Category: Poetry
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22 October: Walk
Walk I suppose if I went outsideand walked around, somewhere in town like on that street whereall the shops are closed down,where men with heavy stubbleand droopy lazy eyes sleep in doorways, and the women claim the opposite side of the street, two of them sharing a sleeping bag because everyone who’s been a Scout…
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21 Oct Found Poetry: Wild Red
Found poetry sourced from the pages of the Fear Street series, “Night Games” by RL Stine. Published by Simon Pulse (ebook) edition July 2022. ISBN 9781439121443. All images are my own, created using AI (artificial intelligence) at MidJourney. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter
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21 October: Jane’s Oracle Words
Her Wisdom I had a dream last night thatMum and I agreed on everything. She’s a thin slip of a womansitting at her sewing machine, hands pushing patches of fabricunder needle and thread, mostly old clothes from charity shops,and she sews them into quilts to stay away the cold, and shelooks up at me with…
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20 October: A dVerse Kindly Moon
A Kindly Moon it’s an old sight, up therealways dimming the stars,always looking into my window,or gazing down at pools of water.and my dog sits still as a bookend,watching that winter white ball,and she wonders when I’ll throwthat kindly moon so she can fetchit back to the beginning again. for dVerse Poets, the moon. ©Misky 2022 Shared…
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19 Oct Found Poetry: She Ran
Found poetry sourced from the pages of the Fear Street series, “Night Games” by RL Stine. Published by Simon Pulse (ebook) edition July 2022. ISBN 9781439121443. All images are my own, created using AI (artificial intelligence) at MidJourney. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter
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19 October: Bits and Pieces
Bits and Pieces (a poem for my grandson, Ethan) In his wisdom, he keeps the headsin a separate box. Marked: Lego heads. Feet in another box. Hands in another. The boxes must be plastic. Plastic for plastic. Not metal. If plastic is in metal, it’ll think it’s metal, and Legos are plastic. Eyebrows and mouths…
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18 Oct Found Poetry: Shadows
Found poetry sourced from the pages of the Fear Street series, “Night Games” by RL Stine. Published by Simon Pulse (ebook) edition July 2022. ISBN 9781439121443. All images are my own, created using AI (artificial intelligence) at MidJourney. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter
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18 October: Quadrille 162
Alarm Bells Are Ringing … … and Chef is last out the door. She’s blushing pink as a boudoir,her eyes are flashing sky,and tufts of powder puff hairescape the sidesof her starched white hat. This is the Coaching Inn, andthe kitchen is a spreading flame. written for dVerse Poets, Quadrille 162 “Bell”. ©Misky 2022 Shared with…
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18 October: Damnable Legos
Those Damnable Legos it’s the sounds of them,spilled from boxes,clattering across the floor, toes on alert for a snaggletooth underfoot, those brick-blocks inshades of aurora borealis,they snap together sideby side like long city blocks, fashion themselves as hard-hitting journalists. they get knocked aside,they migrate under sofas,in hedges, behind bookshelves,under the cooker and fridge, just step…
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