The apple

   This is an assignment for The Poetry Dance Hall.



                        it
                         is
                  always     the same
                 blaming me blaming you
                for something that never
                 really happened at all
                 see, here's the thing
                  snakes  do not talk
                   and fruit doesn't
                    impart anything
                       magical  or
                         tragic


tags:Poetry, Poetry Dance

No net

   The latest poetry dance© is a 'nonet.' According to ShadowPoetry.com, "...a nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line seven syllables, etc... until line nine that finishes with one syllable. It can be on any subject and rhyming is optional." Here are my nonets.

A Walk In The Woods

Early November trees are barren.
It has not yet begun to snow.
The leaf covered forest path
Leads hither and thither
Among silent trunks.
On occasion,
A late leaf
Flutters
Down.


For Pamela - Just one girl's head noise

How do relationships form across
These vast gulfs of empty ether?
We know each other by words;
A page full, flickering
Across my glasses
After midnight.
There's something
In my
Eye.

One word poem

   Remember that one word meme that ran through J-land a few months ago? you know the one, where everybody was invited to leave a one word comment describing the journal owner? I have taken the one word comments from my journal, and put them here in the form of a poem. Other than spacing out the nouns to end each stanza, I have left the the adjectives in the order I received the comments. So, it was pretty much you guys who wrote this one.


One Word

Brilliant
Pedantic
Cryptic
Interesting
Mandarin

Honest
Urbane
Perspicacious
Unpredictable
Canadian

Cute
Handsome
Charming
Fair-minded
Enigma

Humble
Witty
Sarcastic
Knowledgeable
A pain

Judicious
Studley
Deep
Ornery
Paradox

Lucky
Interesting
Laidback
Nice
Paul