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Guest Post: My Prisoner, The Bug (a poem written by Rue Arrow)
A hearty welcome to Rue Arrow and her poem, 'My Prisoner, The Bug,' which she has generously agreed to let me share with you. You can check out more of Rue's work at ruearrow.com and at ruearrow.substack.com.

Lilyana Page
2 days ago3 min read
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It's a Gift, I Think (short poem)
'It's a Gift, I Think' covers some (but certainly not all!) of the feelings that writers may experience. The feeling that what you're writing is stupid and that no one will ever want to read it. The fear of criticism. The confusion over why we're so drawn to writing (I'm not the only one who marvels at that, am I?). The desire to make a difference with the words that we are given...

Lilyana Page
Apr 141 min read
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Contemplating Flanders: A Poem of Remembrance
I think it best to always savour sunset glow /Â For we cannot say when we'll find /Â We've run out of time, and be reminded /Â That we...

Lilyana Page
Nov 11, 20242 min read
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Ruth: A Narrative Poem
Happiness seems to be slipping through Naomi’s outstretched hand
like so many grains of elusive, shining sand...

Lilyana Page
Oct 21, 20244 min read
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Little Miss Muffet: The True Story
"I scampered up onto the ceiling,
checked and double-checked my anchoring, and lowered myself by one shining, silvery thread..."

Lilyana Page
Aug 12, 20243 min read
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Perplexing Plurals: Two Nonsensical Poems
I have two laugh worthy poems for you today. The first poem, titled herein as Perplexing Plurals, came to my attention in an email from...

Lilyana Page
May 27, 20242 min read
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Google Translate Chews, Swallows, and Vomits One of My Poems Back Out
horn! horn!
Rain or shine, goose girl
free your furry friends from the cage
and took him to the green forest.
Use a long stick to…

Lilyana Page
May 20, 20242 min read
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An Acorn Finds a Home: Narrative Verse
Part I There was a little acorn, tiny as could be. And from that little acorn, a baby seedling was born, and from that baby seedling,...

Lilyana Page
Apr 22, 20244 min read
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Two Hats: A Pantoum
Two hats.
Tea and cookies.
Beautiful red shoes.
Pearls.

Lilyana Page
Mar 18, 20241 min read
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The Goose Girl: Free Verse
honk! honk!
rain or shine the goose girl
releases her feathered friends from their pen
and herds them to the lush green.....

Lilyana Page
Feb 26, 20241 min read
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Watching, Waiting, Listening: A Poem
Watching, Waiting, Listening. A poem by Lilyana Page. The trees rustle
and swish above streams that
gurgle and sing. The birds warble

Lilyana Page
Jan 29, 20241 min read
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