The ramage is probably one of my favorite poetic forms, and this one looks at the simply pleasures of that midnight dip into the kitchen.

A prompt-fed poem looking at the horrors of an evacuation crisis in Afghanistan fed by a sudden change of direction in foreign policy.

The dreamcatcher is an American Indian craft item, and its symbolism can certainly serve as a muse for poetic exploration. Both dreamcatchers and poetry can explore the ethereal and imaginative realms, and like a dreamcatcher, the poet can draw inspiration from cultural symbols and rituals, incorporating them into our work to convey a sense of connection to heritage or the spiritual. Both serve as vessels for encapsulating the intangible aspects of life, whether it be the beauty of dreams or the complexities of human emotion. This poem is written in the rampage, a poetic form of 8 lines and 85 syllables that depends on an interior rhyme scheme and was crafted by Robert Bly.

The poem accounts for a Mexican border town antique store. Written in the Villanelle poetic form, the poem is about hope and the joy of discovery in vintage possessions.

That Is Poetry explores the essence of poetry itself—how it captures fleeting moments, deep emotions, and raw truths. The poem reflects on language as an art form, shaping meaning beyond mere words.

The famed Minnesota poet Robert Bly has had a huge influence on my writing and I have grown to love his poetic form, the ramage. The idea of this particular work was to share a sense of desperation one can sometimes encounter in the deep South as warm nights activate a symphony of pests.

Here, I offer a poem with an open rhyme scheme, focusing on celebrating the beauty of the heritage of a place, in this case, the Chilean seaside city of La Serena. I suppose it could be considered a descriptive poem or lyrical because it both aims to depict scenes vividly and evoke emotions relating to the setting and emphasizes personal emotions or feelings for this place. The city translates in English to “the serene.”

A playful poem full of rhetorical devices such as alliteration, assonance, homophone, ambiguity, imagery, and imagination of a shepherd and sheep, set in the Scottish Highlands.

A light-hearted poem about the novelty of fortune cookies and the humor of finishing off their words of wisdom with an all-to-familiar twist.

A simple poem of emotion.