SONNET TO A SONGWRITER I decided to write a sonnet to the so-often unsung heros of music, the composers, or songwriters. I tried put words to the process of creating a song, or what I would imagine the process would be like. This is a Shakespearean sonnet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of…
Category: poetry
All Hail King Joffrey
All hail King Joffrey with plump rotten fruit All hail King Joffrey Small hands tight suit * World acclaim King Joffrey Broad mauler extraordinare World acclaim King Joffrey Bloated gut, combover hair * Bow down to King Joffrey For he holds the prize Bow down to King Joffrey Of world’s bullies least wise *…
tender goes the night
Earthrise, taken by astronaut, William Anders, on 12/24/68 Tender goes the night stealing like black velvet along the globe’s curves.
hollowed halls
image link The Word Challenge of the Day is shambles. Fandango’s FOWC is treasure. Today’s offering was inspired by Fandango’s post today, which can be found here. Halls of Learning where treasures that are young minds are shaped are in shambles Breaking the backs of the teacher’s unions Privatizing all other school services…
From Cycle to Chaos
image 1 link image 2 link Fandango’s One-Word Prompt today is cycle. Today’s offering is a diamante. Cycle circular, patterned seasoning, repeating, unvarying consistent, sensible, incomprehensible, inconsistent frightening, consuming, fatiguing whirling, disordered chaos
Townes VanZandt –Magic of the Ordinary
image link “Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things And the only words that are worth remembering.” ~ Townes Van Zandt * “I don’t envision a long life for myself.Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y’know?I’ve designed it that way.” ~ Townes Van Zandt Townes started out…
They Say…
image link They say hearts are meant to be broken. They say once broken it’s tougher than before. They say if you don’t love, your heart will turn to stone. You’ll curl up into a corner, wither, and die. They are talking about romantic love. They are talking about erotic love. * Go out there,…
