Meditate on it — /
New words will come /
Take your time, don’t rush /
But what if /
like a stuck song /
they don’t? / / /
You are forced /
to work with /
what you have’/
and proceed /
from there.
Meditate on it — /
New words will come /
Take your time, don’t rush /
But what if /
like a stuck song /
they don’t? / / /
You are forced /
to work with /
what you have’/
and proceed /
from there.
From an exercise at writer’s group where the idea was to write twelve lines on a word/topic then remove the word and replace/rewrite. The topic found was the laws of nature. I split parts one and two in the middle: ‘Nature’ and ‘The Law’. With extra time, an antithesis appeared.
Realized the other day that my bluetooth headphones with noise cancelling have three settings, not two. Let noise in, block all noise, and ‘block noise / enhance voice’!! So if you want to try eavesdropping […]. Goes nicely with this poem from adultolescence [pictured]
[…] New Year’s resolutions just now made: /
(1) Spend more time out of the house. /
(2) Make more money. […]
[…] Pour the phial of anti-sense in the direct center and remember to regard the magnetic chirality of the Earth /
The glass will shatter /
Carefully tune the polarization refractors until the shards produce holographic rainbows /
Place three crushed sand dollars in a beaker of indigo in acetone /
Apply gentle heat to transmute […]
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[….] Having feelings
Being aware of them
You can’t crush them out; /
Not any more /
Accept the feelings /
Live with them without struggle /
It’s not depression […].
Serious questions multiply /
How many levels is all of this running on? /
Totally confusing & confounding /
Each layer of smoke & mirrors /
Inpainting the paranoia & illusions […]
A poem (?) I did at a writers’ group based on this prompt. Charley said he’d like to have it for the archives (which don’t yet exist) so I’m typing it up emailing him and blogging it. The book of prompts is called “Finger Exercises for Poets” by Dorianne Laux.