Rowena

Bread for Blackbirds

Poetic Form: ae freislighe  An Irish quatrain (four-line stanza) form with multiple-syllable end rhymes. Begin and end the poem with the same word, syllable, or line. Blackbirds fly in confusion. Chirping, I hear them calling. Blackbirds land at location. Chirping, I hear them talking. A bird on fence, mesmerize. I sit there without moving. Mental notes I …

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No more texts.

“No more text,” Carlos said. It was Sabrina’s only form of communication where Carlos could read and see her words and her thoughts because he was not accepting her calls. Why? She asked herself. Maybe she was making it harder for him to make a decision and she was complicating things with her pitiful texts. …

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Today, I dub you…!

Bonjour! J’apprends à parler français. The French assignment came in this morning. I know a few words and statements, but not enough to assist my daughter with her work. So, Google became my handy translator; I dove right into my appointed duty. Her homeroom teacher showed up once per week on Zoom for a thirty …

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