I often start with a phrase or an image in a poem - let it bleed from there. Two such phrases:
my memory will waste its sweetness alwayson misallocation of my senses
I ran my tongue along my hard crownsabout an hourbefore I decidedto spend the springrunning with dogs in the park.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:46 (three years ago) link
That should have read two such phrases/images.
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― System, Saturday, 13 February 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
Voted.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 13 February 2021 00:27 (three years ago) link
Also voted
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 13 February 2021 02:06 (three years ago) link
As always, I hope for more than 11 total votes cast, which is the number of poets who posted poems. But, this is mainly a convocation of our peers and that's fine, too.
― Compromise isn't a principle, it's a method (Aimless), Saturday, 13 February 2021 02:42 (three years ago) link
last chance
― Compromise isn't a principle, it's a method (Aimless), Saturday, 13 February 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
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― System, Sunday, 14 February 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
✓
― scampsite (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 February 2021 00:03 (three years ago) link
nice distribution of votes. you love to see it.
― Compromise isn't a principle, it's a method (Aimless), Sunday, 14 February 2021 00:07 (three years ago) link
But always the saints wereelsewhere just then,or I'd have noticed them standing about.
Voted Looking for Saints and this bit was the clincher
― or something, Sunday, 14 February 2021 00:44 (three years ago) link
Thanks for putting together, Aimless!
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Sunday, 14 February 2021 01:58 (three years ago) link
We poets must have our fun, too.
― Compromise isn't a principle, it's a method (Aimless), Sunday, 14 February 2021 02:27 (three years ago) link
Might starting planning for next years now, writing directly into the add a post field has proven not to be a vote winner
― scampsite (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 February 2021 02:47 (three years ago) link