Post Tagged with: "poem"

“The Joke” by Tracie Pascoe-Lark

“The Joke” by Tracie Pascoe-Lark

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT/PHOTO  Girl walks in to a bar: Mouldy ceiling, sticky floor Broken mic, hormones galore Fluro lights, smoky faces Man in the corner dealing aces. The darkness awakens you. Now they know your name You’ve played the game You’ve built a bed in the sticky nest […]

“This New Dawning” by Mark Scheel, Shawnee Mission, KS

“This New Dawning” by Mark Scheel, Shawnee Mission, KS

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call   New York September 2001 And what do we now know? That “Godzilla movies” after all possessed a dark, portentous truth? That candlelight, acapella voices and a breeze lofting the flag can make you cry? That wrestling ghosts is […]

“A Quiet Day at School” by Michael Aaron Casares, Austin, TX

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call I was a sophomore. It was after first period, my second period class was also homeroom and lunch was next so the T.V. was playing in every classroom from that point on. As we all watched CNN, FOX or […]

“9/11” by Carmen James

“9/11” by Carmen James

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call Somewhere ~ Song Somewhere Something’s breaking down Tears flow From a crying town. Motors roar overhead People Turn Eyes Wide Gaping Mouths Planes Crash Into sturdy souls Flames leap out of Black holes People bound to death People burn […]

“A Little Perspective” by Helen Steadman, England

“A Little Perspective” by Helen Steadman, England

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call Charred flesh hung heavy in the air all year. The corpses rolled and fell into the pit. Were there living things underneath the dead – sinking, stinking in mass graves? On hot pyres? Despite the carnage, the disease was […]

“Wine Harvest” by Kevin O’Shea, Galway

“Wine Harvest” by Kevin O’Shea, Galway

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call We found a dish of crumble and a bottle of wine unlabeled on an outside table. After unpacking, we toasted our benefactor as the sunset burst on long drills of lavender. Deaf to the harmony of wily old reds […]

“New World” by Annemarie Timmons, Overland Park, Kansas

“New World” by Annemarie Timmons, Overland Park, Kansas

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call Broken life’s, death and destruction, caused our hearts to beat as one. Could it be Great Spirit’s guiding a new earth that just begun? Not in judgment some great Being sits above, keeps man apart. It’s a New World, […]

“Dreams” by Ronnie Rae, Marias sur Seine, France

“Dreams” by Ronnie Rae, Marias sur Seine, France

topic: DREAMS medium: TEXT as shared at an event in Marias sur Seine   a small boy comes to me i know him he is the wrong age his hair is yellow and the eyes are deep brown brown like mine he has visited me as I sleep many times […]

“Eleanor of Aquitane” by Caro and Nick, Paris

“Eleanor of Aquitane” by Caro and Nick, Paris

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as shared at an event  themed “Royalty” The bright, beautiful duchess of Aquitaine Was married to the king of the Franks, and then They went off to crusade, Coward Louis, dismayed, Was forced to come back to France again The marriage of Ella and […]