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Posted by Ronda Levine on Tuesday, April 13, 2010,
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Poetry
Here's today's prompt - to title the poem "The Last ____." The Last Slice of Pizza
It sits in the box Greasy, cheesy, Filled with meats and vegetables Two sets of eyes stare upon it Each says “Go ahead, you take it." Two hands go reaching in Surprised the other is doing the same “Oh, no, it’s okay!” The hands reach out again And the cycle repeats Until finally he picks up the Slice, tears it in half And one becomes two. Continue reading ...
Posted by Ronda Levine on Tuesday, April 13, 2010,
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Poetry
This poem assignment from the Poetic Asides blog was to write a horror poem. Here's mine (inspired by the people upstairs)
Stompers
What are they doing up there? Bowling Moving Furniture Dragging bodies from another mafia kill? Perhaps it’s a zombie scraping around on a hardwood floor Arms out in a caricature of itself saying “brains” Maybe it’s a swarm of elephants, ready To crash through my ceiling at any moment Perhaps it’s Vlad Vampire Moving his coffin to a new place Or the Tom... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ronda Levine on Tuesday, April 13, 2010,
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Poetry
The youthful glint in the eye The energy to run and jump and hide While I’m not that old, I’m no longer that
young either,
Instead stuck somewhere before the middle
Wearing black jeans and a t-shirt
My hair cut is way too short
And as I pick myself apart
I remember how much I like being me
How Hollywood tells us we have to be young
And too-thin
And too-tall
And too-rich
And too-self-absorbed
In order to be “ likable”
And “popular”
And “stylish”... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ronda Levine on Tuesday, April 13, 2010,
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Poetry
Today's PAD Challenge from Poetic Asides relies upon titling the poem with the name of a tool. Here's my attempt at this prompt:
Heidegger’s Hammer
The carpenter swings his arm
Slamming its metal into the nail
Our tools are our bodily extensions
Engaging in the world
Ready-to-hand
Until they break
And we become aware of them
As they are present-at-hand
Beckoning us to question their
Essentiality to our projects Continue reading ...
Posted by Ronda Levine on Thursday, April 8, 2010,
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Poetry
Poetic Asides' prompt today involved writing a poem titled "Until _____." Here's my draft of this poem:
Until Forever
Arms lay across my chest
Wrapped around me
Opening my eyes takes an eternity
As I come out of the sea of warmth
Slowly and the dreams fade
Into the distance behind me
I become aware of the breathing
In sync – breathe in, breathe out
Repeated
The brown blanket raps around us
Creating pockets of heat
Skin upon skin
Hands clasped
We awaken
Slowly
Drifting fro... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ronda Levine on Wednesday, April 7, 2010,
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Poetry
Today's poem a day challenge was to write an "ekphrastic" poem from one of two artworks. An ekphrastic poem is one that uses a non-literary work of art (usually visual) to inspire a poetic response. Below is mine, based upon Goya's Flight of the Witches..
Levitation
They carry me, against my will
Lifting me towards the heavens
Dunce caps on their heads
Out of total blackness, a donkey
Does his dance
Following a beggar covering herself
In a white sheet
The horror leads some to bury
... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ronda Levine on Tuesday, April 6, 2010,
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Poetry
Today's Poetic Asides poem prompt asked participants to write a "TMI" poem. Since there's always that person at the grocery store announcing to everyone the details of his or her life, I thought I'd use that in a poem...Here's the draft. THE GIRL ON HER CELL PHONE IN THE GROCERY STORE LINE
“Omigod!” She shouted into the metal device, attached to her head
“Whatta jerk, dontcha just wish he were dead!”
“Well of course, you dummy, can’t you just see?
If a guy treated me like that... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ronda Levine on Tuesday, April 6, 2010,
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Poetry
Day four of the Poetic Asides PAD Challenge had us create a "history" poem - here's my draft!
History of Me
Derrida once said something about how he can only give facts
How he couldn’t explain "how", when asked about how
He met his wife
As we tour the world that is me
Colored by impressions,
I think of his quote, “As soon as there is language,
Generality has entered the scene”
I hold hands with my husband
In the place we met
History is a funny thing
Both fuzzy and changed ... Continue reading ...
Today's Poetic Asides PAD challenge was to write a poem that followed the pattern "Partly ____." Here's mine. PARTLY HERE One foot in the water
The other one has paused on the step
I wait for the flag
To signal the water’s safe
The lights inside the house flicker
The people inside constantly change
Alone I stand on the edge
The ripples of the water beg me to enter
My back is hot from the sun
If I stand too long, it might burn
I can’t look back
Just have to jump in
Before... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ronda Levine on Saturday, April 3, 2010,
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Poetry
Over at the
Poetic Asides blog, Robert Lee Brewer is running a poem a day
challenge for the month of April, national poetry month. The theme for
the second day was "water." Here's my poem for this challenge:
Water
Under the surface you exist
A thick substance separates you
From the world around you
Ripples reflect reverence,
Reality, rights
No one understands
The beauty that is you
Hydrogen, oxygen, combined
Together in a chemical bond
Without the two built together
The e... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ronda Levine on Saturday, April 3, 2010,
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Poetry
Over at the Poetic Asides blog, Robert Lee Brewer is running a poem a day challenge for the month of April, national poetry month. The theme for the first day was "loneliness." Here's my poem for this challenge:
At Sea
Stranded in a boat with no destination
Alone in my thoughts and in my hesitation
Life floats around me, people with gay smiles
I’m not quite sure where I’m going, won’t know for many miles
Lights are off in the eyes of the other
Fear sets in, but not the kind that... Continue reading ...
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