I was Afraid to Tell You I didn’t want to dominate you. I couldn’t inhabit that world if you wanted it. I wouldn’t be able to follow. That the condom in your back pocket hurt me the most and the thought of your hands on her made me sick. I needed more. I…
Tag: poetry
Last Lines
A poem composed with the last lines of random books from Bluestockings. Holding still, thinking nothing at all, is my biggest accomplishment Greek myths and quadratic equations will come later Now we will sing F. Premise awoke one morning from troubled dreams to find that her innocence had gone missing. Make more…
Playlist 3 – Depressed Prose Poem
Playlist: Depressed Constraint: Rearrange the words to make a prose poem using only two lines at a time. Pretty is Empty of You Angels in angles: there in your sound are vague hands and eyes. Touch of rain meet complicated balance. I’ve the perfect theories, run of what’s out front. You – suffering was right….
Haiku
I was required to compose a haiku about myself and so, being the overachiever that I am, I wrote 8 of them. Seven are below because I submitted the 8th one for something and I’m not sure if I am allowed/should post that here. Enjoy! Quick smile, easy laugh Quiet beneath, watchful eyes Open,…
Playlist 1 – Angry Poem 1
Playlist: Angry Constraint: Make a poem using the first line of each song from a playlist, then play with the form. No Witty Titles For This Click for poems ↓ Angry 1
Playlist 3 – Angry Prose Poem
Playlist: Angry Constraint: Rearrange the words to make a prose poem using only two lines at a time. Comes Day Again Rock me – exactly. Tell the bass to up the me, to step me up. Step upon all my need. Time known in anyone, I always like to not depend. The hundredth everything before…
Playlists Introduction
“I realized that subject matter is not something to worry about. Our concerns and obsessions will surface no matter what we do.” “If we don’t have to worry about subject matter, we are free to concentrate on form.” “…that any constraint stretches the imagination.” -Rosemarie Waldrop Introduction time again! I want to have a…
Little Gentian 