Afternoon of December 10, 2024

 


Jottings


i thought i was ee cummings

until i found the shift key on the keyboard.

NOW EVERYTHING I WRITE IS A CAPITAL OFFENCE.

I was sentenced to have my serifs cut off.

~Tony Dawson




come here

listen to me closely

that's not what I said

and you know it

~John Masterson




Man vs. Nature     


unhabitable surrounds

overcome by nature

strangling the evil

found in those walls

~Joanne Macias




folding

unfolding

seeking peace

~Jennifer Gurney




no (mis)givings

this holiday season

the nuts all sugar-coated

~Bonnie J. Scherer




In a bind



the snake wraps itself

tighter and tighter around

hoping you give in

yet you now realised some

of those snakes look like people

~Joanne Macias




Bangladesh 2025 and..


The stream..

Knee deep water...

The suffocation has to cross the terror...

Hurting ligament..

Goes far the lighthouse...


No way to escape.

~Partha Sarkar




war crime

teams of lawyers find

better terms for it

~John Hawkhead




burning books

a crowd slowly circles

the edge of darkness

~John Hawkhead




arriving

in retro style

trusting

the technology

of silver foil

~Mark Gilbert




I am 15% done

with this poem.

That means

I will finish this poem

 

never.

I will never finish this poem.

~Noah Berlatsky




moon viewing

please,

no poetry

~Patrick Sweeney




twelfth month: an abbreviated list of creatures that sing

~Patrick Sweeney




he later learned the origin of the dunce cap he wore

~Patrick Sweeney




he felt an invasion of privacy whenever an actor broke the fourth wall

~Patrick Sweeney




spending an inordinate amount of time correcting movie subtitles

~Patrick Sweeney




a little gristle to chew in the mystical life

~Patrick Sweeney




becoming self-aware the algorithm quantifies emotion

~Mark Gilbert

 


 

 

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