I love the idea of making a poem out of another book or found words. Here is a poem from Altered Books called Silent Storm You can check out more altered books here
Category Archives: Poetry
Letters Between Lovers (The Things We Leave Unsaid)
Published: April 18, 2011
Letters Between Lovers (The Things We Leave Unsaid) By Ashley Shaw Danny, It is sunny here, But not as warm as expected. Dusty yellow rays bounce off The shiny red paint On my car, But I still shiver. I never realized how Cold it could be In Florida -Leslie Leslie, I, [...]
Maya Angelou wisdom – Phenomenal Woman
Published: April 7, 2011
Phenomenal Woman Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of [...]
How to begin again
Published: March 14, 2011
Unfold uncurl shed your skin Cast if off and begin again new day new life and a new beginning is always found light the day and let it burn brightly to the heart
Online Poem – new
Published: December 8, 2010
Hope you like this poem I wrote for a friend who was dating online: Loved up on the end of your needle I type to you in my head Stories of daily momentary commentary Saying how I miss your face book pain growing how Moment by moment I talk of hope to prick the bubble [...]
Fast Foods: “there is no / Such thing as enough cocaine”
Published: November 24, 2010
“Fast Foods: A Rap Rondeau” by W. D. Snodgrass first appeared in The Atlantic in April, 2003: With fast foods you’ve got to feast since you can’t fast— In next to no time you feel famished, though You’re looking paunchy, fat-haunched and flab-assed And by now the force-fed figure you’ve amassed Hamstrings your frame. Getting [...]
And I Will – Neesha Bremner
Published: November 10, 2010
And I will. by Neesha Bremner And I will wash the dishes. Wipe the bench with due care, sweeping up the rogue suds with my hand to banish them down the drain. Windows will shine like new born souls- vinegar and newspaper is the trick. And then I will stop and be me, apron flung [...]
30 Days of me: Day Thirteen
Published: October 13, 2010
a letter to someone who has hurt you recently This an insult poem I wrote, to someone who hurt me (I’m not divorced by the way, that was just a cool title):
Why I don’t love you
Published: August 30, 2010
A friend posted this on Facebook (thanks Neesha) and it is so good I had to share it straight away … I don’t love you, I don’t want to love you … I want us to be something that is indescribable by just one word
All the Hemispheres
Published: August 26, 2010
All the Hemispheres – Hāfez Leave the familiar for a while. Let your senses and bodies stretch out Like a welcomed season Onto the meadows and shores and hills. Open up to the Roof. Make a new water-mark on your excitement And love. Like a blooming night flower, Bestow your vital fragrance of happiness And [...]
