Monday, April 23, 2012
non narrative
How do i write a non-narrative poem
See i’ve already blown it using the eye-word in the first line when i vowed not to
How do you begin?
Do you pick a mood, say melancholy?
Sunday evening the epitome of lonely
Especially when alone and the air is gray
House cleaned millet made fingertips stained with beets the wrong shirt purchased because you (i?) felt
Hungry and uncherished on her birthday
Pay attention to the sounds
Do they evoke blank spaces empty beds sweat on the sheets
Industrial edges of the city skateboard boys scrawled on walls
There is a vague recollection of sun and strawberries flavored like mint though no one else seems to think so
Daughter blossoming every which way tiny pink and white collage of clothing I’ll never wear
my eyes hurt maybe his back?
Sometimes you want…what? Sunday evening lonely gray no chocolate lava cake no mojito no sex
How long has it been now?
The narrative always slips in
I want
Everything
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So beautiful. It just perfectly evokes that feeling. Poetry is such a universal language that links us. Your words are so precious!
ReplyDeletelove this one so much! having a similarly lovely Thursday night.
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