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Mission statement: I don’t use AI to generate or even tweak my poetry, because I am a better poet than it.

Poetry has been my passion since my retirement from an accountancy based career a dozen years ago. I currently live in South Africa and this rainbow nation has inspired many of my poems. I also have British nationality and embrace their grammar and spelling, but I read widely and am not fazed by strict grammar rules: A pavement/sidewalk; glasses/eyeglasses; judgement/judgment, et cetera; they are one and the same to me when I read poetry. To date, I have self-published a number of books, including the poetry anthology by international poets, © Time, 2014 ISBN 978-0-620-60578-6, and have been cited in many international publications, both poetry journals, as well as in scholarly handbooks. Some of my short stories have been published in international electronic publications, and one of my novellas had been short-listed for an Afrikaans SA publication.

I serve on the Board of Advisers, of Taleemi Baithak.

I have a number of poetic forms to my credit, notably, Suzette Prime (listed here on PoetrySoup), as well as Suzette sonnet.

My most recent books which include examples of my poetry as well as notes regarding poetry - available directly from me:

  1. © The Eutony of Words, 2018 ISBN 978-0-6399382-0-2
  2. © Docendo discimus, 2021 (Revised 2023) ISBN 978-0-620-95432-7
  3. © Flight of Thoughts, 2023 ISBN 978-0-6397-8880-7
  4. © Downtown - Poetic Devices, 2023 ISBN 978-0-7961-1968-1
  5.  © Rocking Poetry, 2033 ISBN 978-0-7961-2824-9
  6. NEW: moonwake - Suzette Prime poetry, ISBN 978-1-0370-1836-7(PDF). It is a collection of 61 Suzette Prime poetry spanning from 2012 (when I designed the poetic form), up till now.

Happy Birth Date Nikola Tesla with The Tesla 3-6-9

Blog Posted:7/10/2024 12:03:00 AM

Spirit of Light – image generated – author/artist unknown.

On 10th of July in 1856, Nikola Tesla was born at midnight [9-10th] during a lightning storm. The midwife thought the violent storm was bad omen, "This will be a child of darkness", she declared mindlessly."No, replied Tesla's mother, "he will be a child of light".

This is a verbatim (warts and all) extract from the article: ‘Nikola Tesla, a college dropout who changed the world’, dated 3 July 2019, which first appeared in Wonder of Physics, (author unknown).

The above quote was the inspiration behind the first of these two poems I wrote recently, using the poetic form The Tesla 369 I designed in 2017.*  

  1. A Child of Light (poetrysoup.com)
  2. The Dancer (poetrysoup.com)

© The Tesla 369 (2017), by Suzette Richards

  • It is to be written over 9 lines, as one verse,  on one single topic;
  • the 3rd, 6th and 9th lines must rhyme;
  • the 9th line is the punchline, the core message that draws the poem together;
  • metre and punctuation are optional;
  • any topic relating to the poem which incorporates one of Tesla’s many interests and/or quotes is included as a heading/footnote and italicised.

It may be written using any line length, and the capitalisation of the first word in a line is the prerogative of the poet.

 

Happy quills!

Suzette          

 

*THE TESLA 3–6–9: Poetic Form since 2017 | PoetrySoup.com

PoetrySoup had listed it as a new poetic form on 1 July 2021:

New Poetic Forms | Invented Forms of Poetry (poetrysoup.com)



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Date: 7/10/2024 7:26:00 PM
Interesting. And today is my baby sister's b-day!
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Date: 7/10/2024 10:39:00 PM
Happy returns of the day to your sister. Andrea :)

