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Typos are little rebels, determined to break into the world of perfect words and sentences. They know they have a presence and want to, no, need to be seen. They know they will be struck down, erased, deleted but they must have their place in a piece. Of late writers, armed with Spell Check and...

First, about Paradigm. What is there to say? A great sentiment, beautifully expressed. You are obviously gifted. And knowledgeble about your craft. I am just breathing a little easier because "in the world of pantoum, it is totally acceptable to alter lines a little while repeating." :)

Thanks. Liked your too. We have again managed to come out with totally different stories. I hope there are a few more. Sparkawk is of course obliged to post a story. it's her challenge!

Thank you. I have a question about the form. I found a site, Guide to Verse Forms, http://www.volecentral.co.uk/vf/index.htm which says that a corona sonnet should have fourteen lines. What I have written is eight line stanzas with the last line of a stanza repeated as the first line of the...

I have since discovered something I should have known at the onset : a single pantoum does not a poet make. My subsequent efforts have not produced another pantoum that could be considered even remotely satisfactory. So I tried a corona sequence. Its rough but .....frankly, the best I...

As usual, brilliant. 'Dreams travel my mind' is clever. It gives the picture of (your) mind being the world dreams inhabit. Dreams travel through my mind, in my mind, would not have served so well. What follows is thoughts and feelings, 'many sided fates point their fingers' and 'hope a...

Oops! Our lines are seriously crossed. Yes, Sparhawk, its your turn.

Saw your post after I made mine. Sounds too challenging for me. I plead a severe case of head cold! P.S: Could you post a sample of what you have in mind?

So let's do it though it has become something like a personal indulgence, with the same three participants every time. Unless we have someone else joining, Sparhawk should issue the challenge this time. And yes, GET WELL SOON:):)

Then it will be a real challenge, right?

The next challenge is overdue.

Thank you for your appreciation and more so for your post about the pantoum. That got me started. I never expected to write verse that conforms to a recognized form. For me, the challenge in this form was in taking the poem forward because the style is equivalent to moving two steps forward...

? ? ? Speeding ??? As I just caught a glimpse, the car was 'speeding' in reference to the standing trees which is ok :D

A correction. Please read the line, 'stood in a pool of morning sunlight' as 'standing in a pool of morning sunlight.' Thank you.

NOW AND THEN : Postings will be few, occasional. WHEN IT GETS VERSE: Or rather when I write something in verse. I mostly write stories. I have written very little poetry and even those, in my opinion, are in the form that is only an apology for verse: BLANK VERSE. WHY THE THREAD? Thanks to...

Thank you so much for your comments. I wrote this story fifteen years ago for my son who was then ten, and it remains a favorite with both of us. As this is an e publication, I kept the illustrations to a minimum and used only silhouettes. Someday, I hope to bring out Dearie the Deer as a...

Thanks, Poppy 1.

Welcome and good luck with your book.

Meadow and Canuck, thanks for the good wishes. Oops! My bad luck!

My new book on Kindle - Dearie the Deer - http://www.amazon.com/Dearie-the-Deer-ebook/dp/B00D9T44SI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1370744321&sr=1-1 A deer, like any other animal in the forest, has to be brave to survive. Dearie need not be brave like a lion or tiger. He does...