I spent a good chunk of the afternoon trying to write one of those Important Statement poems that appear every once in a while. It was not working, however, coming across at various points as either too earnest, too forced, or both. So I am posting this more honest poem instead, which I wrote while watching Mom and Dad Save the World…
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The inconsequential daydreams of a cracked shell (a poem)
I don’t know what this is, but I wrote it anyway.
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Pleasantville (a poem)
Continuing my verbless journey through May…
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The smoke and the fire (A poem)
Technically, I wrote my Day 8 entry for National Poetry Writing Month yesterday, so here is a poem I wrote today.
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Ekphrastic poem #3 (War, 1947) (a poem)
The January 28th prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, is to write either a poem inspired by the style of a Jackson Pollock painting, or an ekphrastic poem about ‘one of his paintings or a unique image you see in it.’ I based my poem on his drawing War, 1947.
Business as usual (a poem)
I couldn’t help but watch the news last night…