The Permanence of Pen, Volume III
These are the last, for now, of the journal poems. There are more in the journal (pages and pages of
Category: poetry
The Permanence of Pen, Volume II
The poems below are a little longer and a little more…well, I’ll be honest, I used to write poetry as
The Permanence of Pen, Volume I
In high school, I wrote a small amount of poetry in a journal. My process, the idea of revision, is
Death and Pom-poms…or A Very Serious Poem About Cheerleading
Another poem from my past. Go. Poetry. Go, go, go poetry. Death and Pom-poms by Alexa L., written November 3,
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A Poetic Love
I liked the idea of on-the-spot poems, since they moved me to write similarly to how I write my song
Snap, Crackle, Bang
In honor of the upcoming Fourth of July celebration, here is an on-the-spot, yes-it-was-just-written poem about fireworks: I launched her love into
Poem-spiration or How to Make Something Out of Something
I mentioned inspirational lunches in a previous post. This is the result of a particular lunch with Amanda, where she
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Black and Blue All Over
In honor of the fantastic, fist-sized bruise on my right leg from a softball incident last Tuesday night, I want
Be Kind, Revise…or the Importance of an Imaginary Knife
You rewrite your poem, perhaps because you are forced to; or maybe you feel it just doesn’t sound right. But
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My Kisses…or Shadows, Grandma, Grandpa, and Fish
A little poem about little me… My Shadows written November 30, 2006 by Alexa L. Opening the book, she said
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