Read Write Poem’s challenge #93, The Big Whopper, didn’t come easy. What would I never do? This. The Vamp Is Singing It’s on a bet that I take to the scarred old stage and sing up my inner vamp. With smoke all around me like a kiss on a frog, I become what I’m not, [...]
Entries from September 23rd, 2009
Field Notes
September 16th, 2009 24 Comments
ReadWritePoem #92 was a Wordle prompt. I decided to try American sentences for this one. Technically, these aren’t American sentences, although each note contains 17 (+ or -) syllables . Field Notes i. Belled cat stares at patch of sun. Small movement. Small chime. Patch flickers and flees. ii. Two gnats circle in pillar of [...]
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Poetry on the Bus
September 10th, 2009 No Comments
Do any of you have Google Voice? It is pretty cool because it will make a transcript of your voice mail messages and send the transcript to your email. The transcripts are often imperfect, but they do have their own poetry. The day after we arrived in Istanbul, I received this transcript. Yeah, this is [...]
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