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    • The Judgement Day
    • Let My People Go
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    • Noah Built the Ark
    • Go Down Death – A Funeral Sermon
    • The Prodigal Son
    • The Creation
    • Listen Lord – A Prayer
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    • NaPoWriMo 2019
    • NaPoWriMo 2020
    • 2020 Lockdown Sonnets
  • Recipes are a lot like poetry
    • Found Poetry – Bishop Michael Curry
  • Heroic Sonnet Crown – Nat Turner
    • Magic words (1 of 15)
    • Called to serve (2 of 15)
    • Incantation (3 of 15)
    • Confession (4 of 15)
    • The deed is done (5 of 15)
    • Walk in his shoes (6 of 15)
    • The soul’s proportion (7 of 10)
    • The scenesetter – 8 of 15
    • Event planning (9 of 15)
  • High School (and gap year) Poetry (1970-1975)
  • Notes from Bissau 1993 – 2019
  • NaHaiWriMo 2019
  • Subway (and other mass transit) poems
  • August Postcard Poetry
    • 2013
    • 2014
    • 2015
    • 2016
    • 2017
    • 2018
    • 2019
  • Freshman poetry
  • Benghazi Quartet
  • The Lisbon Quintet
  • A Quintet For Amiri Baraka
  • Mountain Verse
  • Plays
  • NaPoWriMo2019
  • Poems in the time of the pandemic
  • About
  • Sonnet Crown – Trombones
  • NaPoWriMo
  • Recipes are a lot like poetry
  • Heroic Sonnet Crown – Nat Turner
  • High School (and gap year) Poetry (1970-1975)
  • Notes from Bissau 1993 – 2019
  • NaHaiWriMo 2019
  • Subway (and other mass transit) poems
  • August Postcard Poetry
  • Freshman poetry
  • Benghazi Quartet
  • The Lisbon Quintet
  • A Quintet For Amiri Baraka
  • Mountain Verse
  • Plays
  • NaPoWriMo2019
  • Poems in the time of the pandemic

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  • About
  • Sonnet Crown – Trombones
    • The Judgement Day
    • Let My People Go
    • The Crucifixion
    • Noah Built the Ark
    • Go Down Death – A Funeral Sermon
    • The Prodigal Son
    • The Creation
    • Listen Lord – A Prayer
  • NaPoWriMo
    • NaPoWriMo 2013
    • NaPoWriMo 2014
    • NaPoWriMo 2015
    • NaPoWriMo 2016
    • NaPoWriMo 2017
    • NaPoWriMo 2018
    • NaPoWriMo 2019
    • NaPoWriMo 2020
    • 2020 Lockdown Sonnets
  • Recipes are a lot like poetry
    • Found Poetry – Bishop Michael Curry
  • Heroic Sonnet Crown – Nat Turner
    • Magic words (1 of 15)
    • Called to serve (2 of 15)
    • Incantation (3 of 15)
    • Confession (4 of 15)
    • The deed is done (5 of 15)
    • Walk in his shoes (6 of 15)
    • The soul’s proportion (7 of 10)
    • The scenesetter – 8 of 15
    • Event planning (9 of 15)
  • High School (and gap year) Poetry (1970-1975)
  • Notes from Bissau 1993 – 2019
  • NaHaiWriMo 2019
  • Subway (and other mass transit) poems
  • August Postcard Poetry
    • 2013
    • 2014
    • 2015
    • 2016
    • 2017
    • 2018
    • 2019
  • Freshman poetry
  • Benghazi Quartet
  • The Lisbon Quintet
  • A Quintet For Amiri Baraka
  • Mountain Verse
  • Plays
  • NaPoWriMo2019
  • Poems in the time of the pandemic
  • About
  • Sonnet Crown – Trombones
  • NaPoWriMo
  • Recipes are a lot like poetry
  • Heroic Sonnet Crown – Nat Turner
  • High School (and gap year) Poetry (1970-1975)
  • Notes from Bissau 1993 – 2019
  • NaHaiWriMo 2019
  • Subway (and other mass transit) poems
  • August Postcard Poetry
  • Freshman poetry
  • Benghazi Quartet
  • The Lisbon Quintet
  • A Quintet For Amiri Baraka
  • Mountain Verse
  • Plays
  • NaPoWriMo2019
  • Poems in the time of the pandemic
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