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Poem: Will i see you?

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Poem: Will i see you?

Will i see you today? Behind your skin? Through a hastily rolled up window and averted gaze at a traffic light? Over that high and mightily barbed wired electricity-generating fence? Through the veneer of your class distinction? Peeking nervously out from behind that oh-so-hipster handlebar moustache? Through the tears? Behind the laughter? LOL Will i see you underneath the weight of those plastic environment-destroying bags? On the other side of that quinoa-and-lime salad wrap? Behind [...]

By brettfish|2018-01-03T07:40:12+02:00January 2nd, 2018|inspire-ations, poems and other creativity|4 Comments

A poem: On Point

On Point “I didn’t do it,” she said, as she pointed at someone else’s parent’s parents. “I didn’t do it, “he said, “and I have NEVER used that word.” “We didn’t do it,” they loudly declared, as they counted out the coins to pay the lady who was busy raising their children. “I didn’t do it,” she said as she gestured towards her black boyfriend who she had decided to name ‘Justice’ because [...]

By brettfish|2016-01-25T11:06:43+02:00January 25th, 2016|challenging thorts, poems and other creativity, South Africa, things to wrestle with, tricky things|0 Comments

Micropoem: Stop the Noise

stop the noise sometimes when you don't have anything to say the very best way to acknowledge that is to keep your fingers from typing any words [For more of my shorter Micropoems, click here]

By brettfish|2015-08-31T10:25:30+02:00August 31st, 2015|challenging thorts, poems and other creativity|1 Comment

Micropoem: the alchemist

the alchemist i watch through my window and the rain as you dig through my trash to somehow discover your treasure [For more of my shorter poems, click here]

By brettfish|2015-08-04T11:10:02+02:00August 4th, 2015|inspire-ations, pain and Hope, poems and other creativity|1 Comment

NaPoWriMo: Day 9 – Calligram

[Our prompt for the day (optional, as always) plays of our resources. Today, I challenge you to write a visual poem. If that’s not specific enough, perhaps you can try your hand at a calligram? That’s a poem or other text in which the words are arranged into a specific shape or image.] Waterless a drop of water might seem to be inconsequential but in these times of incessant drought even one single solitary drop [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-11T09:44:13+02:00April 11th, 2015|poems and other creativity|0 Comments

NaPoWriMo: Day 8 – Palinode

[And now, without further ado, our prompt (optional as always) for Day Eight: today I challenge you to write a palinode. And what’s that? It’s a poem in which the poet retracts a statement made in an earlier poem.] It has always been you It has been claimed This by myself In previous Aubade, That coffee was The thing i dreamt of When in bed i laid However, when my wife it read She was [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-10T10:08:59+02:00April 10th, 2015|and other animals., poems and other creativity|0 Comments

NaPoWriMo: Day 5 – Emily Dickinson

[National Poetry Writing Month - composing a poem a day based on a prompt - Find an Emily Dickinson poem – preferably one you’ve never previously read - and take out all the dashes and line breaks. Make it just one big block of prose. Now, rebreak the lines. Add words where you want. Take out some words. Make your own poem out of it!] I, not Death, stood up it was not death. I [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-06T14:42:27+02:00April 6th, 2015|poems and other creativity|0 Comments

NaPoWriMo: Day 4 – Love

[And now for today’s prompt. Love poems are a staple of the poetry scene. But because so many love poems have been written, there are lots of clichés. Fill your poems with robins and hearts and flowers, and you’ll sound more like a greeting card than a bard. So today, I challenge you to write a “loveless” love poem. Don’t use the word love! And avoid the flowers and rainbows.] word unspoken the unwashable grease stains [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-05T17:22:59+02:00April 5th, 2015|love and chocolate, poems and other creativity|0 Comments

NaPoWriMo: Day 3 – catchup: Fourteener

And now, for our optional prompt! Today I challenge you to write a fourteener. Fourteeners can be have any number of lines, but each line should have fourteen syllables. Given the day, i decided to go for an Eastery theme: Easter, in fourteen beats An air of doom and gloom has descended upon the earth Friday night's unfortunate events made Saturday tough People dull-faced like zombies trying to take it all in Listening for but [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-05T08:16:52+02:00April 5th, 2015|God stuff, poems and other creativity|0 Comments