Three of my most favoritest #poems that I've composed. https://open.substack.com/pub/witheredstumpsoftime/p/a-mustache-fruit-salad-and-an-old?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#poetry #poemsofmastodon #poem #poems #mypoems

SAMARITAN

The last sips of water
I poured into the cracks
of the thirsty field,
for rain and greener grass
the hope could yield,
could save the vast valley
sooner than my soul could heal.

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Os dejo por aquí este #poema-maravilla de Sara R. Gallardo para un domingo en el que las locas seguimos recibiendo violencias de gente que dice preocuparse por nuestra salud (si necesitáis o si os es más cómodo podéis leer el texto completo en https://poderpopular.info/2020/12/26/sara-r-gallardo-poema-curadme/ ).

💪🏿💜🔥

#SaludMental #Locura
#SororidadLoca #Feminismos

#poesia #poemsofmastodon
#domingoslíricos
#literaverso

#psiquiatrización #ViolenciasPsiquiátricas
#ViolenciaInstitucional

Biz de bir kere sevinebilseydik.
Çiçek açmış ağaçlar gibi çıldırasıya.
Kimbilir belki bir gün sulh olunca
Biz de deliler gibi seviniriz,
Ağaçları ve baharı taklit ederiz
Renkli bez parçalarıyla donatırız şehri
Renkli ampuller asarız pencerelerden
Kimbilir belki bir gün sulh olunca
Biz de çatır çatır çatlarız binbir yerimizden
Ağaçlar gibi.

✒️ Bedri Rahmi EYÜBOĞLU

21 Mart Dünya Şiir Günü'müz de kutlu olsun 💐
Şiir ile kalın sevgi ile ❤️
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@hashtaggames

Kangaroos group greedily growing
Grain, no grass, all gone
Bound civilly by blood
Tails rocking racing over
The grass denuded ground
Graceful

6 lines of text, poem, prose
Produced prolifically pensively
Personally pacifying

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#PoemsOfMastodon
#haiku #wordoftheday
#letteroftheday

Another peek at our forthcoming inaugural issue (OUT FEBRUARY 15!). This time, an excerpt from a #surreal new #poem by #poet August Chaffin.

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We had to share just one more snippet today from our upcoming Inaugural Issue release (FEBRUARY 15)! This gem comes from an irreverent new #poem by Meredith MacLeod Davidson.

We can’t wait to share this issue with y’all!

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Here's something I wrote a few months back.

****** ****** ******

October

October has come round again.
The cat, curled like a fuzzy
question mark,
almost seems to float
against the white of the duvet.

Outside, leaves cling to their trees
or to the dark,
knowing they are safe for now:
it is the light that catches them and
colours their slow feather fall

and as I type, the question mark
twitches and unshuts one eye.

#CatsOfmastodon
#PoemsOfMastodon

I've read "The Hollow Men" by T.S. Elliot through twice now. The first time I was too busy saying "wow" at the way the imagery conjured up the end of the universe, "not with a bank, but a whimper."

The second reading, I noticed a subheading "Penny for the Old Guy" and the scarecrow imagery, reminding me (as was probably intentional) of Guy Fawkes' Night celebrations. And then it slid back into the End of The Universe.

Maybe, third reading through, I'll see what Elliot intended. But maybe it'll still be the universe...

#poetry #TSElliot #poemsofmastodon #hollowmen

Sorry about reposting; I posted it yesterday at 23.00 and it sank without trace. Could be the post, could be the time. I will not make a habit of this! (See comment.)
So if you like it, please boost; if not, well, at least it's short:

Dancing barefoot

I give up.
I give up on words.

Shut me up.

Take me to the dance
and I will bow.

I will surrender.

Take me down
and take me longing.

Shut me up.

****** ****** ******

https://youtu.be/1Z9G8BdnFGs )

#PoemsOfMastodon
#PattiSmith

Another very old poem, at the closing of the day. If you like it, please boost; if not, well, at least it was short:

Dancing barefoot

I give up.
I give up on words.

