12-27-2011, 02:53 PM | #1156 |
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and we shall count the birds in December that coldest of all the months they move more slowly then they say making them easy to count but why why why in December my frozen toes call out and again Frank asks, “Is that a variegated, or just a common brown?” I think next time I’ll ask the Audubon to check with the government first they’ve got all those satellites thanks to me, and with them they can see to count the birds of December and my toes most certainly agree Kenny A. Chaffin – 12/27/2011 |
12-31-2011, 10:48 AM | #1157 |
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Sometimes I torture the past bring out the red-hot pokers and threaten to use them I know that my life will be better if I can just get a confession out of the past I know it wasn’t my fault how could it have been I was just a kid Kenny A. Chaffin – 12/31/2011 |
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Nice poem, Kenny. It's frightening to contemplate what might have inspired it.
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Thanks Tom.
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01-01-2012, 06:13 PM | #1160 |
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Everybody wants a piece of me The Bank of America wants a percentage My daughter wants my time The cat wants something to eat Jesus wants my soul but it’ll take the Devil himself to get it Kenny A. Chaffin – 6/24/2011 Last edited by kennyc; 01-01-2012 at 06:16 PM. |
01-04-2012, 09:13 AM | #1161 |
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This is a great thread, I've been browsing through the pages but havnt found any recommendations on good poetry/creative writing online corses. Can anyone recommend me some? |
01-04-2012, 09:19 AM | #1162 |
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Not sure about classes, but there are a few forums and places.
you might like: http://www.thepoetryforum.co.uk/forum.php (Geoff and myself participate there) also http://wildpoetryforum.com/phpBB3/index.php but they seem to be being picky about letting new members in (as Geoff will attest). also you might check out the Poetry group at Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/233._POETRY_ I could also recommend a few instructional poetry books if you like. |
01-04-2012, 09:27 AM | #1163 |
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I would suggest that there is no shortcut for spending a lot of time in a dictionary and a thesaurus.
If you are writing metric verse you will need that to compose lines that do not compromise on the trifecta of meaning, number of sylables, and rhyme. Spelling is optional. (Or I'm making excuses.) |
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The Walking Wounded
We are the walking wounded, mother less children in grown bodies can not help but limp. We wander along life's pathways. Never stumbling, holding on; to each other, to a memory, to a mother's love. We, the walking wounded, are determined to fight; are determined to win. When we are triumphant no more shall you wound. No more shall innocent children watch their mothers die. NO MORE! For we, the walking wounded, shall wrest you from the shadows and slay you. So that all children may rest their heads upon a mother’s healthy breast. |
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Mushrooming
The word is popping out of headlines like its namesake from the ground. Whether it’s a rising - ‘technology mushrooming’ or disastrous nuclear winter it’s popping like penguins everywhere - everywhere I look Or maybe it’s just the old reference to being in the dark and yes being fed shit, and why should we why would we anyway I consider canned mushrooms because when I buy them fresh they always seem to turn to the dark side before I use them Which makes me wonder if Luke raised mushrooms on Tatooine on his uncle’s farm I check wookipedia and find --YES! They did. Mushrooms grew near the base of the moisture vaporators Damn Tusken raiders anyway! They should be mushroom vaporated! Kenny A. Chaffin – 5/5/2012 |
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Boy is this thread dead or what?
Here's one I wrote recently, published in the August issue of Red River Review - [Promotional link deleted - MODERAT0R] House Keeping It’s a way of cleaning, the rearranging of furniture cleaning away the dust-bunnies that have gathered over the winter like examined memories turned from side to side end to end. Moving them from place to place clearing the cobwebs, refining the past I move the memory of my brother from the Huffy bicycle he rode to the stone that bears his name I see the glistening water of Lake Texhoma its dead-carp smell in the bright summer sun remembered through a buzz of alcohol I cry for my sister’s two black eyes the two cars totaled, the blame all mine I smell the rich black Oklahoma earth turned and planted with cotton seed I feel the sting of cotton bolls on my back as I lie, a boy in the harvest trailer the crisp autumn-leaf smell of cotton flung from the harvester’s snout onto my chest burying me I sweep away the regret of never really knowing my father, try not to blame my mother, after all they were young, so very very young. Kenny A. Chaffin - 2/5/2012 Last edited by Dr. Drib; 11-04-2012 at 05:50 PM. |
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Wonderful poem, Kenny.
I'm slowly making my way through this thread. I've enjoyed reading everyone's poems. |
11-04-2012, 02:40 PM | #1168 |
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Take your time, lots here, predates me.....well....being as old as dirt....that's not exactly what I mean, but it predates my participation here.
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11-07-2012, 02:08 AM | #1169 |
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Not dead, just in need of a little housekeeping ....
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Anyway --- Lost Calls Tonight 14 cell phones were tossed, only 3 remain how much money was lost on all those calls in vain Did she ever see the ID did she ever see my name Perhaps she did see, but trembled with some foolish shame. Hell she could have been my number 4 now she only has herself to blame. |
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