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Monarch Penguino

December 30, 2009 in Wordsmoker Poetry

Mama Penguino Hovers Closely

Mama Penguino hovers closely
And then quickly moves away,
Swiftly going wheresoever
Her heart may freely say.

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Smokin’ Comment: Mama Penguino Channels Wallace Stevens

November 7, 2009 in Smokin' Comments

smokin-commentInspired by C.L. Suggs’ To Whom It May Concern, Mama Penguino crafted the following poem along the lines of Wallace Stevens’ celebrated and oft-interpreted Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (1917).  You can read the original here.  Stevens was an influential modernist poet who did much of his important work later in life.  Like Mama P., he toiled by day as a lawyer. Her comment takes on a special poignancy in light of her close relationship with Mr. Suggs.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Commenter

I
Among twenty pithy comments,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the cursor.

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