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Divorce Bard

Location: pretty how town, USA
Birthday: February 13

Bio: While the ashes of marriage #2 were cooling, I began a journal here in verse, to keep myself out of trouble. So far so good, and one day at a time. I took a hiatus this past January, and I missed it terribly. Writing daily had changed the way I think - not my opinions, but the process of thinking itself. So here I am back again, and hungry. I began with three rules: (1) Iambic pentameter, (2) Perfect rhyme, and (3) It had to be true (no hyperbole). I hereby amend rule number 3: If I'm writing about myself, yes, it has to be true. But it doesn't, if I want to tell a story.

MY RECENT POSTS

Divorce Bard no more.
November 18, 2012 10:26PM
A Rose by Any Other
May 30, 2012 12:48AM
In My Kitchen
April 08, 2012 01:08AM
A Faded Drawing
March 31, 2012 09:33PM
An Incident.
February 26, 2012 05:13PM

MY RECENT COMMENTS

“I would say I'd meet you there, but I can't afford the flight. Maybe I'll stow a…”
July 18, 2012 10:37PM
“Sort of like a haiku through a looking glass.”
July 18, 2012 10:28PM
“You set me in a tailspin. The way you string words together like fireflies, or m…”
July 18, 2012 10:26PM
“It never occurred to me before - for painters, like actors, maybe evil is more fu…”
June 17, 2012 01:15AM
“No one ever, ever said this to me.”
June 05, 2012 12:58AM

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NOVEMBER 18, 2012 10:39PM

When I started doing this, I was basically blogging my divorce. I had started a blog under my real name, where I was going to blog my divorce, because I thought it would be awfully clever to blog my divorce in verse. That was just… Read full post »

13 Comments

MAY 30, 2012 12:48AM

A Rose by Any Other

My daughter was part of a big event at her middle school tonight. Big like, this huge group of 6th and 7th graders big. I’m not sure where the 8th graders go, or what they do, when they receive some sort of honor from the school, or the school board, or… Read full post »

13 Comments

APRIL 8, 2012 1:08AM

In My Kitchen

The oddest thing just happened. I’m working on a poem just now, a narrative of a Kenyan folk tale I found last year. I had struggled with it for weeks – or more accurately, I had avoided sitting down to it for weeks – and then somehow tonight, things started to… Read full post »

15 Comments

MARCH 31, 2012 9:33PM

A Faded Drawing

I was cleaning up the other day. There’s still all this stuff, just stuff left over from our separation, that came with me in boxes and didn’t really have a reason to. So I was tossing out stuff, and I came across some of the artwork that my daughter had… Read full post »

14 Comments

FEBRUARY 26, 2012 5:13PM

An Incident.

A car went off the road, and hit a tree.
An ambulance was summoned to the scene.
Two kids were fine, as far as all could see.
And one, a girl, is dead at seventeen.

I knew her just a bit, when she was small.
At seven, she was headstrong. Pretty. Bright.
Now ten… Read full post »

23 Comments

FEBRUARY 18, 2012 9:29PM

Hands

LujaWangHands

This is a vid-cap of Luja Wang’s right hand. You can find the video here:

http://www.salon.com/2012/02/18/quick_hits_yuja_wang_plays_live/

There have been a small number of women that I’ve known, who have had hands that stopped me. It’s hard to explain th… Read full post »

18 Comments

FEBRUARY 14, 2012 1:56AM

A Valentine to My Two Kids. Tuesday Feb 14, 2012

There are a thousand wishes I could make.

Tomorrow, maybe twenty thousand more.

And I could hope your hearts may never break,

That charm, and luck, might open ev'ry door...

I could. But really, I'm not much of one

For dreamy thoughts of happy ever after.

I like… Read full post »

14 Comments

JANUARY 30, 2012 11:44PM

Out to Lunch #2. Monday Jan 30, 2012

The hours that I've recently been keeping

Have lately been preventing me from sleeping.

As well, my writing needs a little thought;

It doesn't feel as centered as it ought.

I've felt it slide - if things keep getting worse,

I'll have to be content with... (cough) "light verse."… Read full post »

17 Comments

JANUARY 29, 2012 11:30PM

Chicken Pot Pie #2. Sunday Jan 29, 2012

Tonight my children dined on something new,
Partaking in my sav'ry pie debut.
The pie that doesn't scan was such a hit,
We've eaten nearly ev'ry single bit.
When I had done, God how my stomach sagged -
And then I bragged, and bragged, and bragged, and bragged. Read full post »

12 Comments

JANUARY 29, 2012 1:05AM

Anonymous #15. Saturday Jan 28, 2012

As much as I would miss your closeness, still

No memories exist, of you and I.

Perhaps tomorrow night, a small one will.

Not knowing helps the days go idly by.

