Category: Miz Q
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Miz Quickly’s Day 9: As Seen By …
What the Nissan Figaro Said Next … Pumps still dry, no petrol for 3-weeks.I’m parked-up in neighbourhood voices. One ear to the asphalt, and one eye on the road – potholes, twiggy weeds. A road paved with good intentions,platinum-laced fumes on the road. There’s a new cat sniffing around,around me, it’s white with a racoon…
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Miz Quickly’s Day 8: Two Rooms
Muddy Waters A glass of cold waterand two aspirin.There’s a crow pickingmy skull into tiny bones.A simmering cranial gap to a steep slope. Grey trees.A footbridge pinned downin reeds and a shallow creek.You’re a kingdom of rot.The creak in your bed. In response to Miz Quickly’s Day 8 “Two Rooms” prompt. I used the room with the…
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for Miz Quickly’s Day 7
It Won’t Happen Again This Year What happened to the blue of yesterday.Everything is as vague as today’s haze. October colours. Burn. Burn We are children at the edge of a reset.Now rain rattles the windows, wind bellows and wheezes at us from the centuries. October holds us in its belt buckle,in its flow of…
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More Thoughts on Miz Quickly’s Day 6
Here are a few more thoughts on Miz Quickly’s Day 6 “All The Best Places” The best place to eat an apple:is on a sun-bleached, weathered wooden bench that threatens to slip a sliver into your thigh, but you knew this might happen, so you’re wearing your favourite worn-out jeans, a red cotton t-shirt, and you’re wishing…
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Miz Quickly’s Day 6: Sea View
That morning it was blue sky and calm sea, but we trusted you too much. Written to prompt for Miz Quickly’s Day 6: A view of the sea, One Liner Wednesday #1LinerWeds, Photo by Marcus Woodbridge on Unsplash. An American sentence: 17 syllables. Image: storm hitting the lighthouse in Porthcawl UK, Shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay on Twitter ©Misky 2021
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Miz Quickly’s Day 5 “Illustration”
A Vision I watched her standing there,my eyes only seeingher shattered edges glisten. for Miz Quickly’s Day 5 “Illustration” Shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay on Twitter ©Misky 2021
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For Miz Quickly’s Day 4: Landslide
I Saw My Reflection In the snow of a whitewashed mirror,into meadows where the sun keepsits winter eye. In empty spaces, I saw all my wishes strung out like knottedsyllables. Stars. Favourite colours were my reflection. I saw an avalanche ofsecrets, those sweet and sour smells. I’m the taste of moonlight, saltwater, of berries bursting…
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For Miz Quickly’s Day 3: Abstraction
Composition Number 1 This is running. Flying rain in yourface, and an unfamiliar bird singingto falling leaves, and the rain feelsthe arch of your neck. A drink allalong your spine. But this isn’t me. Composition Number 2 This is a thumb with a nail smoothas a rumour. It knocks on doors,that occasionally aren’t answered.It bleeds.…
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For Miz Quickly’s Day Two: All About Heat
Miz Quickly’s Day Two: All About Heat I.I Remember Rain That Felt Like Silk I’ll be an old nag, obdurate, andstill sucking on a Werther’s Originalby the time temperatures soar likewhat Attenborough’s always saying, and I reckon the wind will bloweight-beats to a measure with yourhair-blowing cyclonic in your face,with brown-burnt grass torched off the…
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For Miz Quickly Day 1
Five Pieces for Day One I. Sinking Ships That summer the lake was deep, dark and bottomless.I hadn’t learned to swim yet. I remember thinking,So this is what a sinking ship feels like as it goes down.Dad backed the boat right off the ramp that summer. II. Van Gogh GoldMum bought herself a new wedding…
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