Behold a #sestina. Why did I write a #sestina? For my wife of course! Also I wrote a surprising amount of them today. Send help and nutrients.

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I have a villanelle, Always Hungry, in this issue 😍

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Playbill Employ a dogged corner as a toothpick while low lights make it difficult to see. It’s too late now to investigate how the day’s cast and direction came to be. A weathered stage’s fresh yellow pages can yet be plied to sort out certain sorts whenever a matinee’s middle sags as pacing and attention spans fall short. Folded playbills are furling further still. Curl pulp. Ball up your playbill tighter. Rigidly folded missives can surely make dramatic tensions a touch lighter. Practice origami! Get creative! Stimming pamphlets can be meditative.

Sharing a poem from my forthcoming second book on theater, Stage Direction! I always like mixing in some old school form poetry so here for your reading pleasure is a sonnet about Playbills.

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A questioning key of hallelujah Sing me a questioning key of hallelujah and hear me cry it back, seeking answers in a sharp chord, while the clamor beyond our walls raises new questions, and I find I want to know their unholy ecstasy—

My #Pushcart nominated #poem and #winner of the Summer Challenge by Prime Number Magazine of Press 53

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(rules: 7/5/3, 7/5/3 7/5/3 5/3 syllables for a total of 53; rhyme scheme of a/b/a, c/d/c, e/f/e, g/g)

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Terrance Hayes making traditional form deadly. #terrancehayes #americansonnetsformypastandfutureassassin #blackhistorymonth #africanamericanpoetry #poetry #poems #sonnets #formpoetry #poemoftheday

Sharing a poem today from my upcoming theater themed poetry collection called Stage Direction! This poem is an awdl gywydd which is a Welsh poetic form that is almost as melodic on the page as it is difficult to pronounce and spell.

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