Read full post »

13 Comments

JANUARY 28, 2012 1:13AM

Anonyme. Friday Jan 27, 2012

Tu ne fais pas partie de mes memoires

Mais tu me manques beaucoup, encore ce soir

Demain, peut-etre, je pourrais te voir

Pourquoi me faut-il de ne pas savoir

Read full post »

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JANUARY 27, 2012 12:02AM

Chicken Pot Pie. Thursday Jan 26, 2012

Okay... It's time I faced a resolution.

I've promised many times that I would do it.

I've planned a bit, and now the execution -

'Cause if I don't, the kids would say, "I KNEW it."

Tonight I spent the evening caref'lly shopping.

I have the stuff! Tomorrow… Read full post »

17 Comments

JANUARY 26, 2012 2:17AM

Goodnight #45. Wednesday Jan 25, 2012

Another night with nothing much to say.

But there. I've gone and said it anyway.

Read full post »

6 Comments

JANUARY 25, 2012 12:35AM

Goodnight #44. Tuesday Jan 24, 2012

Though some may call an empty head enlight'ning,

When I sit down to write, I find it fright'ning.

Tomorrow morning, I may feel restored,

With angst and gloom and woe. Tonight I'm bored.

Read full post »

4 Comments

JANUARY 24, 2012 1:43AM

Ick. Monday Jan 23, 2012

Somewhere, there's something sticky on the floor.

I found it with my sock. Just walking by.

I started in the kitchen, t'ward the door,

And felt it... somewhere. Nothing caught my eye,

I couldn't stop just then, I'm not sure why,

And now... it's out there still, and lying… Read full post »

11 Comments

JANUARY 23, 2012 1:38AM

Jitney #2. Sunday Jan 22, 2012

I had the kids today. Just here and there,

And now and then. So maybe I should say,

Today I jitneyed children ev'rywhere -

My two, and friends we picked up on the way.

I have them both tomorrow then, as well.

Or three, or seven - I can… Read full post »

11 Comments

JANUARY 22, 2012 2:41AM

Fledgling #2. Saturday Jan 21, 2012

It snowed last night, and then all morning, too.

I went outside a little after one,

To shovel - there was plenty there to do:

The walk, the car... when ev'rything was done,

I thought a cup of coffee might be nice.

I walked to town, and passed… Read full post »

18 Comments

JANUARY 21, 2012 12:53AM

Support Network #2. Friday Jan 20, 2012

Had coffee with another dad today.

Divorced. We try to, ev'ry week or so.

We generally have enough to say

To fill an hour, before we have to go.

We talk about how much the kids are growing

(His two are very close in age to mine)

And… Read full post »

14 Comments

JANUARY 20, 2012 1:16AM

Goodnight #43. Thursday Jan 19, 2012

If I had any sense, I'd go to bed,

And leave this stunning masterpiece unsaid...

I do. I'll write tomorrow night, instead.

Read full post »

8 Comments

JANUARY 19, 2012 1:33AM

Basketball (a Triolet). Wednesday Jan 18, 2012

Hang on, he's got it. Yep. Okay. Okay...

Hey what a SHOT! He got it IN! Yeah, TWO!

...so how're the kids? Did you guys get away?

Hang on - he's got it. Yep. Okay. Okay...

Aw MAN!... For Christmas? Take an extra day?

Not me. Oh… Read full post »

10 Comments

JANUARY 18, 2012 12:55AM

Solace. Tuesday Jan 17, 2012

Okay, sometimes I get a little bleak,

And moan about my prospects being weak,

And wax rhapsodic over things I've lost,

Or tedious, about how much they cost,

Or angry, over turns my life has taken,

Regretful, that my kids may feel forsaken,

Entrapped, by circumstance, and money lenders,… Read full post »

8 Comments

JANUARY 17, 2012 1:08AM

Other. Monday Jan 16, 2012

And yet were I to know you, this could end,

And air become less shimmering, and need,

Desire, and heart, might all be just pretend.

Then only in a memory, this seed

That never even took its root, would flower,

Unnamed, untouched, and jealous of its power.

Read full post »

16 Comments

JANUARY 16, 2012 1:28AM

Unrequited. Sunday Jan 15, 2012

A previously unimagined need,

Unheard, unspoken, barely grazed by speech,

Now given name, and license to mislead.

I feel you here, but somehow out of reach.

Read full post »

14 Comments

JANUARY 15, 2012 1:57AM

Anonymous #14. Saturday Jan 14, 2012

Come sit. I haven't seen you for a year.

Here, turn your back to me. Put up your hair.

Just, yes... No, tie it. Just above your ear.

Undo your collar, so your neck is bare,

That's all. I'll put my hand just here, and do

Your shoulder.… Read full post »

16 Comments

JANUARY 14, 2012 2:05AM

Involute. Friday Jan 13, 2012

Returning to a normal shape or size,

Or state. I looked it up. I didn't know.

A present, really. Borne on lips, and eyes;

A complex notion, more than just hello,

But English still. A jewel in your hand,

Just offered, just like that. There may be more,… Read full post »

13 Comments

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