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Sunday, 20 March 2011
Sunday, 13 March 2011
Gift-Wrapped
For three years I debated,
shifted mind and tried,
so I wrote the letter.
Precision of word clarified my ramblings, it was done.
Finality on paper,
my signature binding me to my word.
No more a whirlwind of thought drifting at terminal speed,
the letter said it all
in just one page, two hundred words.
Branded wonderings,
there ‘till rot creeps in
like cancer.
On the envelope I write her name. But the letter is mine.
Unforgotten, but laid to rest,
the encased letter lays in it’s paper tomb.
Seven letters spell h-e-r,
but I own these words, they are my creation.
Ownership not for sale,
no paper torn ash will fall here.
She cannot read my letter.
Her name is
only fiction.
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Check out loads of other great poems this week at One Stop Wednesday! http://onestoppoetry.com/2011/03/one-shot-wednesday-week-37.html
shifted mind and tried,
so I wrote the letter.
Precision of word clarified my ramblings, it was done.
Finality on paper,
my signature binding me to my word.
No more a whirlwind of thought drifting at terminal speed,
the letter said it all
in just one page, two hundred words.
Branded wonderings,
there ‘till rot creeps in
like cancer.
On the envelope I write her name. But the letter is mine.
Unforgotten, but laid to rest,
the encased letter lays in it’s paper tomb.
Seven letters spell h-e-r,
but I own these words, they are my creation.
Ownership not for sale,
no paper torn ash will fall here.
She cannot read my letter.
Her name is
only fiction.
Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/version2point0 (@version2point0)
Check out loads of other great poems this week at One Stop Wednesday! http://onestoppoetry.com/2011/03/one-shot-wednesday-week-37.html
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Class Disguise
Your flowery words have little effect,
I’m sorry. Yes you
know some mighty big words
sound terribly impressive
and you’ve dressed in your best
middle class
disguise
with lips painted
road walker red.
My eyes trail,
I try to let my ears take over.
But I drift
further away.
Find myself staring
at my boots
and tight black jeans.
Do I
dress as a poet?
Do I
have less to say?
I leave and stroll
in damp air,
light a cigarette,
despite my flu filled head.
I am not
pretending.
Are you
fooling you?
I’m sorry. Yes you
know some mighty big words
sound terribly impressive
and you’ve dressed in your best
middle class
disguise
with lips painted
road walker red.
My eyes trail,
I try to let my ears take over.
But I drift
further away.
Find myself staring
at my boots
and tight black jeans.
Do I
dress as a poet?
Do I
have less to say?
I leave and stroll
in damp air,
light a cigarette,
despite my flu filled head.
I am not
pretending.
Are you
fooling you?
Monday, 7 March 2011
London
Hatred fuelled eyes cut
Across stale air.
White van man
Shoots
Past.
Too fast,
Too close.
‘Thanks for that,
I was already having a stupendous day,
Walking through the rain
While you sit
In your warm dry seat.
Driving
like a fucking God’
River thick road to cross.
Red light,
green man
and cross.
Without a thought.
Sodden skin under jeans moan,
irritated, restricted.
Nicotine clouds hang low.
Concrete haze of earthy grey
light intensifies
Depression.
No lights, another river to cross.
Take your time,
get drenched by mechanical killing machines
darting past, double the limit.
Wait and hate
and curse
the dry
that don’t waste a second
on you.
Elephant birds bellow
above head.
‘Welcome to London’
the captain said.
‘One of the biggest and best cities in the world’.
http://jinglepoetry.blogspot.com/2011/03/poetry-potluck-idols-role-models-and.html
http://onestoppoetry.com/2011/03/one-shot-poetry-wednesday-celebrating-our-36th-week.html
Across stale air.
White van man
Shoots
Past.
Too fast,
Too close.
‘Thanks for that,
I was already having a stupendous day,
Walking through the rain
While you sit
In your warm dry seat.
Driving
like a fucking God’
River thick road to cross.
Red light,
green man
and cross.
Without a thought.
Sodden skin under jeans moan,
irritated, restricted.
Nicotine clouds hang low.
Concrete haze of earthy grey
light intensifies
Depression.
No lights, another river to cross.
Take your time,
get drenched by mechanical killing machines
darting past, double the limit.
Wait and hate
and curse
the dry
that don’t waste a second
on you.
Elephant birds bellow
above head.
‘Welcome to London’
the captain said.
‘One of the biggest and best cities in the world’.
http://jinglepoetry.blogspot.com/2011/03/poetry-potluck-idols-role-models-and.html
http://onestoppoetry.com/2011/03/one-shot-poetry-wednesday-celebrating-our-36th-week.html
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