Write a Spontaneous Poem - Page 14

kerosene · 01-18-2008, 10:28 AM

Inspiration...a flat word in this moment
My motivation is sucked to the screen
Black and white letters are so lovely
Real colors fail to convey
I don't know where I am right now

Where has it all gone?
Perhaps it flew away
When I began to beat my head
With the club
That told me I am not good enough
Is it that I can't compete?
Or fail to even try?
But why?

So, I let it fly
Again today...
like so many other days...
And many to come

Safely I land in afternoon
With no room
For expectation
Just routine

Giant Salamander · 01-28-2008, 07:07 PM

Dead ring in his ears
Black soot on his clothes
The smell of burnt timbers
Entrenched in his nose

From old ones, and young ones, and dead ones
He ran
Small fingers gripping
A gasoline can

Through rivers of concrete
The docks and the slum
The orange horizon
The deepening hum

Beneath the cold reek
Of driftwood and crabs
He buries it deep
Though he's already mad

Panic eats mobs
As hydrates roar
He stands wide-eyed
On the glistening shore

The din of the dying
Toes wet in sand
The call of his uncle
The gasoline can

Gruff men coo
As they take him away
Between white lips
Of sheets he'll stay

A ceiling above him
A nun at his side
His twitches lost
Under empty eyes

The red-rimmed pride
As the bullies ran
The fleeting respect
Of the gasoline can

If nerves would let him
He'd gnaw off his hand
The wicked mistake
Of the gasoline can

monster · 01-28-2008, 07:30 PM

Here's the one i wrote this morning

ConSCRIPtion Cadence

I wanna be your scrip fundraiser
I wanna get my 5 percent
I’m gonna make it nice and easy
I’m gonna nag without relent

1,2,3,4 come on down to the scrip store
1,2,3,4 -5 percent’s easy, let’s get more

I wanna get your standing order
You’re gonna be a regular
No more hiding in the corner
I’m gonna make you a scrip star

1,2,3,4 come on down to the scrip store
1,2,3,4 -5 percent’s easy, let’s get more

For those who don't know, Scrip is a fundraiser for non profits where people buy shopping gift cards through us at face value, but we pay less than face value for them. Typically the profit is 5%. I run this for my kids school. The year before me, they made $7K, last year (my first) we made $19.2K, this year I'm going for $25K. I started writing weekly scrip "news" which soon featured cheesy poems. Apparently they are popular and I get requests. this was inspired by regular.joe and his user title.

Trilby · 01-29-2008, 07:07 AM

I"ve got a sore throat
Nothing can help me soothe it
what about altoids?

ZenGum · 01-29-2008, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

I"ve got a sore throat
Nothing can help me soothe it
what about altoids?

Altoids? are they like hemorrhoids, only higher up?

Trilby · 01-29-2008, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Altoids? are they like hemorrhoids, only higher up?

Nah, they're like a hard, supersonic mint-type thing-y. You're in Japan? You've no altoids? What about mentos?

Flint · 01-29-2008, 09:29 AM

you need to grow up
you make me throw up
so get mad and blow up
the parking lot: show up

get to' up from the flo' up

Shawnee123 · 01-29-2008, 02:14 PM

The cat
sat on a mat
and said "drat"
where's my tail at?

monster · 01-29-2008, 04:49 PM

The cat
sat on the mat
and was posted by drax

Giant Salamander · 01-29-2008, 06:00 PM

Death to small kittens
Death to red roses
Death to grown men
With snot on their noses

Death to the athletes
And those that languor
Death to all friends,
Family, and strangers

Giant Salamander · 01-29-2008, 06:10 PM

While I was using the toilet and thinking about nothing,
I noticed a gnat on the rim of the sink,
Crawling slowly across
What I’m sure was
A vast, dipping, featureless waste.

I forgot about him in the time it took me
To finish my business and zip up my pants.
I only noticed him again as I turned on the water faucet
And washed my hands.

Had he stayed put, clinging to the edge of the sink,
Impossibly confused, terrified,
He would have been all right.

But he panicked, and flew straight into the unfathomable torrent
To be washed down into the gapping abyss
And taken to the stinking land of the dead,
Where so many other hapless insects had gone before him.

I felt like God.

Cyclefrance · 02-01-2008, 02:23 PM

I looked, I could see her
She couldn’t see me
I sat at my table
I sipped at my tea

Hidden behind
A vase and its flowers
I continued to gaze
For what seemed like hours

And what if she saw me?
What then would I do?
Panic most likely –
Well, wouldn’t you?

I’d jump with a start
And have a mishap
Knock over the vase
Pour tea in my lap

Feel it burn through my trousers
Hit my tenderest place
Try hard to conceal it
Go red in the face

Then let out a cry
Of pain that’s for sure
Leap up from the table
See it crash to the floor

Catching my trousers
And hoisting them down
Left there in my boxers
A right red-faced clown.

Everyone facing me
Staring, jaws dropped
My petard well hoisted
My concealment a flop

Enough of such danger
I’ve had my fill
She’s not all THAT pretty
‘Hey waiter, the bill!.

freshnesschronic · 02-05-2008, 11:33 PM

i think
therefore i am
thinking
therefore
am i
?

monster · 02-05-2008, 11:37 PM

yes.
you are.
...
drunk, most likely.

