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Category Archives: Spring

May 24th & 27th 2021

May 29, 2021 By upinvermont in Bottlecap, Haiku, Poetry, Spring Tags: Bottlecap, Haiku, May, Spring 5 Comments

    into
        the pond's icy black waters—May's
            petals

    41

    no-
        thing left of the wind chimes but the wi-
            nd

             pussy willow block print

    42: May 24th & 27th 2021 | bottlecap
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May 20th 2021

May 22, 2021 By upinvermont in Bottlecap, Haiku, Spring Tags: Bottlecap, Haiku, May, Spring Leave a comment

    quick
        as a wingbeat, the hummingbird's
            song

           
    40: May 20th 2021 | bottlecap
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May 18th 2021

May 18, 2021 By upinvermont in Bottlecap, Haiku, Spring Tags: Bottlecap, Haiku, May, Spring 7 Comments

    filling
        the fields afterwards—the children's
            dreams

     Moon & Children (Rich Ink) (Block Print)
    39: May 18th 2021 | bottlecap
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May 10th & 13th 2021

May 13, 2021 By upinvermont in Bottlecap, Haiku, Spring Tags: Bottlecap, Haiku, May, Spring Leave a comment

    my
        daughter's doll has aged—dress
            faded

    37: May 10th 2021

    stepping
        over the sun and nightfall—a daddy long-
            legs

            Mechanical Sky (Block Print)
    38: May 13th 2021 | bottlecap
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May 6th 2021

May 6, 2021 By upinvermont in Bottlecap, Haiku, Spring Tags: Bottlecap, Haiku, May, Spring Leave a comment

    May—
        dandelions, then a crow, then dandelions
            again

lillies (Block Print)
36: May 6th 2021 | bottlecap
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May 3rd 2021

May 4, 2021 By upinvermont in Bottlecap, Haiku, Poetry, Spring Tags: Bottlecap, Haiku, May 5 Comments

    stars
        in the tractor's ruts cross over the Milky
            Way


35: May 3rd 2021 | bottlecap
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April 29th 2021

April 30, 2021 By upinvermont in Erotic, Erotic, Haiku, Poetry, Spring Tags: April, Bottlecap, Erotic, Haiku, Spring Leave a comment

    lovers
        in from the rain—both of them
            wet

           
    34: April 29th 2021 | bottlecap
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April 25th 2021

April 26, 2021 By upinvermont in Bottlecap, Haiku, Poetry, Spring Tags: April, Bottlecap, Haiku, Spring Leave a comment

    falling
        with the snow—the Magnolia's
            petals

           
    33: April 25th 2021 | bottlecap
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April 22nd 2021

April 22, 2021 By upinvermont in Bottlecap, Haiku, Spring Tags: April, Bottlecap, Crows, Haiku, Spring Leave a comment

    almost
        May—the sun and a crow hopping across 
            snow

          
    32: April 22nd 2021 | bottlecap
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April 19th 2021

April 19, 2021 By upinvermont in Bottlecap, Haiku, Spring Tags: April, Bottlecap, Haiku, Spring Leave a comment

    April—
        another year in the old tree's 
            shadow

          

    31: April 19th 2021 | bottlecap
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Patrick Gillespie has self-published one book of Poetry and edited nothing besides. His poetry and criticism has been firmly ignored and hasn't been translated into a single language. Gillespie has never been a Poet Laureate (let alone a Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere), a Literary Fellow of the National Endowment of the Arts, or a Fellow of the Vermont Arts Council. He has received no prizes from the Poetry Foundation (or any other poetry related organizations) and the devil reportedly worries that Hell will freeze over if he ever receives anything like a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Fellows Program. He has been firmly rejected by any and all publishers. No plaques have been or will be dedicated to him or his poetry. Gillespie has received no recognition or prizes of any kind. He holds zero academic credentials or titles. In short, Gillespie is just like you -- of little to no importance to all but a few. You have no reason whatsoever to read him. He wears bottle-cap glasses, works as a Carpenter, has three daughters and a good sense of humor. He is currently replacing all the bad windows in his Vermont home.

“If we took poets at their own valuation and judged them by their own methods, every scribbler would be a genius.” ~ William Logan

“I am indifferent to the judgement of all, except the few who are indeed judicious.” ~ William Cowper

“There is a kind of success called “of esteem” and it butters no parsnips. It means a success with the critical few who are supposed to know. But really to arrive where I can stand on my legs as a poet and nothing else I must get outside that circle to the general reader who buys books in their thousands.” ~ Robert Frost

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