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Poetry is my go-to. When I truly want to express what stirs my spirit, I find an image and let it lead me. Nearly always, the lyrical words form in response to something I’ve seen, though sometimes also something I’ve heard as I also write while listening to music.

I’m not much of a form poetry writer, although many of my poems follow a similar form that followers on my blog (booknvolume.com) have dubbed a ‘Morganverse’. These poems are typically 16 lines or less and follow a simple ABAB or AABB rhyme scheme, but with one distinct difference, usually in structure.

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Here’s an example:

Place of Beauty

Transcending time

River of Influence

Harmony

Rhyme

Wash over my Spirit with your Infinite Splendour

Persuade

Pervade

Gently Engender.

My favorites

Like most poets, I have a few favorites; those styles for which I hold a particular predilection- outside of the Morganverse. I love the challenge of an Elizabethan Sonnet written in alluring iambic pentameter and I often write pastoral poetry…