all human we are all fools all believe something which if we were suddenly pressed we would deny quickly or slowly slink away we are all heretics holding onto one secret thought which would make us outcasts we all wish for one thing with all our hearts which, if it came true would leave us wishing for something better we all forgive as little as possible and only if we think we'll get something in [...]
Heidi Segal selects the poem 'Father William' by Lewis Carroll and invites Erik [with a K] to give it his best: https://youtu.be/jPVGAADuO8s Did that deeply move you in places you didn't even know you had places? What poem would you entrust Erik [with a K] with if you were given the opportunity? [For more of the classics read by Erik [with a K] in his special way, click here]
closed your words tell me you are listening but your manner suggests to me you have already decided what you are going to hear [For more of my Micropoems, click here]
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]
Amy Benn requests the poem 'Timothy Winters' by Charles Causley and Erik [with a K] gives it his best shot: [For more poems with Erik with a K, click here]
i took a step as if to change the world but was arrested by the reflection in the mirror calling for me to go first [For my next poem, titled 'in competence', click here]
i dial your number hoping this time will be different but that elevator music is playing once more [For more of my Micropoetritic attempts, click here]
i have been well inspired by my new friend Original Dante who has an exceptional gift at writing Micropoetry to try put together some of my own. i have no idea how he manages to fit SO MUCH into so few words which has clearly always been a problem of mine and so maybe tackling some Micropoetry will help me in general to write more using less. So here goes - these are the Micropoems [...]
i recently discovered the incredibly gifted Dante who writes incredible micro poetry on his blog, Original-Dante. Thinking my poetry would definitely err on the macro side we decided to do a collaboration and use the same title to inspire two different poems and so here is my offering: THOUGHTS FROM THE BLENDER i gaze into the mirror and the person staring back at me is not you i cast my eyes across to your face [...]
Just got back from an incredibly insane week with Creekside Church youth on Houseboats on Lake Shasta and had some time while i was there to stick some words together: To Church why run after what you can simply choose to be? oasis of mirage in a sun-drenched desert dessert of list-filled proportions served to you on an already full to bursting stomach. teasing... trying to slip the mask of your face over your face [...]