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Cynthia

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🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃   Wordle #294   First, a few lines from Lord Weary’s Castle , a book of poetry by Robert Lowell. From: The Ghost (After Sextus Propertius)*   “ You cannot turn your back upon a dream, For phantoms have their reasons when they come :” Prompt words in red. I sleep alone , yet not entirely alone . I lay in dark secret whisper ing to a ghost . Someone no longer bone , now un washed and rotting black . Still, under my silk canopy she sparkles golden.   ©2022 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserve #mindlovemiserysmenagerie #MLMM #wordle#294 #theghost #robertlowell #freeversepoetry #wordpromptpoem #wordpromptpoetry   *Sextus Propertius was an Italian poet of ancient Rome.  Published in 29 BCE, the first of his first four books of elegies is called Cynthia , who is the heroine of the works.  Cynthia, real name Hostia, was the author's mistress.  In elegy IV:7 Cynthia's ghost is featured.  https://www....

A Different Kind of Sweet

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Poets and Storytellers United Friday Writings #50: Sweetness! "In honor of Halloween this week’s optional prompt is to use the word "sweet" to inspire your creations. You may (but don’t have to) use the word sweet in your finished piece or the title."  Continuing my Seven Deadly Sins series of poems (this will be the fifth), I offer the sweetness of Lust in seven lines of seven syllables each. image: Butterflies in the stomach, when the steamy texts arrive. Giggle, glance around the room. Dare to answer back in like. Easy to be bold in words, we all must know how it is. Forbidden fruit is sweetest.    ©2022 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved #poetsandstorytellersunited #fridaywritings #sevendeadlysinspoetry  #syllabicpoem #syllabicpoetry