sun
or Chaos.
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TYPEWRITER (Lipogram-Haiku*)
Typewriter. Top row.
Write your poetry or quote.
Tier your repertoire.
(*qwertyuiop only)
Typewriter. Top row.
Write your poetry or quote.
Tier your repertoire.
(*qwertyuiop only)
March 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
TYPEWRITER (Lipogram-Haiku*)
Typewriter. Top row.
Write your poetry or quote.
Tier your repertoire.
(*qwertyuiop only)
Typewriter. Top row.
Write your poetry or quote.
Tier your repertoire.
(*qwertyuiop only)
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PERSIST: A Shakespearean sonnet in anapaestic trimeter. Reading only the red gives a Shakespearean sonnet in anapaestic monometer. Reading only the blue gives a Shakespearean sonnet of monosyllabic lines.
February 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
PERSIST: A Shakespearean sonnet in anapaestic trimeter. Reading only the red gives a Shakespearean sonnet in anapaestic monometer. Reading only the blue gives a Shakespearean sonnet of monosyllabic lines.
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Catalexis: Iambs to the slaughter.
February 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Catalexis: Iambs to the slaughter.