Stories tagged poem

In Our America

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If I floated about this coffee cafe,Like a spirit, just watching.In this room of framed fake memories,A room of ambient light, marketing to the masses,(It works; it gets 'em in the doors.)If I floated, I'd seeThese people sitting—eating, drinking, sipping, typing,…

Aftermath

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They waited not a moment longer than was necessary But moved right in and Began their loathsome ch

For Dejan S. & Bob V. & Gordy B.

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Put blisters on your fingers and Put plasters on your head but Put peppers on your privates and You’ll wish that you were dead!

The Watcher

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the dark brown cloaked warden stands on his lofty perch

Trio of Found Poems

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Paper Bird, Devotchka, TV On The Radio

I type her name into Google.

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I type her name into Google, I browse through the pages of entries, but they're not about her, of course.

How?

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The poet paused Pen poised in hand A wrinkle on his brow He’d but to rhyme the final verse The only problem How?

Ready

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Kudzu obscures the gate where jasmine bloomed last summer.

haikunews

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Navy depends on dolphins to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. Comment: We’re in trouble.

Animal shelter

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Lie awake in the night without night and the Monday comes

Ohio Man Charged with Drunken Driving on Motorized Barstool

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A man in Watchupecka, OH, was charged Wednesday night with drunken driving in heavy traffic in downtown Watchupecka when he failed to stop for a red light.

A Desperate Tweak

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I have two of those hand exercisers jamming the tray and keeping it locked in place

Confidence

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one day the words will form an order, one day the words will make a rhyme, one day the words will make a meaning

Maths class

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There is a hole in my ear hair And it points the way to god The anatomical construction of my drinking sessions Is irrelevant

Flora and Fauna

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So, I’m sitting here Admiring the girls Flora and Fauna Eat Love Pray, My Ass Chew Lick Suck Is more like it