Tag: poet
member name: Betty Dobson
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May 29, 2006 01:27 AM EDT --
Lupins sway by summer's roads
Tossed to and fro by each passing car
Unseen by white-knuckled drivers
Bent on quiet retreats at any price
But the children chant, "Lupins, lupins!" . . .
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June 01, 2006 03:25 PM EDT --
David Bowie, James Dean
rebel, rebel with a cause
never growing old
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June 11, 2006 04:32 PM EDT --
You cast your fine smile
Across the room, inviting
Without speaking, eyes
Flatter than a windless sea -
Hooked, I leap into your net
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June 20, 2006 09:28 PM EDT --
Here's a longlost kitty ditty from the pages of my journal. Never before seen. Perhaps never to be seen again.
feline companion
curled on the page
purrs for inspiration
plays catch with . . .
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July 04, 2006 11:18 PM EDT --
June bugs flick
against my pane
crave the light
dance the night
not long before
days end
NOTE: Originally published in Sol Magazine.
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June 11, 2006 04:39 PM EDT --
Great great grandmother Esther was wild,
Never a husband, many a child.
When long in the tooth
She tarred her own roof.
Ain't nobody dared get her riled.
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June 01, 2006 03:20 PM EDT --
ee-eye, ee-eye oh
Old MacDonald had a farm
I-O, I-O-U
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June 01, 2006 03:29 PM EDT --
love - the word floats from
his tongue as if he believes
as if I should care
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June 14, 2006 09:47 PM EDT --
Just a little bit of fun.
I think that I shall never see,
For I'm as blind as blind can be.
Someone please take pity on me;
I ran into a frickin' tree.
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June 11, 2006 04:28 PM EDT --
Garnet ate the rose
one petal at a time - love
tastes more bitter than
not - her heartbeat bled redder
than shredded pomegranate
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October 22, 2006 12:37 PM EDT --
InkSpotter Publishing is proud to announce the release of Betty Dobson's first poetry collection, Paper Wings.
The Canadian writer has been honing her craft and winning awards for more than . . .
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June 26, 2006 05:46 PM EDT --
My poem "Restoration Piece" will be republished in Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees , which is scheduled for Summer 2006 release by Lit Noire Publishing.
Also, look . . .
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August 12, 2006 10:36 PM EDT --
After subscribing to their newsletter for the last half eon or so, I finally decided to get off the fence and join the Canadian Federation of Poets.
More than that, I figured I might as well get involved . . .
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June 27, 2006 06:20 PM EDT --
Can you believe this? I just had another poem accepted for publication!
The market this time around is the 2006 Binnacle Ultra-Short Competition. My poem "Scrape Rattle Bang" was one of about . . .
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May 26, 2006 11:48 PM EDT --
northern wind bears down
brittle markers lean away
shelter faded lines
NOTE: Originally published in Sol Magazine
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May 27, 2006 12:01 AM EDT --
eight crows circle swoop
black marks against early snow
fall under winter
NOTE: Originally published in Sol Magazine.
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August 12, 2006 04:15 PM EDT --
InkSpotter Publishing is currently accepting submissions of holiday-themed personal essays and poetry for its inaugural e-book, Holiday Writes.
When you hear the word holiday, you might automatically . . .
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May 23, 2006 03:47 AM EDT --
monarch
vivid and true
in kaleidoscope robes
do you envy the hummingbird
his blur?
NOTE: Originally published in AMAZE: The Cinquain Journal.
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May 25, 2006 10:41 PM EDT --
Every once in a while, you find a truly fantastic book--or rather, it finds you. Such was the case a few weeks ago when an autographed copy of Gerald Arthur Moore's first poetry book, The Winter Croquet . . .
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May 25, 2006 05:58 PM EDT --
In 1997, Jenni Blackmore releases Counting Crows, her collection of poetry and short fiction. The book launch and reading occur at Frog Hollow Books in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ms. Blackmore treats those . . .
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