Shut me up.

Take me to the dance
and I will bow.

I will surrender.

Take me down
and take me longing.

Shut me up.

****** ****** ******

(Yes, that song: https://youtu.be/1Z9G8BdnFGs )

#PoemsOfMastodon
#PattiSmith

Another #EkphrasticPoetry entry I whipped up this afternoon

Prompt: Sally Mann “Black Eye”
(USA) photographic negative 1991, printed 1992
Gelatin silver print

Note: trigger warning for ideas surrounding childhood trauma and death (poem in following toot under content warning.

All feedback welcome. If you have any images you’d like me to write a poem for, let me know.

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This is my first poem for 2023. If you have any feedback (good or bad) I’d love to hear it.

Prompt: Christopher Burket “Forest Light, Colorado”
(USA) 2006

Ye, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death …
No.
Stop.
There is no valley here,
Nor shadow,
Nor death
That holds a light to that which I see before me –
Tall trees;
Golden light;
Cool, aching breeze against my cheek
That reminds me
Of all the promises
Dropped like leaves
From broken branches
Onto the decaying souls
Of yesterday’s summer
While fresh life springs forth,
Against odds
And autumn’s steady march
Into that cold winter gloom,
High above the world –
Verdant and new
Atop the slender legs of arboreal giants
Who wait for no man
Nor beast,
Nor dark deity painted white,
As they reach
To worship a sun
That regards theirs existence
As the elephant regards the ant.

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I’m excited that the #EkphrasticPoetry group I’m in has started up again this week. I’ve been very lazy over the Christmas / New Year period about writing anything new so it’s good to have some external accountability and validation.

Shout out to any #publishers looking for poetry, I have many ready to go for multiple books (both published on my blog and unpublished) so please reach out if you’re interested.

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Some people love their time in the military, others do not. I’ve known people in both camps. I know people who still serve. This won’t reflect everyone’s perspective, it’s just one perspective.

https://nonas-poetry-corner.blogspot.com/2020/11/following-orders.html?m=1

Let me know what you think, especially if you’re current or former military.

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I wrote this just as before the summer of 2020/2021 in Australia. The summer before had been horrific and this was for all the firefighters (paid and volunteers) and those who lived through the bushfires defending homes, buildings, livestock and loved ones. This summer has been much milder but the fear of another like 2019/2020 hangs over everyone, especially those who live close to fire prone areas.

If you have a moment, please read the full poem.

https://nonas-poetry-corner.blogspot.com/2020/11/murky-air.html?m=1

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Quiet: A Sestina

I didn’t 100% stick to the rules of a sestina but rules are made to be broken … if you want to read the full poem, click the link!

https://nonas-poetry-corner.blogspot.com/2020/11/quiet-sestina.html?m=1

Thanks for reading. Let me know what you think.

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"Think of things that linger: leaves,
cartons and napkins, the damp smell of mold.
Think of things that disappear.
Think of what you love best,
what brings tears into your eyes."

-- from "Adios" by Naomi Shihab Nye

via Quotomania ~ @holdengraber
https://quotomania.simplecast.com/episodes/quotomania-364-naomi-shihab-nye

#poemsofmastodon #mastopoetry

"I watch
my mother’s fingers
enveloped
in the giddiness
of creativity
in a game
of memory
Seventy some years
falling away
the pain of
rheumatoid
held at bay
for now
she is a young girl
writing
her life
into meaning."

~ from "Kolam: the Art of Remembering" by Pushpa Naidu Parekh

📖https://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/1067/1475?fbclid=IwAR0hsfkAeDz2pPfD8hCU6JUmIZ_PucJOqpTSwwDWP2ODmzpRQofB0yUNcPs

#verseoftheday #poetrycommunity #poemsofmastodon #myphoto #kolam

Without you
I am not me

Without you
I cannot be free #poetry #poem #poems #poemsofmastodon #poetsofmastodon