My Past Blog Posts

 
Counterintuitive versus Juxtaposition
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Sunday Simile Smile
Date Posted: 11/3/2024 1:39:00 AM
The Philosophy of Meliorism
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Illuminating Poetry
Date Posted: 10/26/2024 1:35:00 AM
When Words are not Enough
Date Posted: 10/19/2024 10:22:00 PM
Gratitude blog
Date Posted: 10/17/2024 4:20:00 AM
Mamba 16 – Honouring Africa-centric haiku
Date Posted: 10/12/2024 11:24:00 PM
Han Kang - Nobel Prize in Literature 2024
Date Posted: 10/10/2024 7:31:00 AM
AI is NOT a teaching aid for poetry
Date Posted: 10/5/2024 7:17:00 AM
Message from Eileen
Date Posted: 9/22/2024 9:34:00 PM
Pie-in-the-sky - NEW CONTEST
Date Posted: 9/15/2024 12:42:00 AM
The Enigma of Rhyme and Metre
Date Posted: 9/2/2024 11:09:00 PM
Back when tigers used to smoke
Date Posted: 8/25/2024 12:26:00 AM
MOTHER SAID with Refractory Rhymes - NEW CONTEST
Date Posted: 8/15/2024 11:25:00 PM
Collective nouns - senryu - A Heads-up
Date Posted: 8/14/2024 11:38:00 PM
My Contests and Questions
Date Posted: 8/5/2024 12:13:00 AM
Collective Nouns and Senryu - NEW CONTEST
Date Posted: 7/24/2024 11:51:00 AM
9 is not PRIME – List of Punctuation marks
Date Posted: 7/22/2024 11:06:00 AM
Happy Birth Date Nikola Tesla with The Tesla 3-6-9
Date Posted: 7/10/2024 12:03:00 AM
9 is not PRIME – New Contest and Selection Process
Date Posted: 7/5/2024 9:38:00 PM
Poetry Should be Felt – Suzette Prime
Date Posted: 7/5/2024 12:13:00 AM
Poetry should be Felt – A HEADS-UP
Date Posted: 6/27/2024 10:04:00 PM
Suzette Prime contest - relaxing the NO punctuation rule
Date Posted: 6/18/2024 9:51:00 AM
Voir dire
Date Posted: 6/12/2024 11:48:00 PM
Poetry should be Felt – NEW CONTEST
Date Posted: 6/5/2024 12:40:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date PostedPoemTitleFormCategories
11/15/2024 The Event Horizon Verselife,memory,
11/11/2024 Less is More Crystallinephilosophy,
11/9/2024 Jolted by Twilight Suzette Primenature,
11/5/2024 as long as - Monokunature,
10/31/2024 Burning Love Letters Free verselost love,nostalgia,
10/23/2024 yellow light Haikuanimal,spring,
10/21/2024 twilight silence Tankanature,
10/20/2024 Swans Pleiadesbird,
10/19/2024 cherry blossom scent Haikuart,poetry,
10/18/2024 wAlls In dAlI Ekphrasisart,philosophy,
10/15/2024 Here we go again Limericksatire,
10/15/2024 Haunted Cemetery Rhymehalloween,humorous,
10/12/2024 My Truths Verseliterature,myth,relations
10/10/2024 Jumping the Shark Free verseanalogy,
10/10/2024 BALLAD OF ELEANOR RIGBY Balladmusic,
10/8/2024 Life is a garden Suzette Primeanalogy,birth,death,flowe
10/2/2024 Avarice Enclosed Rhymeanalogy,
9/28/2024 Stranded in Peace Quatrainnature,
9/26/2024 Insidious AI Concreteintegrity,poems,poetry,po
9/13/2024 Pie-in-the-sky Versesatire,
9/3/2024 The Scent of Words in the Air Shapeinspiration,poetry,
8/15/2024 The Co-dependent Pantoumaddiction,
7/25/2024 a loveliness Senryulanguage,nature,
7/10/2024 Mother said --- Versehumorous,mother,
7/8/2024 The Earth from a Distance Sonnetnostalgia,
7/5/2024 Lingering Dusk Free verseallegory,analogy,flower,n
6/14/2024 A Child of Light Otherdaughter,
6/5/2024 Cave canem Suzette Primefear,
5/31/2024 Layers of Life Enclosed Rhymelife,remember,
5/13/2024 Love Lauded in Song Free verseromance,
5/13/2024 The Truth in Time Sonnethorse,mythology,
5/9/2024 Silence of the Sea Otherpeace,
5/6/2024 Love Sonnetlove,pain,
4/6/2024 From Purgatory to Paradise Haibunafrica,nature,
2/23/2024 The Last Leaf Tankaautumn,feelings,friend,im
2/20/2024 To everything there is a season Otherlife,nature,seasons,
1/29/2024 On a Thesaurus Diet Suzette Primeanalogy,nature,philosophy
