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Sheer Futility
Sisyphus had it easy Job security Rolling that rock Up and down that hill Until technology And other ingenuity Found a way to automate Sheer futility Then Sisyphus must Negotiate his lower wage For lesser productivity On history’s page And … Continue reading
Posted in Air, Poetry
Tagged existential, futility, humanity, job design, loss, Philosophy, pointlessness, unemployment
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A Whale Of A Sale But It’s All True I Swear By My Tattoo
Originally posted on mishaburnett:
Click To Buy! Click To Buy! To celebrate my launching of The Worms Of Heaven I am putting Catskinner’s Book and Cannibal Hearts on sale for 99 cents each this week. In addition Catskinner’s Book will…
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The Long Walk
The long walk that afternoon You arm strung casually across my shaking shoulders Our bodies close enough as though our heat could banish every cold This memory still resonates An intimacy made of time and lies that glowed like holy … Continue reading
Lake House
Peaceful waters Cathedral halls I’ve been here before Sunlight flickers Shadows linger At the kitchen door Birds flutter In their group now Race across the water I am breathing Full awake now Sunshine’s daughter At the lake house All these … Continue reading
Fifteen minutes – for Speed Challenge, Prompt 70
I followed mindlovemisery’s lead yesterday for the 10 poems in 20 minutes challenge and found it a really mind opening, artistic release. So why not try again, like her, this time with a different time limit? I went for 15 … Continue reading
Posted in Air, Poetry
Tagged dark, fear, free form poetry, fun, Life, light, loss, Love, mathematics, prompt, speed writing
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Savage Hearts
What made you think that I would be A chalice for your fears and dreams? Insanity flows far downstream Lost in complexity There is no place where we may be Our contradictions are our core Philosophers would love us … Continue reading
10 Poems in 20 Minutes
1 Still free-floating from that star sprinkled night This morning in a café I saw the face of God on a colourful postcard He was winking 2 Counting the coins before you throw them into this gilded wishing well A … Continue reading
Down Town
Down town the girls gather Butterflies freed From yesterday’s cocoons And you’d think it might matter Emotional greed But everyone grows far too soon Down town the boys linger Watchful fools Practising their brittle words There’s no ring on the … Continue reading
Sharp Relief
Pictures of you Lighting stridently bold You’re a negative In sharp relief They froze you In plastic time A look of shock and awe Is so pretty In a way Out on the streets Car headlights shine Your bag is … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged Beauty, butterfly, fragile, Frozen, photograph, picture, tragic
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Shining Example
You were the shining example The one without flaw They watched you cavort there Spectating in awe They said you held kingdoms In the palm of your hand Your style was so effortless And nothing was planned When you fell … Continue reading
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