Ahvid Harris

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 31!

Whew, what a month! Finishing with my debut and title collection <<

Yes, I wrote it, but I couldn't recommend this book enough for people who love and appreciate the poetic craft.

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#poet #poetry

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 30!

perhaps the most famous genre of instrumental music, due to one particular composer <<-

the word itself is pretty beautiful as well.

Favorite non-Chopin nocturne, anyone?

#poetry #poet #poemoftheday #poets #dailypoem #nocturne #chopin

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 29!

any student of jazz, and especially jazz piano - knows the name Art Tatum
His influence extending to an urban legend poem of 'today'.

'Tea For Two' for the uninitiated!

#poetry #poets #poemoftheday #dailypoem #education #vocabulary

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 28!

More than the author describing the ancient mariner.

Here is a snippet of verse mastery from one of the great romantics of the era.

#poet #poetry #poemoftheday #poems #classics #education #vocabulary #samueltaylorcoleridge

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 28!

Honing in on my love for music - impossible to not let one affect the other. A poet's diverse interest will find their way into their work.

#poetry #poet #readpoetry #poemoftheday #poem #ilovepoetry #writingpoetry #writing #classicalmusic

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 26!

tessellations are pretty interesting pieces of art in and of themselves.

Most days, this is a top 5 poem, of all I've written

I'll just say, if it wasn't for routine visits to a church, I'd have never written this poem.

#poetry #poem

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 25!

keeping the new hue, for now.

As an African-American, I look to my own culture for reference and inspiration.

This is a subject to be discussed...

#poetry #poem #poet #blackart #blackhistory #ilovepoetry #readingpoetry #africanamerican

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 24!

T.S Eliot, a favored 'modernist'. Excellent for studying what can be done with liberty and structure.

His preludes, and others are worth discovery and coming to your own thoughtful conclusions.

#poetry #poem #poet #tseliot #readpoetry

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 23!

Staying with the classics!

Poems are famous for love confessions and letters. This was from Donne to his Wife, not to be so upset at their separation.

Let not your partner get away with sending you anything less!

#poetry #poem #poet

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

I bought a used book, and it has quite the odor...😐👃😷

#usedbooks #oldbook #library #usedbookstore #indiebookstore #onlinepurchase #antique #booksandantiques #poetry #poetrybooks #ilovepoetry #poetryreader

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

"Peregrinations is a dance celebrating the everyday ordinariness of our
collective meandering. These poems remind the reader that we are all
wayfarers inside our own odysseys."

-Jaki Shelton Green, 2x NC Poet Laureate
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[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 22!

Sitting with history, with one of the more famous names of 'verse'.

It is essential to study the classics I feel - so let's spend some time with it.

#poetry #poemoftheday #poet #classics #keats #johnkeats #ilovepoetry #romantic

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

There's an open mic event I've a ticket for Saturday. Hoping I get the chance to perform.

#spokenword #spokenwordartist #poet #poetrycommunity #poets #poem #storyteller #storytelling

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 21!

Side stepping to 'historical work' - this was the poem that encouraged me use the word, it and the poem remain amongst my favorite.

More and Burton Raffel and translation to come.

#poet #poetry #poem #vocabulary #ilovepoetry #reading

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 20!

I was thinking more cloud - space when considering this word. Nimbus is a cloud in DBZ, for those who know...

This poem, another one reflective of human vice.

Concise and to the point.

#poem #poemoftheday #poet #blackart #blackpoet

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Artisanal Poetry: Poetry written for the sake of the craft and art itself. Unrelated to the inner and personal life of the poet.

More common historically, less so in modern age.

It is how I write, a crusader to bring it back.

#poetry #poet #poem #writer #writingcommunity

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Vocabulary January With Poetry Day 19!

'Blondie' anyone?

the lyrics of 'Dreaming' have echoed in my head many a nights, and so the word 'debutante' on my vocabulary shelf.

From my collection 'Peregrinations'

available @ https://t.co/RIA0MeP8St
#poetry #poet #poem #vocabulary

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

Using obscure vocabulary in daily conversation?

Do you find this immediately rude? pompous? encouraging?

How jarring was it?

It's probably not as necessary but surprisingly - I'm tired of seeing the work 'bespoke' everywhere!

#words #etiquette #syntax #sociology #writer #poet

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

but language itself has proven to be adaptable. with the following words having regularly echoed variants.

Houston (hyoo-ston, how-ston)
Ghibli (jib-lee, gib-lee)
tomato, tomato -> you know this one.

Food for later thought.

#language #languagelearning #pronunciation

[Ahvid Harris @KalmatoExp]

The pronunciation of words is a subject in and of itself.

I say

'mee-en' vs 'mean' for 'mien'.

'kwhy-escent' vs 'kwee-escent' for 'quiescent'

Especially in my poetic works, I'll keep my intended pronunciations, as I feel not only do writers and artists have license.