I'm advocating for creative freedom in semicolon use. Let's see more of them between sentence fragments, forming a flow between *seemingly* unrelated clauses, or signifying soft lingering ceasura without semantic purpose.

Free the semi, now!
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Semicolons evoke grammar wrath!

That little not-quite comma. There are *rules* about it. Well, all punctuation has it's rules and, knowing that, don´t we break them?

In poetry, especially. Yet, the semicolon raises a sense of unease. And when uneasy, a rulebook comes to hand. /1

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I've just had some #poems accepted by The Black Light Engine Room for issue 2. Really happy about it.

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Some copies of my first poetry collection, 'Bolt Down This Earth', making a pristine heap on my chair. This was published by @vpresspoetry@twitter.com in 2017. If you like the look of it, just DM me. #poetry #poetryCommunity #WritingPoetry #amWriting #poetsOfMastadon

Some copies of my first poetry collection, 'Bolt Down This Earth', making a pristine heap on my chair. This was published by @vpresspoetry in 2017. If you like the look of it, just DM me. #poetry #poetryCommunity #WritingPoetry #amWriting #poetsOfMastadon

My publisher might have tweeted something very interesting today. Bearing in mind my first and to date only collection, Bolt Down This Earth, came out with V. PRESS in 2017...

Stirrings on the breeze...

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As the seasons pass
wrinkles appear on your heart,
wear them proud, and hold no regret
for we could only choose
between love and hate.
Water into ice
wind into fire
it’s what remained of our desire.
Now all that’s left
lies in a room of memories.
Spiderweb and dust,
an echo of footsteps in the past.

~ Iva
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The whole poem you can find here:
https://medium.com/scuzzbucket/spiderweb-and-dust-6f7fbbd54a1e?sk=6cc6797e62252b93cb29873d0db70077
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I don't often come across poetry that simply throws me off my feet, but this poem did.
Written by Patrick M. Ohana, for me one of his best poems.

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https://link.medium.com/3EmZMpL1Dwb

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Long lost melody of stars
reaching to make us cry.

Broken promises
shattering dreams,
nothing is as it seems.

Cracks and wrinkles,
grey hair and wine
all come in their own time.

Cold wind and rain
path covered with shame,
shadows without pain.

Touch of one’s skin
the bygones of fear.

~ Iva
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Published in #TheBazaarOfTheBizzare on #Medium -

https://medium.com/the-bazaar-of-the-bizarre/long-lost-melody-of-stars-3c51b8953a35?sk=f797a56776270d51e2f1f67cc2263001
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At 13, I joined a new school. I wrote a concrete poem about a river, shaped like a river (see what I did there?) and the English teacher liked it so much he graded it A+.

The boy next to me turned to the table and said to the other boys, "I think we have a poet in out MIDST."

I felt utterly ashamed. Of course, now I'm delighted but but at the time I wanted to hide everything I ever wrote again.

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My friend and amazing #poetry colleague Jinny Fisher has some #poems, with recordings, up at Iamb. Her precise and affecting language is crystal clear when carried by her voice. Recommend a read/listen.

https://www.iambapoet.com/wave-twelve/jinny-fisher

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She made her bed
in the wilderness
of her despair.
Taking it with such ease
feeding on melancholy
of shattered dreams.

Like a snake bite,
the numbing feel
of delight,
when she would
strip down and bow.

Neon lights
and cigarette marks,
thirst quenched with salt
a harlequin wrath.

~ Iva

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There is magic
in soft autumn sun.
The way it caresses
and makes things shine.
Feeling it on my skin
I wanna daydream.
My spirit I already there
as I'm watching
the birch leaves
dancing with the wind.
It's magic every time,
when I see leaves
playing with the sun.

~ Iva
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On the bed of thorns
interlude of dreams and hope
unravels the soul.

~ Iva
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