By chance, I happened upon a prompt that directed me to turn to page 168 of a book, then use all of the words appearing in the seventh line of text on the page. The book I happened to grab was Fight Club… I’ll still live my life now that you have departed I will carry [...]
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Three poems in response to calliope/troll/raspberry
So, I went to an Xmas party yesterday held by one of the groups whose readings I regularly participate in. The main activity was a friendly competition, in which we each got three words to incorporate into a poem that we would then read. My words were calliope, troll, and raspberry. Ugh! I had to look up calliope, as [...]
Alphabet Poem #10
The J poem. Jubilee has been postponed for the foreseeable future There will be no coronation this day Her Highness will be in hiding for a while The jester has graciously stepped in to take her place He’ll be offering you laughter and a smile And perhaps a song or two to guide you on your [...]
Alphabet Poem #9
The I poem. Insufficient means of expression Words do not describe what is in the air Words do not describe the feeling Words do not describe what is happening Words make mischief Words make malice Words make noise Words can help us Words can’t save us Words must make way for truth (9 November 2016)
Boy, is my face orange (a poem)
This shadorma popped into my head when I got up this morning. Somebody spoke misunderstanding the ground rules Tomorrow the newspapers get it wrong just ‘locker room talk’ (12 October 2016)
When the sinking cannot be stopped (a poem)
A shadorma. A dull knife cannot whittle much but the truth— that cuts deep Every bitter word that’s said leaves me in pieces (4 October 2016)
Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Twelve: Stipulations for receiving
Twelfth poem of the day. I followed the prompt, which was to write a poem using at least five of the following words: moon, lake, glory, jeep, breastbone, spare, canopy, panic. This means I am officially done with the half marathon. Depending on how I feel after I come back from tonight’s reading, I may try to add a [...]
Evening (a poem)
A surprisingly grey day. Instead of going to the usual second-Saturday readings, I stayed home and made soup… Rainfall and candlelight across the room shadows on the wall The old man, alone with no one else but the creature in momentary hibernation A bowl of soup and a cup of coffee for warmth this night [...]
The abandoned book (a poem)
Managed to pull this one out at almost the last minute… Water stained the pages, unturned unopened, unread but full of ideas layers of meaning lessons in black-and-white with a splash of color the salt of tears memories of ‘once upon a time’ (11 May 2016)
Use your words (a poem)
Can’t live with them, can’t live without them… Words—all words in shades of bruise and black Coffee cup rings renderings round in caffeine shots and words—the words actions in ink black and blue and purple paper and pixels— no place for practicality Emotions, energy a purpose for everything Grand design? Not bloody likely More like [...]
