Tagged: poetry
Fallout
- by admin
Nobody ever tells you about
the collateral damage of a nuclear relationship
the people caught in the fallout
contaminated by our black rain.
How did we not know
the levels of toxicity in the air
burning us up from the inside-out?
As we walked hand in hand, oblivious
we left our Geiger counters at home.
Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick.
People we once knew now exist only
as shadow versions of themselves
seared into our brittle bones
their outlines are visible
but we can’t see their insides
their burned-out pinks and reds.
They say that the hurt will decay exponentially
we’ll lose it like deciduous teeth
while we wait out our half-life in shelters
secretly doubting the halving thickness.
In the aftermath
we measure our heartbreak in roentgens
wandering our personal wastelands
toxic ash in our mouths
hearts in decay.
I like to think that I have a way with words
- by admin
because I write a lot here and elsewhere and have a secret poetry blog and leave notes lying around wherever I go.
It fascinates me how we can use words to communicate so much, sometimes with so little.
Which is why a weekend date to the Winnipeg Spoken Word Festival seemed like the perfect thing for yr girl.
We caught the final evening of the festival on the Saturday and got to see Isaac Bond, Shayna Stock, Greg “Ritallin” Frankson, Mary Pinkoski, Nereo II and Buddy Wakefield (though the dude who really stole the show was the dude who MC)
and I wasn't sure what to expect at first because honestly I'd never really seen any spoken word performed besides that poem from "So I Married an Ax Murderer".
and what it turned out to be was funny and powerful and moving in ways that I hadn't expected.
I laughed and got teary and smiled and felt uncomfortable once or twice and sometimes I felt like my heart was going to explode.
which is what good words should do
move yr soul.
I Don't Have a Problem With Jesus, It's His Friends I Don't Like
- by admin
a collection of poems* by Alyson S.An open letter to Gov. Perry
Dear governor Rick
please stop calling to Jesus
it's scaring people
Plural Marriage
What's wrong with polygamy?
I can't seem to find the cause
people say that it's immoral
and pass all sorts of laws
the restrict the rights of second wives
and third, and fourth, and fifth
try to brush it underneath the rug
like plural marriage is a myth
seems like things would be better
if we legalized their rights
they wouldn't have to live on compounds
which are pretty scary sights
Mormons, they seem pretty strange
other people can't abide
they say "my religion says that yours is wrong"
and don't want to coincide
but having one wife is hard enough
the last time that I checked
so maybe we should mind our own
and give the husband more respect.
Converting - a Limerick
There once was a young man from Sens
who tried to convert all his friends
he tried and he tried
and insulted their pride
and they left him alone in the end
Jehovas
Look out the window
men with bibles at the door
No, not answering
*I'm fully aware that my poetry skills are sub-par
