Open Mic Night at the Cantab Lounge

Rain poured down on Boston and Cambridge, the remains of the snowstorm from that morning. Central Square, Cambridge, seemed inky black in the rain. I had never been to the Cantab and was worried that I would...

Reading poetry....the right way

I'm going to get straight to the heart of the matter here. Poetry, when being read, is not supposed to be so dreadfully boring that it places the reader in a state of near agony. the reading of poetry is...

Poetry by Sandy McCollum

Three Poems by Poet Sandy McCollum. Some of these works were written in Alaska, some in the lower 48. These are about cats, cars and online relationships.

Christian Poems For Thanksgiving

  Each morning as a new day breaks I say a little prayer And thank the Lord with grateful heart For blessings - everywhere...   For sunlit days and starry nights And roses in the Spring ...

What Is In Your Vision?

Do you know that some people limit vision to physical sight? Even people regarded as legally blind have ‘vision’! History records Frances[Fanny] Jane Crosby an American poetess as one who wrote over 8000...

A Trio Of Short Thoughts.

A trio of short thoughts. 1.- Regret 2.- Friday night on the road. 3.- Love is...... ©-MFB III Regret is an Egret standing on one leg always wondering if it should have used two till the wave of an...

On Writing Poetry

One late fall day, upon arriving at the MARTA Peachtree Street Station in downtown Atlanta, I jumped off the train and headed for the escalator which took me to the street level above. As I moved onto the...

I Hunger

Like a Gypsy dancing for coins I strive to lure Someone Fresh

Lauras poetry, stories, documentaries, images

Teaching Iambic Pentameter

Rhythm A unit of the internal 'beat' in a poem is called a ‘foot’. A foot that is made up of a long beat followed by a short one is called an ‘Iamb’. When five of these in a poetic line it is called...