CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

To celebrate this month's release of Another 365 Days of Poetry which released on the 4th. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a .   Hope     Written as an example of a Crapsey Type 1 cinquain, for A Year of Writing Poetry , I’ve assigned this to the May 12th entry of Another 365 Days of Poetry     Hope, the cure for darkness, from our fingers slips     Cover art is by Jake at JCaleb Design, and links to 366 Days of Poetry can be found on Books2Read at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a.  

To celebrate this month's release of Another 365 Days of Poetry which released on the 4th. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a .    Fleeing the Eaters   Written on May 3, 2017, for Another 365 Days of Poetry , this is my second attempt at a Tyburn poem—and it is, of course, a variation. Most Tyburns have four lines of two syllables, and two of nine syllables. The second last line repeats the words from the first two lines, as syllables five through eight, and the last line repeats the words from the second two lines, as syllables five through eight. Both final lines rhymes with each other. My first attempt uses two lines of four syllables, followed by two lines of nine, and then goes on to create a second verse which has four lines, alternating one and three syllables, using a rhyming base that alternates with an –ing word using that base. The final two lines follow the same pattern as the original. This one ended up having a ...