8. write me a letter in ink

“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
equals
tbh bae idaf
Quicker? Yes. Same point? Meh.
I know you don’t care
but I’m the one typing. So listen.
If you don’t take the time to write the words
I’ll assume you don’t care.
irl, do you lawl?
I remember when fire was extravagant
mesmerizing
and not just how bomb ur seven dollar latte tastes fam.
Lit were the candles in the mansions where This novel was written. That poem was composed because the flickering of the candle in question gave way to shadows that caused the architect of those verses to question the very nature of his being. As a preserver of words, I find the deplorability of the common evolving vernacular to be entirely double un-good.
I suppose it tracks. Orwell called it. Fortunately, I’ll be a decomposed corpse obliterated to ash before humans start speaking explicitly in Acronyms. When I’m that mound of primordial dust. Throw me into a Western blowing wind that will take me to the sea. Where sirens sing with whales in a pitch that would bring nothing but reprieve from the steady decline of a race of creatures that does not deserve the earth as she is.

Nandy

I heard you would sneak candies to my mom when my grandmother wasn’t looking,
Gentle and kind,
You were in your 40s when you had my Poppa, so we thought,
It was you two against the world for so long, once your husband past,
My poppa only 14,
Your only child,
He was your everything,
Thank you for being his mom, helping him become the man he was

Braided Poem

At low tide like this how sheer the water is

like a poet hidden

what a million filaments

by shallow rivers to whose falls

set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute

to fetch new lust and give it to you

 

all suddenly around his body wound

like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe

the next, with dirges due, in sad array

when I saw my mother’s head on the cold pillow

oh, write no more the tale of Troy.

 

Lines randomly selected:

At low tide like this how sheer the water is

set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute

Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe

fame and rumor are but toys

oh, write no more the tale of Troy

by shallow rivers to whose falls

that the uncertain and adulaterate fruit

like a poet hidden

all suddenly about his body wound

Minever Cheevy, child of scorn

to fetch new lust, and give it to you

what a million filaments

when I saw my mother’s head on the cold pillow

the next, with dirges due, in sad array

 

poets whose lines are used:

William Collins

R.S. Thomas

Sylvia Plath

John Donne

E.A. Robinson

Robert Spenser

Andrew Marvell

Shakespeare

Ben Jonson

Percy Shelley

Elizabeth Bishop

John Dryden

Poem #8

clown love

i loved you
crossed my fingers hoped to die
kind of love
brought you flowers and candy
made me physically sick kind of love
made my face up in the mirror with lipstick
wore my red heels cut my hair
kind of love for you
would have had a baby
crossed the desert sands
swim the oceans waves
skipped santa
gone blind kinda love for you

now
my brain is empty
my hat is on the floor
the butterflies are crabs now
the doves are eagles on the attack
this is where the sun goes black
and the tornado rages
so sell the tickets
open the circus tent
and send in the clowns

Don’t leave me


The challenge that everyone does because of the boredom corona has caused

I once asked mother nature why has thou afflicted us with such a curse and she said you never have time for yourself nor your loved ones the only you all care about is money

You even neglected me when last was i trimmed, well taken care of and fed with manure, when last did you call to check up on your loved ones

Sorry for those whose lives will be lost it wasn’t by my hand but y’all are unyielding are sometimes it takes a very disastrous circumstance for you to start caring about one another

After all families can be together and enjoy their parents, children can be at home and be loved by their instead of hearing the lashes of canes daily

Also don’t leave me it’s all about how good your rhyme is

Some say i went to check the master piss (master piece)this brought so many laughter to people’s face as they shouted don’t leave me

She brought it to tell us even when this period is over we shouldn’t neglect our loved ones and also care for everyone and everything from the plants to animals to the neighbours, our children and e

Lagoon

Hours pass by as we wrestle like jungle cats in our forest of pillows and sheets
Our movements are fiery and each kiss lands upon the bare skin like a firecracker
We search through the vegetation for one another
Until our lips embrace and our bodies appear to be floating in space
Knickknacks and cups resemble the asteroid belt as our ghostly bodies
Blindly travel across the mysterious realm with only our touch to guide us
I’m terrified of the deep blue destination, so you grasp my hand
And lead me instead to your comfortable and melodious abode

Glitch

Memories…
Data processed by the brain
Encoded, stored and can be corrupted

Memoris of you…
Data my brain is unwilling to process
Decompressed, unaccessible and wiped.

Never Ever

fairy dust

and the devil’s fire

light a story

fuel fury

long ago

torture

suffering endured

eternity

not long enough

to avenge the wrong

erase the pain

bring her to her feet again

from the fainting couch

where she lingers

languishes

anguished

longing

for an end that never

ever

is

Dreaming of you

Once upon a dream
I saw you
On the museum steps

Once upon a reverie
I walked to you
On the catheral aisle

Once…
The dream ends
I am me
You are you
We are three thousand miles apart.

Fireworks Prompt 8

Fireworks

After William Blake

 

Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright

In the forest of the night.

 

It’s the fireworks that we see

Flashing, crashing through the trees.

 

Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright

In the forest of the night.

 

Starting fires and ruining friends.

It’s only June, when will it end?

 

Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright

In the forest of the night.

 

Bring on the hail and pouring rain.

We don’t want fireworks ever again.

 

Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright

In the forest of the night.