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- Poetry
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- Authors:
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Parker Owens
Disasters, Delights and Other Detours
A second book of poetry, posted in no particular order or schedule. Maybe it's better than the first. Or not.
These are the poems that have escaped from my sketchbook. If they stray into your heart and mind, be gentle with them.
- Signature Author
- 08/22/2017 (Updated: 09/28/2021)
- 100 Chapters
- 17,595 Words
- 104,490 Views
- 1,338 Comments
- Mature
- Complete
Story Recommendations (4 members)
- Action Packed 0
- Addictive/Pacing 2
- Characters 1
- Chills 0
- Cliffhanger 0
- Compelling 0
- Feel-Good 0
- Humor 0
- Smoldering 1
- Tearjerker 0
- Unique 3
- World Building 3
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1.
Two First Sonnets
- 205 Words
- 2,192 Views
- 19 Comments
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2.
Early Morning
- 69 Words
- 1,796 Views
- 12 Comments
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3.
City Seen
- 221 Words
- 1,223 Views
- 16 Comments
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4.
Twilight
- 233 Words
- 1,661 Views
- 12 Comments
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5.
Alternate Reality and Companion
- 204 Words
- 1,677 Views
- 14 Comments
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6.
Occam's Razor and Doppler Effect
- 183 Words
- 1,618 Views
- 21 Comments
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7.
Free Verse and Walk
- 138 Words
- 1,526 Views
- 10 Comments
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8.
Fugue in a minor key
- 733 Words
- 1,086 Views
- 12 Comments
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9.
Skyscrapers, or Sept Lignes
- 70 Words
- 1,857 Views
- 16 Comments
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10.
Tear Tracks
- 173 Words
- 1,635 Views
- 20 Comments
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11.
Fall Sightings
- 131 Words
- 1,153 Views
- 10 Comments
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12.
Stripes
- 219 Words
- 1,662 Views
- 10 Comments
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13.
Thanksgiving
- 180 Words
- 1,825 Views
- 16 Comments
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14.
A Sonnet at Solstice
- 107 Words
- 1,673 Views
- 14 Comments
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15.
Two Quantitative Sonnets
- 208 Words
- 1,220 Views
- 14 Comments
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16.
Sad Experiments
- 275 Words
- 1,097 Views
- 15 Comments
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17.
Splintered Science
- 199 Words
- 1,869 Views
- 20 Comments
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18.
Cinquains for Sadness
- 310 Words
- 1,605 Views
- 17 Comments
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19.
The River's Course
- 173 Words
- 1,437 Views
- 21 Comments
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20.
Unanswerable and Idle Observations
- 234 Words
- 1,633 Views
- 16 Comments
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21.
Age and Unborn
- 223 Words
- 795 Views
- 8 Comments
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22.
Four Varied Skyscrapers
- 140 Words
- 1,660 Views
- 19 Comments
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23.
Three May Cinquains
- 99 Words
- 1,482 Views
- 12 Comments
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24.
Haibun from Home
- 352 Words
- 1,615 Views
- 22 Comments
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25.
Sapphic Dawn
- 77 Words
- 1,481 Views
- 10 Comments
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26.
Burial and Kisses Three
- 228 Words
- 835 Views
- 10 Comments
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27.
Haibun at Concord
- 314 Words
- 1,248 Views
- 8 Comments
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28.
Two Summer Sonnets
- 225 Words
- 1,338 Views
- 8 Comments
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29.
Tanka for a Summer Day
- 243 Words
- 1,246 Views
- 18 Comments
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30.
Mendelev's Periodic Table
- 176 Words
- 1,541 Views
- 16 Comments
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31.
Three Unpartnered Skyscrapers
- 100 Words
- 1,157 Views
- 14 Comments
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32.
Three Autumn Offerings
- 322 Words
- 1,033 Views
- 19 Comments
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33.
Four Aging Rockers
- 267 Words
- 1,507 Views
- 12 Comments
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34.
November Days
- 68 Words
- 1,255 Views
- 15 Comments
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35.
Simple Thanks
- 106 Words
- 1,198 Views
- 16 Comments
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36.
Midnight Wonder
- 68 Words
- 761 Views
- 10 Comments
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37.
Woodsmoke Season
- 71 Words
- 1,256 Views
- 20 Comments
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38.
Warm January Skyscrapers
- 108 Words
- 1,270 Views
- 10 Comments
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39.
A Winter's Hike: The Tanka Challenge
- 126 Words
- 904 Views
- 21 Comments
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40.
Two Winter Sonnets
- 207 Words
- 887 Views
- 13 Comments
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41.
February Haiku
- 91 Words
- 916 Views
- 16 Comments
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42.
Armistice and Sea Journey: Two Sonnets
- 208 Words
- 780 Views
- 17 Comments
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43.
Twitch: a Pantoum
- 163 Words
- 927 Views
- 16 Comments
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44.
