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Thwarting The Gloom: Senryu
THWARTING THE GLOOM
Lights switched on midday
Not shameless exorbitance
… Poetic licence
On The Job (Fuck Me): Shadorma
ON THE JOB (FUCK ME)
Poet’s job
To spark and nurture
Both free thought
And open
Emotion, even open
Doors to other realms
Poets Out Loud: Four By Six
POETS OUT LOUD
Let’s share our poetry
For without that I fear
It might quickly descend
Into onanism
Unfinished Love Poem
UNFINISHED LOVE POEM
Lay it aside for a while
Maybe days or weeks
Sometimes even years
Till all falls into place
A significant poem will
Always find its moment
And in that moment
Their writer will also
Find a completeness
Those not significant
Reveal themselves as such
And are easily thrown away
Poet As In A Mirror: Tanka
POET AS IN A MIRROR
Inspire me please
Saying the unexpected
Revealing your deeps
Encouraged by your courage
To write something worth reading
Poet Recalled: Shadorma
POET RECALLED
The bladder
Grabs the microphone
And cries out,
“Come back here.
Bugger creativity.
Prioritise, son!”
À La Mcluhan: Cinqku
À LA McLUHAN
Writing
In white ink
On white paper
Made what she had to say
Quite clear
Poet’s Morning
POET’S MORNING
Sipping early tea
Savouring another’s words
Fresh inspiration
Old farmer ploughs his meadow
Rich tang of freshly turned soil
Another Another
ANOTHER ANOTHER
Reaching out for …
… no response
Left in limbo
Hung out to dry
Fed on assumptions
Clutching at straws
Mighty thin gruel
Sans nourishment
The best? … Insufficient
While not at all sure of
Understanding the rules
(A longstanding habit)
A kindly silver lining
When the smoke clears
When the pain has dulled
A poem lurking in there
