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04-24-2019, 05:33 AM
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Rules: Write a poem for national poetry month on the topic or form described. Each poem should appear as a separate reply to this thread. The goal is to, at the end of the month have written 30 poems for National Poetry Month.
NaPM April 24, 2019
Topic: Write 4 short poems
Form: haiku, senryu, or other short form poetry
Line Requirement: any
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara
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air-con set to high
licking ice-lolly-
cat stroking its balls
smells from the kitchen
beef and cabbage on the boil-
I'm skipping dinner
the cage is empty
disinfectant everywhere-
Kitty has the shits
snoring gets louder
I lay awake, watch the moon-
where's my revolver
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Ineffable
Feeling light today–
no cell phone, off the air,
life truly wireless-less.
Map-movers
Warcraft is worldcraft;
trade and discovery shape
space between armies.
Flowerfall
Five crimson roses
spill down invisible vine,
wave sinuously.
Unity
It’s not a mixed bag–
contents are varied, but their
container is one.
Non-practicing atheist
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Four
1.
Leaves must always bloom,
while snow decays like her corpse-
he wasn't ready.
2.
Too soon, shade will tell
a story he kept from you;
grass hides a dead mouse.
3.
Lonely branches strip,
sad as his thinning grey hair,
sullen face now gaunt.
4.
Iced puddles, silent
beside your old house, vacant,
his eyes grasping God.
Time is the best editor.
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Climate change
Five seasons
Each day
Trees in mountains
Travel faster
Than seaweed
Fleas feast
When hosts shred
Their own limbs
Running water
Triggers
Running water
Peanut butter honey banana sandwiches
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Four poems about Coonabarabran
Flies buzz
over wombat droppings
Coonabarabran.
Gas station teen corroboree
with donuts gone bad.
Coonabarabran.
Surly hostess
vacuums, dusts, washes and dries the sheets
with her gnarly hands.
Coonabarabran.
Shoot a Greenie.
Jesus is the way.
I hope you enjoyed your stay.
Coonabarabran.
