http://www.mikesnider.org/index.htmlPoems Out Loudenmandolin@mac.comCreative Commons2009-10-06T20:32:12-04:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:38:44 -0400Mike SniderMike Snider Readsmandolin@mikesnider.orgformal poetry sonnet poempoems out loudOriginal poetry, mostly metrical, including fairly frequent sonnetsmandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2009-10-06T20:32:12-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/some_reasons_why.html#unique-entry-id-76http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/some_reasons_why.html#unique-entry-id-76Mike Snidersonnet petrarchan poetry poemlies, as usual - but my first sonnet in monthsmandolin@mac.comNonce2009-08-09T20:55:46-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/coming_to_attention.html#unique-entry-id-75http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/coming_to_attention.html#unique-entry-id-75It’s late, but I’m reporting for duty]]>Mike Snidernonce form, octaveI've been neglecting the Muse and my musemandolin@mac.comTriolet2009-05-29T20:21:54-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/what_poets_dream.html#unique-entry-id-74http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/what_poets_dream.html#unique-entry-id-74triolet for Google’s Wave: What Poets Dream]]>Mike Sniderpoetry triolet metrical rhymeA triolet for Google's Wavemandolin@mac.comSonnet2009-05-15T10:23:18-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/sonnets_for_my_stepdaughters.html#unique-entry-id-73http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/sonnets_for_my_stepdaughters.html#unique-entry-id-73A pair of older sonnets, written for stepdaughters]]>Mike Snidersonet poem poetry metrical pentameterSonnets for my stepduaghtersmandolin@mac.comNonce2009-05-08T23:38:59-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/the_gardeners_two_minds.html#unique-entry-id-72http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/the_gardeners_two_minds.html#unique-entry-id-72A gardener almost has a fit about the weather.]]>Mike Sniderpoetry, rhyme, metrical, couplets, trimetergardening and the weathermandolin@mac.comTriple Meter2009-05-03T21:23:43-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_stratagem.html#unique-entry-id-71http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_stratagem.html#unique-entry-id-71Mike Sniderpoetry, metrical, light verseA StrategemVote for your favorite ending to this poem!mandolin@mac.comPetrarchan SonnetSonnet2009-04-30T23:24:02-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/for_once.html#unique-entry-id-70http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/for_once.html#unique-entry-id-70I found this sentence in ““Love,” by Lauren Slater, in the February 2006 ”National Geographic:“A good sex life can be as strong as Gorilla Glue, but who wants that stuff on your skin?” I had to make a poem for it.]]>Mike Sniderpoetry, sonnet, metricalFrom I sentence I found in National Geographicmandolin@mac.comRoundel2009-04-25T20:59:43-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/wake_me.html#unique-entry-id-69http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/wake_me.html#unique-entry-id-69Mike Sniderpoem, roundel, metrical, rhymea note to a lover coming home latemandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2009-04-13T18:58:37-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/like_kingdom_come.html#unique-entry-id-68http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/like_kingdom_come.html#unique-entry-id-68Mike Snidersonnet poem poetry metricalA bit if memento mori while watching the dancers at a hospice benefit.mandolin@mac.comTriolet2009-04-05T00:15:41-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/bad_timing.html#unique-entry-id-67http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/bad_timing.html#unique-entry-id-67Mike Sniderpoetry triolet metrical napowrimoHe should have called first,mandolin@mac.comOvillejo2009-04-03T19:52:31-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/how_long_before_youd_leave.html#unique-entry-id-66http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/how_long_before_youd_leave.html#unique-entry-id-66An ovillejo for April 3rd 2009 ]]>Mike Sniderpoetry ovillejo napowrimoI'm an April Fool after allmandolin@mac.comSonnet2009-04-02T21:59:06-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/hatshepsuts_tooth.html#unique-entry-id-65http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/hatshepsuts_tooth.html#unique-entry-id-65Mike SnidersonnetI'm not promising 30 poems this month ... No Sirree!mandolin@mac.comSonnet2009-03-20T09:11:16-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_little_grace.html#unique-entry-id-64http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_little_grace.html#unique-entry-id-64Mike Snidersonnet rhyme pentameter poem poetrygod and grace and sex at church campmandolin@mac.comRondeau2009-03-15T10:29:30-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/youre_all_i_need.html#unique-entry-id-63http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/youre_all_i_need.html#unique-entry-id-63“You’re All I Need”.]]