HungLikeJesus · 02-06-2008, 08:07 AM

Cyclefrance, that was a good one. I like a poem with a punchline.

01-28-2008, 07:30 PM	#198
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Here's the one i wrote this morning ConSCRIPtion Cadence I wanna be your scrip fundraiser I wanna get my 5 percent I’m gonna make it nice and easy I’m gonna nag without relent 1,2,3,4 come on down to the scrip store 1,2,3,4 -5 percent’s easy, let’s get more I wanna get your standing order You’re gonna be a regular No more hiding in the corner I’m gonna make you a scrip star 1,2,3,4 come on down to the scrip store 1,2,3,4 -5 percent’s easy, let’s get more For those who don't know, Scrip is a fundraiser for non profits where people buy shopping gift cards through us at face value, but we pay less than face value for them. Typically the profit is 5%. I run this for my kids school. The year before me, they made $7K, last year (my first) we made $19.2K, this year I'm going for $25K. I started writing weekly scrip "news" which soon featured cheesy poems. Apparently they are popular and I get requests. this was inspired by regular.joe and his user title. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-29-2008, 09:29 AM	#202
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I bet you think this poem is about you... you need to grow up you make me throw up so get mad and blow up the parking lot: show up get to' up from the flo' up __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-29-2008, 04:49 PM	#204
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	The cat sat on the mat and was posted by drax __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-29-2008, 06:00 PM	#205
Giant Salamander Deity of Dogs Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 114	Death to small kittens Death to red roses Death to grown men With snot on their noses Death to the athletes And those that languor Death to all friends, Family, and strangers __________________ random artstuff

01-29-2008, 06:10 PM	#206
Giant Salamander Deity of Dogs Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 114	While I was using the toilet and thinking about nothing, I noticed a gnat on the rim of the sink, Crawling slowly across What I’m sure was A vast, dipping, featureless waste. I forgot about him in the time it took me To finish my business and zip up my pants. I only noticed him again as I turned on the water faucet And washed my hands. Had he stayed put, clinging to the edge of the sink, Impossibly confused, terrified, He would have been all right. But he panicked, and flew straight into the unfathomable torrent To be washed down into the gapping abyss And taken to the stinking land of the dead, Where so many other hapless insects had gone before him. I felt like God. __________________ random artstuff

01-18-2008, 10:28 AM	#196
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Inspiration...a flat word in this moment My motivation is sucked to the screen Black and white letters are so lovely Real colors fail to convey I don't know where I am right now Where has it all gone? Perhaps it flew away When I began to beat my head With the club That told me I am not good enough Is it that I can't compete? Or fail to even try? But why? So, I let it fly Again today... like so many other days... And many to come Safely I land in afternoon With no room For expectation Just routine

01-28-2008, 07:07 PM	#197
Giant Salamander Deity of Dogs Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 114	Dead ring in his ears Black soot on his clothes The smell of burnt timbers Entrenched in his nose From old ones, and young ones, and dead ones He ran Small fingers gripping A gasoline can Through rivers of concrete The docks and the slum The orange horizon The deepening hum Beneath the cold reek Of driftwood and crabs He buries it deep Though he's already mad Panic eats mobs As hydrates roar He stands wide-eyed On the glistening shore The din of the dying Toes wet in sand The call of his uncle The gasoline can Gruff men coo As they take him away Between white lips Of sheets he'll stay A ceiling above him A nun at his side His twitches lost Under empty eyes The red-rimmed pride As the bullies ran The fleeting respect Of the gasoline can If nerves would let him He'd gnaw off his hand The wicked mistake Of the gasoline can

01-29-2008, 07:07 AM	#199
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I"ve got a sore throat Nothing can help me soothe it what about altoids?

01-29-2008, 02:14 PM	#203
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	The cat sat on a mat and said "drat" where's my tail at?

02-01-2008, 02:23 PM	#207
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	I looked, I could see her She couldn’t see me I sat at my table I sipped at my tea Hidden behind A vase and its flowers I continued to gaze For what seemed like hours And what if she saw me? What then would I do? Panic most likely – Well, wouldn’t you? I’d jump with a start And have a mishap Knock over the vase Pour tea in my lap Feel it burn through my trousers Hit my tenderest place Try hard to conceal it Go red in the face Then let out a cry Of pain that’s for sure Leap up from the table See it crash to the floor Catching my trousers And hoisting them down Left there in my boxers A right red-faced clown. Everyone facing me Staring, jaws dropped My petard well hoisted My concealment a flop Enough of such danger I’ve had my fill She’s not all THAT pretty ‘Hey waiter, the bill!. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-05-2008, 11:33 PM	#208
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	i think therefore i am thinking therefore am i ?

02-05-2008, 11:37 PM	#209
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yes. you are. ... drunk, most likely. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-06-2008, 08:07 AM	#210
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Cyclefrance, that was a good one. I like a poem with a punchline. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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