Answer Me When I Send Text Messages… (Poem)

Love this opening line from J. Mae Barizo’s poem, Anthelion:

Answer me when I send text messages that make no sense but which
Notate ever so delicately the names of things not said.

Read the full poem as well as other work from this author which appears in the current issue of online alternative poetry journal, ditch.

Two MicroPoems about Two Wasted Girls at a Concert

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 [...]

Sensual Poem – Meadow Again

Meadow Again
by Daniel James Burt
Moon hangs, almost full
pieces of cloud scatter,
glide in soft, summer breeze.
We lay in our meadow
listening to the sound of night
her head nestled on my arm.
Night air made for kissing
dances upon our skin
chilling wherever is damp.
She stirs, quietly calls,
my name hangs on summer eve
floats about our meadow.
She sighs, moves closer
snuggling in, once [...]

Beer Haiku

Beer Haiku Daily is just that – a site featuring a haiku each day having to do with beer and its effects.  For example, here is the entry from last Monday:

That joke from last night
Is even less funny now
Than when you told it.

Great concept; amusing site.  Go check it out now.

Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems

Ann Walters has a poem called Zen and the Art of Knitting Socks which just came out in the anthology, Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems, available at amazon.com. Ann is an amazing poet, and you can see some of her previous work by following the links in these posts:  

Congratulations Ann [...]

If I Won the Lottery – Cute Poem

The only time I play the lottery is out of fear.  If my co-workers all go in on a ticket, I’ll opt in.  I don’t want to be the only fool still drudging away in my little cubicle while everyone else is off vacationing in Tahiti.  I think of it as insurance money.
Even though I [...]

One-Man Poetry Wrestling Show

I’m sorry I missed this because I’m sure I’ll never see anything like it anywhere else.  I’m talking about Jeff Kass’ one-man performance poetry show where he simultaneously wrestles.  One-man wrestling would be interesting enough, but one-man wrestling while reciting poetry?  Priceless.
By day, Kass is a high school creative writing teacher.  He was featured in [...]

I Just Discovered an Amazing Poet – Giselle Di Paolo

Scattered across the globe, in little corners of the world wide web, extraordinarily talented people practice their various crafts, largely unseen and underappreciated, like wild, exotic flowers blooming in a hidden forrest.
Today, I happened to wander across one such gifted soul and her self-named poetry blog, Giselle Di Paolo.  I was both blown away and inspired [...]

Poem – Appalachian Exile

A tsunami of spinning gnats
attack tenderfoots.
Along creek beds, chest bare
to the elements, a man looks at
crawdads scuttling under moss-slick rocks.

The above is an excerpt from Appalachian Exile by Charles Clifford Brooks III, published in the latest edition of the online literary journal, Prick of the Spindle.  Click the first link to read the entire poem.
Brooks [...]

Travel Poems by Little Known Authors

If you’re interest in travel or poetry, read some great travel poems by talented yet obscure authors.