>Mike Sniderpoem rondeau refrain metricalA lover's bedside note to his absent lovemandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2009-03-06T10:32:37-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/got_a_minute.html#unique-entry-id-62http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/got_a_minute.html#unique-entry-id-62Mike Snidersonnet, poem, rhyme, metertwo lovers indulge in afternoon delightsmandolin@mac.comOttava RimaThe Vedanta2009-02-28T15:08:45-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/vedanta_ottava_rima_fragment.html#unique-entry-id-61http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/vedanta_ottava_rima_fragment.html#unique-entry-id-61The opening of Canto I from my unfinished ghost story / murder-mystery. “The Vedanta” is the name of a bar in the story.]]>Mike Snidera fragmentpart of the opening scene from a ghost story slash murder mysteymandolin@mac.comSonnet2009-02-18T12:06:22-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_long_farewell.html#unique-entry-id-60http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/a_long_farewell.html#unique-entry-id-60A more cautious man my age might say A Long Farewell to certain excesses.]]>Michael Snidersonnet, poetrysome things a more cautious man my age might do mandolin@mac.comOvillejoOccasional Verse2009-02-15T20:56:17-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/loves_exchange_a_valentine.html#unique-entry-id-59http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/loves_exchange_a_valentine.html#unique-entry-id-59Valentine’s Ovillejo for Krys]]>Mike Sniderovillejo, metrical, poetryA valentine ovillejo for Krys Bakermandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2009-02-06T14:30:33-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/just_call_me_frank.html#unique-entry-id-58http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/just_call_me_frank.html#unique-entry-id-58Just Call Me Frank]]>Mike Snidersonnet, petrarchan, metrical, poetryA man meets a daughter he never knew he hadmandolin@mac.comTriolet2009-02-05T20:53:44-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/wabbling_back_to_the_fire.html#unique-entry-id-57http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/wabbling_back_to_the_fire.html#unique-entry-id-57Wabbling Back to the Fire]]>Michael Snidertriolet, trimetera trimeter trioletThis fellow knows better — or does he?mandolin@mac.comSonnetfree verse2009-02-01T21:15:14-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/transformer_poems.html#unique-entry-id-56http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/transformer_poems.html#unique-entry-id-56My Dog Ate My Sonnet]]>Mike Snidersonnet, free versetransformer poems -- from free verse to sonnetmandolin@mac.comSonnetOccasional Verse2009-01-22T19:07:07-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/january_20_2009.html#unique-entry-id-55http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/january_20_2009.html#unique-entry-id-55An Inaugural Sonnet for Barack Obama]]>Mike SnidersonnetInaugural Sonneta sonnet for Barack Obama's Inaugurationmandolin@mac.comTwinnet2009-01-17T09:10:23-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/introducing_the_twinnet.html#unique-entry-id-54http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/introducing_the_twinnet.html#unique-entry-id-54The twinnet, a form made just for Twitter]]>Mike Sniderpoetry rhyme metrical twittergo tweet yourselfa new verse form just for twittermandolin@mac.comSonnet2009-01-07T22:49:47-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/that_summer.html#unique-entry-id-52http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/that_summer.html#unique-entry-id-52suggestions welcome!]]>Mike Snidersonnet poemFirst of a new series of weekly sonnetsmandolin@mac.comRoundel2008-10-20T11:05:28-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/152a1ff6c09c0244627dba3d7f8d46b0-51.html#unique-entry-id-51http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/152a1ff6c09c0244627dba3d7f8d46b0-51.html#unique-entry-id-51Roundel: I Do All Right. The text is here.]]>mandolin@mac.comSonnet2008-08-10T22:56:57-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/petulant_muse.html#unique-entry-id-50http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/petulant_muse.html#unique-entry-id-50mandolin@mac.comPantoum2008-04-29T19:29:40-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Statement.html#unique-entry-id-49http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Statement.html#unique-entry-id-49It’s over, and Carol’s making her statement to the police. The text is different, and I hope improved, from what I posted in the forums.]]>mandolin@mac.comRondel2008-04-28T22:40:53-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Under%20the%20Gun.html#unique-entry-id-48http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Under%20the%20Gun.html#unique-entry-id-48Elaine and Jack in their final appearance]]>mandolin@mac.comHeroic Couplets2008-04-27T17:42:49-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Dear%20Reader.html#unique-entry-id-47http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Dear%20Reader.html#unique-entry-id-47A very late introduction.]]>mandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2008-04-24T18:06:32-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/One%20Phone%20Call.html#unique-entry-id-46http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/One%20Phone%20Call.html#unique-entry-id-46Backfilling a hole in the plot: Jack calls his lawyer from jail.]]>mandolin@mac.comDouble Dactyl2008-04-23T21:50:55-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/What%20Have%20I%20Done.html#unique-entry-id-45http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/What%20Have%20I%20Done.html#unique-entry-id-45I almost made him Jack’s Mystery Catt]]>mandolin@mac.comOvillejo2008-04-22T23:28:09-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Elaine%20in%20Ecstasy.html#unique-entry-id-44http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Elaine%20in%20Ecstasy.html#unique-entry-id-44An ovillejo, a tangled ball of yarn, from Elaine in Ecstasy]]>mandolin@mac.comTriolet2008-04-21T22:17:50-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/A%20Beautiful%20Friendship.html#unique-entry-id-43http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/A%20Beautiful%20Friendship.html#unique-entry-id-43Jack has a chat with Hank.]]>mandolin@mac.comTerzanelle2008-04-21T01:31:02-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/The%20End%20of%20Every%20Road.html#unique-entry-id-41http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/The%20End%20of%20Every%20Road.html#unique-entry-id-41Jack gets busy.]]>mandolin@mac.comRoundel2008-04-21T01:22:50-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/My%20Sisters%20Heart.html#unique-entry-id-40http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/My%20Sisters%20Heart.html#unique-entry-id-40Elaine remembers her sister with Jack.]]>mandolin@mac.comLimerick2008-04-17T22:33:01-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/5%20Summary%20Limericks%202%20Questions.html#unique-entry-id-39http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/5%20Summary%20Limericks%202%20Questions.html#unique-entry-id-39Just what is going on?]]>mandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2008-04-16T22:01:09-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Hard%20Rain.html#unique-entry-id-38http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Hard%20Rain.html#unique-entry-id-38Carol and Sue share alarming news in their first real conversation in years.]]>mandolin@mac.comSevenling2008-04-15T22:57:13-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/sevenling%20by%20now.html#unique-entry-id-37http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/sevenling%20by%20now.html#unique-entry-id-37For first time, we hear Elaine, in a sevenling.]]>mandolin@mac.comDizain2008-04-14T18:13:02-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Legal%20Beagle.html#unique-entry-id-35http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Legal%20Beagle.html#unique-entry-id-35A visit for consultation]]>mandolin@mac.comNonce2008-04-13T22:16:39-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/What%20Are%20The%20Odds.html#unique-entry-id-34http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/What%20Are%20The%20Odds.html#unique-entry-id-34A confident Jack]]>mandolin@mac.comDizain2008-04-12T23:03:24-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Two%20and%20Two%20Together.html#unique-entry-id-33http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Two%20and%20Two%20Together.html#unique-entry-id-33Sue's brain starts working starts working in my first dizain.]]>mandolin@mac.comAwdl Gywydd2008-04-12T00:26:39-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Carol%20Looks%20for%20Help.html#unique-entry-id-32http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Carol%20Looks%20for%20Help.html#unique-entry-id-32Carol Looks for Help from the wrong man.]]>mandolin@mac.comPushkin Stanza2008-04-11T09:20:54-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Helen%20Makes%20Things%20Clear.html#unique-entry-id-31http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Helen%20Makes%20Things%20Clear.html#unique-entry-id-31Best friends forever]]>mandolin@mac.comNonce2008-04-09T21:34:00-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Like%20Clockwork.html#unique-entry-id-30http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Like%20Clockwork.html#unique-entry-id-30A conspiracy revealed ...]]>mandolin@mac.comPushkin StanzaSonnet2008-04-08T19:58:19-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Sue%20in%20a%20Corner%20Booth.html#unique-entry-id-29http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Sue%20in%20a%20Corner%20Booth.html#unique-entry-id-29Jack doesn’t realize that Sue, in a Corner Booth, is listening while he tries to claim his hundred dollars.]]>mandolin@mac.comDouble Dactyl2008-04-07T15:38:33-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Who%20Was%20Her%20Guide.html#unique-entry-id-28http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Who%20Was%20Her%20Guide.html#unique-entry-id-28Jack just can't resist boasting a little.]]