I am called
to stop you becoming
the icarus girl.
Ladders guessing
just how tall you are.
Hair down like Rapunzel.
[tag word: FIRE AND RESCUE - Chris @Book_Recycling]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
Sunday, 6 November 2011
#83
Whenever it rained, he built a boat.
Demolished the garden shed
lined muddy tools along the sideboard.
They grew bigger. Naval matryoshka.
On the tenth he could drag his dog inside
and force his paws together. They prayed
by the coolbox filled with baked beans.
[tag word: PUDDLE - @bundleofbooks]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
Demolished the garden shed
lined muddy tools along the sideboard.
They grew bigger. Naval matryoshka.
On the tenth he could drag his dog inside
and force his paws together. They prayed
by the coolbox filled with baked beans.
[tag word: PUDDLE - @bundleofbooks]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#82
You want a shoulder tattooed tulip
looking back to time we spent there.
The thick air of autumn cafes
hand in hand with the canal.
[tag word: MILL/HOLLAND - Margriet Gritter @MargrietGritter]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
looking back to time we spent there.
The thick air of autumn cafes
hand in hand with the canal.
[tag word: MILL/HOLLAND - Margriet Gritter @MargrietGritter]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#81
She sold herself as an apple peeler. Unwrapped
green dresses in front of libraries. Bobbing.
In the winter months she carved giant squashes
in the middle of the streets. Climbed inside
their trusting mouths, and waved at passersby.
[tag word: PUMPKIN GIRL - @shoezimm]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
green dresses in front of libraries. Bobbing.
In the winter months she carved giant squashes
in the middle of the streets. Climbed inside
their trusting mouths, and waved at passersby.
[tag word: PUMPKIN GIRL - @shoezimm]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#80
Over Cleadon hills, through grandpa's golf course.
Down the cliffs and caravan sites. The used fireworks
by the cliff railings. The colour-faded flowers.
We pull over near the lighthouse - peer downstairs at the sea.
[tag word: BICYCLE - Nick Ward @nickmward]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
Down the cliffs and caravan sites. The used fireworks
by the cliff railings. The colour-faded flowers.
We pull over near the lighthouse - peer downstairs at the sea.
[tag word: BICYCLE - Nick Ward @nickmward]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#79
Saturday afternoon was the time
to practice roaring. Tuned-in radios
and hand-driven tidal waves.
[tag word: THEATRE OF GOALS - MM @poshpotato]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
to practice roaring. Tuned-in radios
and hand-driven tidal waves.
[tag word: THEATRE OF GOALS - MM @poshpotato]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#78
Before coffins left the workshop
Ankaa was to climb inside.
Fold herself and check the knots
crack her bones along woodwork.
She'd hammer on lids for half a minute
as they locked her in the basement.
They listened over cups of tea
pouring cow milk. Checked
the thickness of the wood
for buried alive screams.
[tag word: BONE FOLDER - Rachel Hazell @bookloverRAH]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
Ankaa was to climb inside.
Fold herself and check the knots
crack her bones along woodwork.
She'd hammer on lids for half a minute
as they locked her in the basement.
They listened over cups of tea
pouring cow milk. Checked
the thickness of the wood
for buried alive screams.
[tag word: BONE FOLDER - Rachel Hazell @bookloverRAH]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#77
December slept / within sealskin boots. / Weather hibernating / inner body clocks. / Frozen egg timers. / Cornflower blue. / Rough bearskin walls.
[tag word: COMPASS - @_Skaski]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
[tag word: COMPASS - @_Skaski]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#76
Before their first date she requested
his biography.
A compelling set of tales
told by girls he had rejected.
[tag word: PERUSE - Jenni Thompson @CircleThinker]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
his biography.
A compelling set of tales
told by girls he had rejected.
[tag word: PERUSE - Jenni Thompson @CircleThinker]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#75
The very best things exist
in only words and night-time sky.
[tag word: MONOCEROS - Steph @BellasBookshelf]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
in only words and night-time sky.
[tag word: MONOCEROS - Steph @BellasBookshelf]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#74
By the end there wasn't much left
words swinging between covers loving hold
pendulum eyes.
[tag word: REDACTED - PL Hughes @karmacrisis]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
words swinging between covers loving hold
pendulum eyes.
[tag word: REDACTED - PL Hughes @karmacrisis]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#73
The way she held
walnuts. Pincered
on Victorian
carousels.
Scissor hands.
Girl nutcracker.
