Saw two things at a concert last weekend that were poem-worthy. 1) Really skinny girl (like drugged-out skinny) dancing spastically (like drugged-out dancing) fall on her face. 2) Middle-aged woman bend over, put her hands on the ground, and shake her (huge) butt in the air, then stand up and proceed to smack her own (huge) butt repeatedly.
Thank you, substance [...]
Two MicroPoems about Two Wasted Girls at a Concert
6 Cute and/or Funny Haiku Books You Want to Buy
work is a circus
I trapeze without a net
surrounded by clowns
–Edie Montgomery-Pool
I love haiku, especially when it has a funny or quirky angle. If you’re feeling the love for haiku, too, here is a list of books that might interest you. (These would also make great gifts for that person you know well enough to feel obligated [...]
Goodbye Jay, Hello Conan
As you probably know by now, Jay Leno is leaving The Tonight Show, and Conan will be taking over as host. I love Conan, so this makes me very happy. Jay Leno fans also have something to be happy about–now they won’t have to stay up so late to see him as he’ll be starting a [...]
Dark Poem – I Need You
A poem by moi…
I Need You
by Edie Montgomery-Pool
hold me
until i
suffocate
crush me
leave no bone
unturned
self hatred
is my
savior
but i cannot
destroy
this thing called me
alone
i need you
_______________
(You may reproduce this poem in part or whole, on or in a website, email, podcast, or broadcast; permission for [...]
What is Bromance?
Attention straight males — are you in a bromance? Find out what it is and if you’re doing it right now.
2008 Summer Olympics: The Short Version – The Games in Rhyme
Are the Summer Olympics taking up too much of your time and digital recording space? Want to get right to the nitty gritty? Here are several sports in the 2008 Olympic games, all recapped in 17 words or less. This is a work in progress; I’ll add more as I watch more Olympics.
2008 Summer Olympics [...]
Laguna Sunset (A Poem)
So this poem I wrote has been traveling around on a sticky note for quite some time now, and I figured I’d better post it before I lost it. It’s a Sappho, a vastly underused poetic form that I love for its unique rhythm and that I’m single-handedly trying to make popular again (and when [...]
Untitled Poem
I spent the day with my dad who is very sick. This is kind of a free-form, journal-like, day-in-the-life type poem. Not sure what to call it — suggestions? Let me know if you have any thoughts on the ending, too.
Untitled (for now)
by Edie Montgomery-Pool
I keep thinking of what I’ll do if I find him [...]
Listen
Here’s the other poem I had published in The Advocate. I grew up by the Pacific ocean, and although I get terribly seasick, I’ve always had a love for the ocean (as long as I’m looking at it from the shore!).
Listen
by Edie Montgomery-Pool
Listen!
Lie as still as you can.
Close your eyes -
Feel the grit of the [...]
The Dog Show
This was one of two poems I had published around 1996/1997 in The Advocate, PKA Publications. (I’m still waiting on my author’s copy, though – lol.) I wrote this when I was around 16; it’s a true story about a girl I knew at the time:
The Dog Show
by Edie Montgomery-Pool
Here’s a quaint, although true-to-life story
Of [...]