>mandolin@mac.comOvillejo2008-04-06T22:15:19-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/So%20Sweet.html#unique-entry-id-27http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/So%20Sweet.html#unique-entry-id-27It seems that Jack has won his bet.]]>mandolin@mac.comVillanelle2008-04-05T19:58:08-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Except_for_Sue.html#unique-entry-id-26http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Except_for_Sue.html#unique-entry-id-26They're all the same for Jack, Except for Sue]]>mandolin@mac.comRoundel2008-04-04T18:02:02-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/A%20Bragging%20Song%20from%20Jack.html#unique-entry-id-25http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/A%20Bragging%20Song%20from%20Jack.html#unique-entry-id-25He likes himself very much, so here's his Jack's Bragging Song]]>mandolin@mac.comRondeau Redouble2008-04-03T23:37:41-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/It%20Stinks.html#unique-entry-id-24http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/It%20Stinks.html#unique-entry-id-24 Jack’s wife Sue gets her first turn in this rondeau redouble.]]>mandolin@mac.comSonnet2008-04-03T01:09:18-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/High%20Stakes.html#unique-entry-id-23http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/High%20Stakes.html#unique-entry-id-23High Stakes]]>mandolin@mac.comTriolet2008-04-01T22:34:29-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/2008%20NaPoWriMo%20--%20Caught.html#unique-entry-id-21http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/2008%20NaPoWriMo%20--%20Caught.html#unique-entry-id-21Caught]]>mandolin@mac.comTerza RimaThe Vedanta2008-02-16T13:04:03-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Vedanta_Invocation.html#unique-entry-id-20http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Vedanta_Invocation.html#unique-entry-id-20Every poets needs help from time to time, so here's the Vedanta_Invocation.]]>mandolin@mac.comSonnet2008-02-10T20:57:52-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Open%20Mic.html#unique-entry-id-18http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Open%20Mic.html#unique-entry-id-18OpenMic]]>mandolin@mac.comSonnet2008-02-07T22:31:48-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Some%20Stranger.html#unique-entry-id-17http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Some%20Stranger.html#unique-entry-id-1744 Sonnets:
SomeStranger]]>mandolin@mac.comVillanelleABC Villanelle2008-02-02T14:22:08-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Chief%20Marie%20Smith%20Jones.html#unique-entry-id-16http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Chief%20Marie%20Smith%20Jones.html#unique-entry-id-16An ABC villanelle (tip of the hat to the Old Mole, Tad Richards) for the last native speaker of Eyak, Chief Marie Smith Jones]]>mandolin@mac.comTerza RimaThe Vedanta2008-01-27T20:56:55-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/fragment_from_the_vedanta.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/fragment_from_the_vedanta.html#unique-entry-id-14VedantaFragment]]>mandolin@mac.comRoundel2008-01-16T21:54:02-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Alone%20in%20Bed.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Alone%20in%20Bed.html#unique-entry-id-13AloneInBed]]>mandolin@mac.comTriolet2008-01-08T19:26:32-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Triolet%20For%20a%20Bad%20Cold.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/Triolet%20For%20a%20Bad%20Cold.html#unique-entry-id-12TrioletForABadCold]]>mandolin@mac.comSonnetPetrarchan Sonnet2008-01-05T19:09:42-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/this_mornings_man.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/this_mornings_man.html#unique-entry-id-11ThisMornngsMan]]>mandolin@mac.comVillanelle2007-12-23T21:41:38-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/ForMyLoveOntheWinterSolstice.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/ForMyLoveOntheWinterSolstice.html#unique-entry-id-10For My Love, On the Winter Solstice]]>mandolin@mac.comOvillejo2007-12-10T22:43:45-05:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/beforewekissed.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/beforewekissed.html#unique-entry-id-9I read my new ovillejo to Krys, Before We Kissed]]>Mike Sniderovillejomandolin@mac.comEpigram2007-09-15T20:22:40-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/6VariationsOnAListlessEpigram.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/6VariationsOnAListlessEpigram.html#unique-entry-id-5I have left undone those things which I ought to have done …]]>mandolin@mac.comTriolet2007-09-05T23:55:48-04:00http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/ShesOutTheDoor.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.mikesnider.org/listenup/listenup_files/ShesOutTheDoor.html#unique-entry-id-4