[tag word: LOBSTER Claire King @ckingwriter]
[adapted as Lobster Girl - due to the charity/writer]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
walnuts. Pincered
on Victorian
carousels.
Scissor hands.
Girl nutcracker.
[tag word: LOBSTER Claire King @ckingwriter]
[adapted as Lobster Girl - due to the charity/writer]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#72
It seemed crude the girl
could sing
when she kicked
knees in the playground.
Licking skin off
other girls, like the tops
of boiled eggs.
[tag word: TEACHER - Kayleigh Turner @_itskayleigh]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
could sing
when she kicked
knees in the playground.
Licking skin off
other girls, like the tops
of boiled eggs.
[tag word: TEACHER - Kayleigh Turner @_itskayleigh]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#71
It was his ambition
to split him self in two.
He glued pocket mirrors
to his jacket. He hoped
his second self
would catch reflections
and jump out
of its skin.
[tag word: DOPPELGANGER - Dickon Edwards @Dickon_edwards]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
to split him self in two.
He glued pocket mirrors
to his jacket. He hoped
his second self
would catch reflections
and jump out
of its skin.
[tag word: DOPPELGANGER - Dickon Edwards @Dickon_edwards]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#70
Dancing naked
the pair of them
made live wires out of ivy.
Conducted electricity
through newly
invented veins.
[tag word: GARDEN Mindy Hoyden @mindyhoyden]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
the pair of them
made live wires out of ivy.
Conducted electricity
through newly
invented veins.
[tag word: GARDEN Mindy Hoyden @mindyhoyden]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#69
The angle of our shoes
below umbrella stands.
Our thick December coats.
[tag word: SERENITY - @JenniJMoore]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
below umbrella stands.
Our thick December coats.
[tag word: SERENITY - @JenniJMoore]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#68
As the affection grew, it twisted.
Scissors cutting at the hair she never let
her mother touch. In a cracked pool
beneath the floor boards, she tried
to hang it up in ringlets. She said
I do, whilst he beckoned to her
finger nails, her fingers - her limbs
opening paper envelopes. Deliver us
from sin. Deliver me whole
in part and apart. Deliver us.
When she wrote home in blood
it was to request they send a dowry.
Love you mum; it's nice here.
Though there aren't many windows.
[tag word: STOCKHOLM [syndrome] - Scott Pack @meandmybigmouth]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
Scissors cutting at the hair she never let
her mother touch. In a cracked pool
beneath the floor boards, she tried
to hang it up in ringlets. She said
I do, whilst he beckoned to her
finger nails, her fingers - her limbs
opening paper envelopes. Deliver us
from sin. Deliver me whole
in part and apart. Deliver us.
When she wrote home in blood
it was to request they send a dowry.
Love you mum; it's nice here.
Though there aren't many windows.
[tag word: STOCKHOLM [syndrome] - Scott Pack @meandmybigmouth]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#67
The potato fields are waterlogged. Our woollen sweaters
stretching to our knees as we push the wheels. The towns
are way behind us - far-flung. The artery roads closed down.
On the way over we ignored the dead birds littering
the pavements. Saw an arm or two scratching
at artilleries of dustbins. Back in the day those
had been our shields, now germs clinging to our knuckles.
[tag word: MIASMA - Claire Marriott @buckswriter]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
stretching to our knees as we push the wheels. The towns
are way behind us - far-flung. The artery roads closed down.
On the way over we ignored the dead birds littering
the pavements. Saw an arm or two scratching
at artilleries of dustbins. Back in the day those
had been our shields, now germs clinging to our knuckles.
[tag word: MIASMA - Claire Marriott @buckswriter]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#66
Three fixed stars, totally invisible. This is the way
we are now. Groping along the bed lamps.
Lying down on concrete floors.
Kidding ourselves we're fibre optics
with many moons.
[tag word: GALILEO - Simon Barraclough @EssBarraclough]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
we are now. Groping along the bed lamps.
Lying down on concrete floors.
Kidding ourselves we're fibre optics
with many moons.
[tag word: GALILEO - Simon Barraclough @EssBarraclough]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
#65
They gravitated towards the fire. Not just
for warmth, or the smell of turkey,
but because secretly they'd
quite like to push each other in.
[tag word: CHRISTMAS - @amylfc]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
for warmth, or the smell of turkey,
but because secretly they'd
quite like to push each other in.
[tag word: CHRISTMAS - @amylfc]
100 Poem Challenge: writing 100 poems in a weekend to raise money for EEC International.
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