I Did Not Tell Death Where I lived I did not tell Death where I lived –But he has found me all the same.I hear his knock upon my doorAnd the calling of my name. My Snapchat settings kept him out.On Instagram I blocked him.Facebook friend requests were spurned –Yet still he keeps on knocking.…
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The Power of a Homophone “Sometimes the powerof a homophonewill just come out of nowhereand hit you –like being struckby a ten ton truck,”articulated Laurie.
On Tender Hooks Let me cut to the cheese:every time you open your mouth,I’m on tender hooks. You charge at the English languagelike a bowl in a china shop.I wish you’d nip it in the butt. On the spurt of the moment,another eggcorn tumbles out.It’s time you gave up the goat. Curve your enthusiasmand don’t…
The Poet Now Standing at Platform 3A The poet now standing at platform 3Ais the delayed 14.30 speaker for the Wits’ End Poetry Festival, calling at: Longwaite; Anguish; Bleakside;Much Wallowing-in-the-Mire; Little Hope; Hangdog Manor; High Dudgeon; Irk; Fuckham; Mope; Doldrum Parkway; Wearyside Central; and Wits’ End. We are sorry to announce this poet is delayed…
Logomachy To say that Damianwas sesquipedalianwould be an understatement for there was no abatementin his capacity for loquacityand not one trace of temerityin his pursuitof verbal dexterity. It was precisely this pompositymixed with verbositywhich made him describeKieran Thomas as “crepuscular”. Kieran Thomas was also more muscular. Damian nursed his black eyeand hoped Kieranmight be struck…
How Hard It Is to Be the Moon How hard it is to be the moon.I hang palely in the sky,while all else shines and sparklesand the shooting stars go by. And on Earth, the useless poetsscribble words in praise of mefor recital by young lovers,gazing moonstruck at the sea. For a time I had…
Late Twentieth-Century Techno-Funk Wake-Up Call Get up.Get on up. Beep. Get up.Get on up. Beep. Threep. Get up.Get on up. Beeeeep. Threeeeep. Stay on the scenelike a fax machine.
Crow’s Day Off Crow woke early.He had a surfeit of worms; the nest was in good repair.The whole day stretched in front of him,like a sweep of clear blue sky. Today, he would take his time.Maybe he wouldn’t head straight to Bob’s to watch the game,but go and hang out in the meadow for a…
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Slow Puncture I’d use every one of them – each tiny symbol / sign –to ‘light up’ my words … and write eye-catching lines:the comma; the colon; the ellipsis; the slash;the question mark; the hyphen; the en and em dash. In stanzas 1-2, it was all there on show(Was there nothing not used? The short…