{"id":129160,"date":"2023-09-02T11:46:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T15:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=129160"},"modified":"2023-09-02T11:46:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T15:46:13","slug":"twenty-little-poetry-projects-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/twenty-little-poetry-projects-3\/","title":{"rendered":"TWENTY LITTLE POETRY PROJECTS – #3"},"content":{"rendered":"

1) Will the weeds rise up<\/span><\/p>\n

to glorious applause from the garden<\/span><\/p>\n

when we are all dead?<\/span><\/p>\n

My mother wants to know<\/span><\/p>\n

from her comfy chair<\/span><\/p>\n

by the window.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2)I swallowed the southern cross<\/span><\/p>\n

It was above the City Library<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3)His beard is smoother than it looks<\/span><\/p>\n

His perfume settles on the air<\/span><\/p>\n

He is my poem in the making<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

4)Your words taste like mouth music<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

5)Even though it\u2019s long gone<\/span><\/p>\n

I still see Susan in Patagonia<\/span><\/p>\n

dancing the tango\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

in a small bar, loud music<\/span><\/p>\n

macho gaucho flirting<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

6)I can\u2019t reach the stars<\/span><\/p>\n

they look so close<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

7)She liked the feel of soil<\/span><\/p>\n

damp, dark in between her fingers<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

8)\u2019You bletherscyte\u2019 he called<\/span><\/p>\n

the chattering chipmunk<\/span><\/p>\n

smiling at his granddaughter<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

9)You ate a second dinner\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

after I cooked pancakes<\/span><\/p>\n

I had to write a poem<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

10)It\u2019s about status<\/span><\/p>\n

lowering status to make them think<\/span><\/p>\n

he\u2019s so dumb<\/span><\/p>\n

he\u2019s the kind of dumb who loses his tools<\/span><\/p>\n

he must be too dumb<\/span><\/p>\n

to kill his wife and kids<\/span><\/p>\n

let\u2019s go chaps, nothing to see here<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

11)The happy boy of all time<\/span><\/p>\n

played endlessly with sticks<\/span><\/p>\n

from a bridge\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

over a river<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

12)The hand cream burns blisters<\/span><\/p>\n

onto skin already raw<\/span><\/p>\n

Blood mixes<\/span><\/p>\n

slippery chemistry<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

13)Miss Lizzy Blue\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

has begun to talk to me<\/span><\/p>\n

in broken english<\/span><\/p>\n

Her barks have evolved<\/span><\/p>\n

into metaphor\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Her whimpers\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

an invitation for kisses<\/span><\/p>\n

A new personality<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

14) She was called Cow pat<\/span><\/p>\n

so she changed her name<\/span><\/p>\n

She was called Little Yeti<\/span><\/p>\n

so she changed her name<\/span><\/p>\n

She was called Nellie<\/span><\/p>\n

Confused as to her whereabouts\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

she changed it again<\/span><\/p>\n

for definition\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

for identity<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

15)I will wish there is a way of cheating\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

at Mahjong at the age of 93<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

16)Sweet shit<\/span><\/p>\n

that it may cover her skin<\/span><\/p>\n

to hide all her blemishes\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

17)He will smash all unconvincing lies<\/span><\/p>\n

He will remember the wars he has seen<\/span><\/p>\n

He will play pingpong in the retired services bar<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

18)Todora\u2019s Dream<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0422\u0430\u0437\u0438 \u043f\u0435\u0441\u0435\u043d \u0438\u0437\u043f\u044a\u043b\u0432\u0430 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u043c\u0438*<\/span><\/p>\n

I weep each time I hear it<\/span><\/p>\n

I am home with each note<\/span><\/p>\n

(*This song fills my soul – Bulgarian)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

19) I said out loud I need a new phone<\/span><\/p>\n

It is now singing to me, unprompted<\/span><\/p>\n

songs I have never downloaded<\/span><\/p>\n

in an effort<\/span><\/p>\n

to keep my attention<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

20) My mother\u2019s garden\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

fights her for dominance<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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