1/23/2024 The Wind Teased Sijoloss,
11/3/2023 Moonwake Suzette Primemetaphor,nature,philosoph
10/16/2023 The Rocking Chair of Memories Suzette Primeanalogy,memory,metaphor,p
9/10/2023 The Dilatory Thought Verseintrospection,
8/25/2023 Through the Keyhole Iambic Pentameterdream,fantasy,
8/8/2023 View From Basement Flat Dramatic Verserelationship,
7/27/2023 When Doves Cry Terzanelleeulogy,
7/26/2023 You Shall Reap What You Sow Ekphrasisart,
7/8/2023 Graceful Lily Sonnetpoetess,
6/21/2023 Thalassophile Alexandrinesea,
6/14/2023 Recombobulating Chaos Free versenature,
5/25/2023 The Seeds of Time Quatrainanalogy,introspection,met
5/24/2023 The Moon By Day Sonnetromance,
5/8/2023 Discord and Peace Ekphrasisanalogy,anger,angst,child
4/22/2023 If a Tree Should Fall Suzette Primedream,philosophy,
4/19/2023 Like Burnt-Out Logs Heroic Coupletemotions,simile,
4/18/2023 An Attenuated Tree Branch Personificationimagery,metaphor,nature,
4/12/2023 Verismo Suzette Primeanalogy,introspection,met
4/6/2023 A Tree Tankaanalogy,image,nature,
4/5/2023 The Welkin - and - the Influences Juejuanalogy,nature,
3/19/2023 Alone Suzette Primeanalogy,inspiration,metap
3/9/2023 A Waste of Space Proseculture,introspection,lit
2/15/2023 Passion - Metaphorical Realism Suzette Primeart,extended metaphor,pas
1/30/2023 Dare To Take a Stand - Zettie's Sonnet Sonnetmetaphor,
1/30/2023 I Dance With Shadows - Yclept Sonnet Sonnetanalogy,city,dream,metaph
1/29/2023 An Evanescent Life - Xaxa Sonnet Sonnetdeath,extended metaphor,l
1/25/2023 Dusk At the Beach Sonnetbeach,friendship,
12/9/2022 By the Silvery Light of a Moon Sonnetmythology,romance,
11/12/2022 Either Way Sonnetanalogy,nature,parody,sat
10/6/2022 Redamancy Lament Suzette Primeafrica,analogy,grief,lost
9/23/2022 You Are the Music Sonnetlove,poetry,
9/9/2022 Thank You Ma'Am - In Memoriam Queen Elizabeth Ii Sonnetdeath,funeral,grief,in me
7/20/2022 Ignorance Is Bliss Quatrainwisdom,
7/16/2022 The Cup of Life Rubaiyatdeath,life,philosophy,
6/12/2022 The Original Mistake Villanellephilosophy,
3/4/2022 Blinded By War Kimoconflict,war,
1/15/2022 The Perfidy of Memoirs Free verseinspiration,memory,
12/11/2021 Withered On the Vine Terzanellehumanity,
10/18/2021 2 Lunes Otherlost love,poetry,seasons,
9/15/2021 What Are Words - a Florilegium Poem Otheranalogy,emotions,literatu
8/15/2021 Out of the Darkness Sonnetanalogy,introspection,
7/24/2021 Circumlocution - Venn Diagram Free versemath,relationship,
7/23/2021 Golden Spiral - a Phi Poem Othermath,poems,poetry,
7/13/2021 He Has a Name Elegygrief,
7/11/2021 I Don'T Give a Rat's Tail Concreteanimal,literature,
7/4/2021 Brocken Spectre - a Florilegium Poem Otherintrospection,poetry,reli
6/30/2021 A Trilogy in The Tesla 3-6-9 Otheruniverse,
6/14/2021 We Hate the Ones We Have Wronged Suzette Primephilosophy,
6/10/2021 You Are My Muse - a Tribute To Eileen Othermuse,poems,poetess,poetry
5/29/2021 The Fisherman Otherenvironment,family,fishin
5/15/2021 No-Man's-Land Kimoconflict,war,
5/11/2021 Keep the Faith Otherfaith,religion,religious,
4/26/2021 morning has broken Monokuanalogy,dream,introspecti
4/26/2021 Thanatourism Pleiadesgrave,
4/14/2021 Royal Pleiadesculture,grief,history,lon
4/13/2021 Ceraunophiliac - a Suzette Sonnet Sonnetanalogy,god,nature,relati
4/12/2021 Ineffable Mysteries - a Suzette Sonnet Sonnetintrospection,
4/2/2021 Ethereal Sijoafrica,analogy,
3/30/2021 Dawn Song Juejufeelings,image,memory,nat
3/23/2021 Run Through My Mind Othercourage,wisdom,
3/22/2021 Tricoleuse Othermuse,
3/19/2021 The Maigue Poets of Croom Double Dactylfriend,language,poets,
3/17/2021 The Seeker Carpe Diemphilosophy,

