Using the prompt from Napowrimo.net—to ‘write a poem that plays with voice.’ Adopting one of the suggestions, I took an earlier poem and imagined the other side of the conversation (as such)… 88 and counting (duet version) 1 I went down the list and counted You have left eighty-eight pieces of yourself behind so far [...]
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Character (a poem)
Not a very productive day… Whirlpool eyes chestnut hair the thousand-watt smile smoky voice and a way with words From a face in the crowd to a face in my mind straight from the page outside of time Long nights endless mornings a single point of convergence A fantasy nothing else to me in my [...]
This afternoon (a poem)
A vignette of sorts written at the library… Close to the water but far from the sea Adjacent patches of green with intermittent trees A dead bee on the window sill in the quiet zone Warm sun on my back in front, the air conditioner’s hum A mix of murmurs from the other end and [...]
The Voice (a poem)
I have been listening a lot to Gil Scott-Heron lately… The Voice deepened with age cracks began to show Its delivery was quieter but its power undiminished The Voice still had something to say The man? He’s gone now but his words live on The Voice, undiminished still has something to say (25 May 2015)
The Reading (a poem)
The January 10th prompt in The Daily Poet by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, is to pick a letter of the alphabet, and accumulate a list of at least 25 words starting with that letter, then ‘use at least 15 in a poem about something that does not start with that letter.’ Since I did not write [...]