Two Blue Poems
- 299 Words
- 747 Views
- 16 Comments
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45.
Pi Day 2019
- 21 Words
- 662 Views
- 10 Comments
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46.
Trunks and Branches
- 232 Words
- 1,144 Views
- 20 Comments
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47.
Sweet Summer
- 101 Words
- 1,321 Views
- 12 Comments
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48.
Asylum Seeker's Elegy
- 358 Words
- 1,301 Views
- 20 Comments
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49.
Summer Visit
- 85 Words
- 1,245 Views
- 13 Comments
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50.
New England Skyscrapers
- 187 Words
- 705 Views
- 16 Comments
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51.
Last Day of School
- 78 Words
- 656 Views
- 10 Comments
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52.
Summer Sense
- 96 Words
- 604 Views
- 13 Comments
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53.
Clay and Colorfast
- 217 Words
- 650 Views
- 14 Comments
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54.
Skyscraper Reflections
- 108 Words
- 607 Views
- 14 Comments
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55.
Dirty Laundry and Weather
- 190 Words
- 719 Views
- 16 Comments
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56.
Temptation and Ignorance
- 222 Words
- 586 Views
- 10 Comments
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57.
Three Mathematical Skyscrapers
- 86 Words
- 859 Views
- 17 Comments
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58.
On the Bridge
- 154 Words
- 583 Views
- 10 Comments
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59.
A Tiny Thanksgiving Dish
- 40 Words
- 1,125 Views
- 13 Comments
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60.
Kimo Calendar
- 190 Words
- 979 Views
- 15 Comments
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61.
December Sketches and Solsitice Evening
- 249 Words
- 1,177 Views
- 16 Comments
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Three January Reflections
- 306 Words
- 1,253 Views
- 12 Comments
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Midwinter Night's Dreams
- 221 Words
- 963 Views
- 8 Comments
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Portraits of My Father
- 152 Words
- 1,037 Views
- 21 Comments
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Forgiveness Walking
- 103 Words
- 998 Views
- 14 Comments
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Wake and Constancy
- 200 Words
- 410 Views
- 14 Comments
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Distancing Hikes
- 102 Words
- 396 Views
- 10 Comments
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Simplicity
- 85 Words
- 367 Views
- 12 Comments
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69.
Translations
- 160 Words
- 1,006 Views
- 11 Comments
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Descent and Ascent
- 100 Words
- 1,042 Views
- 12 Comments
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71.
Along the Creek
- 171 Words
- 1,086 Views
- 9 Comments
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72.
Echoes and The Back Field
- 157 Words
- 352 Views
- 10 Comments
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Crisis
- 129 Words
- 1,006 Views
- 12 Comments
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Haibun from a Distance
- 222 Words
- 909 Views
- 8 Comments
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Summer Riches
- 139 Words
- 764 Views
- 8 Comments
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76.
Scented Skyscrapers
- 102 Words
- 361 Views
- 10 Comments
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The Yearning Hours
- 97 Words
- 335 Views
- 12 Comments
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September Sonnet
- 100 Words
- 1,194 Views
- 18 Comments
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Season's Song and Fond Absence
- 205 Words
- 364 Views
- 12 Comments
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Leaves
- 81 Words
- 254 Views
- 8 Comments
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81.
Faceless
- 152 Words
- 627 Views
- 12 Comments
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82.
Visitation and Chained
- 211 Words
- 860 Views
- 10 Comments
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83.
November Now
- 199 Words
- 734 Views
- 11 Comments
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84.
Cloudcover
- 108 Words
- 408 Views
- 16 Comments
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85.
Tinted Skyscrapers
- 102 Words
- 828 Views
- 4 Comments
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Three Winter Walks
- 231 Words
- 312 Views
- 12 Comments
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Stealing a March
- 185 Words
- 808 Views
- 6 Comments
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Woodland Walk
- 121 Words
- 357 Views
- 14 Comments
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Anthems for Pride
- 212 Words
- 865 Views
- 14 Comments
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Late Spring
- 106 Words
- 648 Views
- 12 Comments
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Mourning Dove Days
- 149 Words
- 839 Views
- 14 Comments
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Appassionati
- 208 Words
- 868 Views
- 13 Comments
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93.
Butterfly Haiku
- 71 Words
- 637 Views
- 12 Comments
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94.
Inventions
- 119 Words
- 272 Views
- 11 Comments
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Short Essays on Summer Vacation
- 173 Words
- 774 Views
- 12 Comments
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Stone Heart
- 189 Words
- 348 Views
- 13 Comments
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Diverted and Invitation
- 231 Words
- 749 Views
- 6 Comments
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98.
About Time
- 151 Words
- 290 Views
- 16 Comments
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To The Old Spruce and At a Gallop
- 243 Words
- 225 Views
- 8 Comments
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Two Ballades: Bastion and Complemented
- 442 Words
- 751 Views
- 11 Comments
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