My Photos


Fav Poems

PoemTitleFormCategories
O April Free verseappreciation,april,beauty
I To Poisonous Honey Free verselife,
The Usurper King Dramatic Monologueidentity,satire,
O Charming Rhymehumorous,valentines day,
Summer Peak Haikusummer,
Prime Crime - Bt Than-Baukdream,horror,
The Grey Suzette Primeintrospection,
Earth Prayer Verseprayer,
Unsure the Shore Sonnet8th grade,beach,bereaveme
Hall Pass Sonnetlove,
Fiery Events Haikufire,love,
Best In Show Dodoitsuwinter,
Love In Love With Love Sonnetlove,spiritual,
The Wait Rhymebody,devotion,truth,
When the Chemistry Is Gone the History Does Not Matter Free verselove,
Lit By Love Quatrainloss,love,strength,
Floating Shards of Dream Free verseanalogy,lost love,pain,
Rebirth Me Prose Poetryhope,mental illness,
Pulchritudinous Rhymeart,
Blemished - a Coin Poem Otherpain,
Telegraph Pole Potd Imagismimagery,
Ashes - Edvard Munch Ekphrasisart,inspiration,
I Died Sonnetallusion,anger,angst,
Courtney Mae Or Courting May Sonnetmay,
A woman called house Free versehome,
Salvations Rests Behind True Faith's Gold Door Sonnetappreciation,art,bible,ch
Poet's Honeymoon Collaboration With Joanna Daniels Rhymefantasy,imagination,
When doves cry Free verseeulogy,
Bantu Free versepoetry,
Debacle Rhymeconfusion,evil,history,
The Forming of Thoughts Rhymeangst,
Pearl-Prayer Sijoemotions,heaven,life,long
apologies for the truth Suzette Primephilosophy,senses,
Vanishing Point Free verseangst,anxiety,heartbreak,
Love Hurts - Bound by Love, Broken by Fate - POTD Balladfate,lost love,rainbow,ro
The Narcissist Who Saved Himself - Cynthia Howard - collaboration with Ink Empress Ekphrasisart,
thoughts drift to sirens Free verseart,
Amberina Ballerina, Whatever Verseintrospection,
Roots and Dandelion Dreams: A Mother's Heart Ekphrasisheart,love,mothers day,na
Misty Blues Quatrainlost love,solitude,
To Whom Does This Come Haibunanalogy,deep,i am,
Les peupliers bleus - Andre Brasilier Ekphrasisart,
Not for Contest - Impact of AI on poets Rhymeart,
Yesterday's Wishes Free verseanxiety,
Sea Shore Night Sijonature,sea,
Reason I Believe Free versehow i feel,

Fav Poets

PoetCountry 
James Marshall Goff United States Flag United States Read
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Susan Woodrow Fiji Flag Fiji Read
Robert Lindley United States Flag United States Read
Brian Strand United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Susan Ashley United States Flag United States Read
Andrea Dietrich United States Flag United States Read
Eileen Manassian _Not Listed Flag _Not Listed Read
Christuraj Alex India Flag India Read
Quoth Theraven United States Flag United States Read
Runa Pradhan India Flag India Read
Christopher Flaherty United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Sara Kendrick United States Flag United States Read
Hilo Poet United States Flag United States Read
Judy Reeves United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Mark Frank South Africa Flag South Africa Read
Gordon Mcconnell United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Joanna Daniel India Flag India Read
Di11y Da11y United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Frederic Parker United States Flag United States Read
Mark Massey United States Flag United States Read
Timothy Ray United States Flag United States Read
Charlotte Puddifoot United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Christina Bowring United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Arlo Parker United States Flag United States Read
A Yorkshire Poet United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Thomas Lee Rhymes United States Flag United States Read
Sam Kauffman United States Flag United States Read
Linda Alice Fowler United States Flag United States Read
David Crandall United States Flag United States Read
Maria Williams Australia Flag Australia Read

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