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Free Poetry Skool @ Downtown Public Library by Thomas Ivory, Jr.
Poets gather like words on a page scribed in their own handwriting as illustrious lines they embody poetic form — such as , a tercet , perhaps — where this library a vibrant blank page, these poems a’looking-glass, this conference table a mighty sailing ship, these poets the courageous crew… “Avast, me Hearties!!” cries from the crow’s nest, “...weigh anchor an’ hoist th’ mizzen!! “Thar’s th’ Muse spied off yonder horizon — wild an’ free as th’ sea itself.”
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38 November 22, 2018
…like rising sandstone mountains wind catches the unfurled main sails to the song of poets writing. Thomas Ivory Jr. is a student at the Beyond Academia Free Skool, and attends the Second Sunday poetry classes at the Boulder Downtown Library. October’s discussion was about stanzas, exemplified by the tercet — a three lined poem, traditionally rhyming. Above is Ivory’s attempt; first drafted in class, then edited at home. Boulder Weekly