Porthole

Skipped a day on purpose.

I skipped a day... on purpose, but it's 10 pm. here and that's Midnight in Philadelphia.

Finished and posted:

STATIC

Bobby [162]  (13+) Bobby and Johnny were 11 and always hid out in their tree house. Now, years later... #2253273 by Kåre เลียม Enga

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Leather [148]  (ASR) First chapter: Jay dies often. But this death came early and unexpected. #2253270 by Kåre เลียม Enga

To determine ease of reading and grade level I use: https://datayze.com/readability-analyzer

I did write another serenade. If worse comes to worse I can use my serenades to enter 2 or 3 contests.

Wrote, edited and posted: "Strawberry moonlight [165] Serenade #...?" 

Finished and posted:

"Flora circa 1888 [109]" 
"Water [167]" 
"Zen dirigible [166] JI#7" 

Did you know: ᛝ = ng as ᛝvar. Or Eᛝland or Eᛝa.

Odd thoughts I had scribbled elsewhere:

Do I rage about T wrapping himself in a flag? Like tough rooster meat wrapped in bacon? Would that be too political... crowing day after day, the neighbors with their hatchets hope he stretches his scrawny neck their way

You probably think this tail is about you... don't you?

Mrs. Wong made faces at Donald, the neighbor's rooster. "Nice feet. Are you sure you want to keep them?"

"It's awfully quiet this morning. What's for lunch?"

"Birthday fricassee. I started stewing yesterday at sunset."

I went to market and bought harissa, sheep curds, salad turnips.

I ate ham-cheese at Break Espresso.

I've finished some writings. It's only 4:26 and 87 degrees but I'm worn out for some reason.

Regarding rhyme:

"The part that irks me the most is tortured syntax, dear Yoda.
The other aspect is insisting on perfect rhyme when it tortures the meaning.

I have enough torture in my life as is.

One solution is free verse where the rhymes need not occur at the end.

Also, most people write in a linear manner and get to the second rhyme and... botch the entire poem. The second rhyme should be the natural one. Switch lines or words or even find two new words that express something.

Since poetry is not a legal brief or an essay or a story or non-fiction journalism it need not read like one. Degas said,"with words not ideas" and William Carlos Williams, "No ideas, but in things."

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