Thursday, February 24, 2011

poem fuel

back cracking
pain etching

same old shattered glass,
grass, undumped trash,
sticky food fight floors
dirty word graffiti doors

hovering pink slips
red tape mess,
work, headache stress

ain't you mad?
ain't you angry?

no man

this all just fuel
for tired monk poems

15 comments:

  1. Hey! Where's the lemon? Never mind! You identified a lot of fodder for poetry and change.

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  2. Q: Where's the lemon?
    A: See stanzas 1-3

    All about the metaphor today, and everyday.

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  3. No way to crayon outside those lines any more, friend. Not for us tired old copyists in the scriptorium. Yet the music is still there. Inside the faint, nearly obliterated capitals. - Brendan

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  4. old Ollie,
    I think the tired old monk, is due to have a well earned day off.
    Too much cleaning....no bitterness....
    Best wishes, Eileen

    PS: Thank you for you very kind words left at Life of a Poet Interview!

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  5. How right you are, Ollie! Writers are the best at turning lemons into lemonade...

    Lynette

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  6. YOU need some sweet,zen filled moments, to reflect on Mother's Nature gifts~ I can see the bitter fruit all over this poem~ Great imagery!!!

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  7. Oh the sweet turning of it all.

    xo
    erin

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  8. Great use of metaphors, Ollie.

    Pamela

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  9. Your a teacher Olie. I'm the kid in the back of the class. You tell me to pay attention but I can't pay attention to anything but sweet Mary Jane's ass.

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  10. "grass, undumped trash,
    sticky food fight floors
    dirty word graffiti doors" -lovely choice of words..I interpreted the words as ---cut garden grass- undumped trash,foods scattered on the floor and graffiti written doors...Nice

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  11. same old shattered glass,
    "grass, undumped trash,
    sticky food fight floors
    dirty word graffiti doors

    hovering pink slips
    red tape mess,
    work, headache stress"

    I like the fact that you haven't used "lemon" anywhere. but all the put-offs mentioned in what you've written above does make one feel as sour as a lemon.

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  12. Wow! I am so impressed with this This is something I want to incorporate into my life. I'll be searching now for writer's fuel. :)

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  13. oh this is interesting indeed! loved it :)

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