Poetry's Younger Brother
My #10 for National Poetry Month
if i have to write pretty today
i might scream, pull out my hair
and yell obscenities into the wind
let it carry them
to the next town over.
rain pounds, pushes at soil
that gives way every time.
i push at thoughts
that i usually push
under blankets.
it is a gut thing, tangled,
housed between my toes
and my breath.
it is a chemical chord
tied deep in flesh, this
synesthesia, seeing words as colors
spill across a page
falling into some design
like Yahtzee dice falling out of cups,
control is illusory.
© 2017 Audrey Howitt
Comments
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I do too Flourish--and I write a lot of that kind--but sometimes I find that people like the "pretty" stuff more--sigh
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Sometimes, the pretty stuff makes me want to spit nails Mike--Thank you!
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Thank you Bill!
Audrey.....It's really just all that youthful, positive energy within, fighting and kicking to flow from you, into the world. Of course you must express it and your readers love it when you do!! Paula
Most creative. I see Audrey that your muses are taking you on different poetic journeys. Mine are too and I enjoy seeing what they come up with all the time. Looking forward to your next.
Deep thoughts exquisitely phrased. Beautiful and meaningful.
Some days I feel I have no control, writing through them, as you say, helps elevate the stress. Another thought provoking write...
The last two lines are brilliant! I want to steal them and use them in several novels...they are that brilliant!
Hi Audrey - 'if i have to write pretty today' - what a great line
Audrey, I can feel your angst. If I had committed to write a poem every day I'd be pulling out my hair (what little I have left). Good job.
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Hi Rachel--yes--I am a restless soul by nature--and most of the time, I deal with it in a good way--sometimes, it interferes with what I do--and lately, I have been exceptionally restless
Hi Audrey, I was in bed and that is almost how I felt. It had to get up. I felt very restless and when I read your poem, it reminded me of that restless feeling. Is that what you meant?
You are so good with words.
Blessings to you.
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You are right-I don't shy away from those moments threekeys--I try to write my way through them
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Thank you manatita!
Indeed! Beautiful as always!
Poetry is about the whole gammut of our emotions. Good to see you don't shy away from those moments that try you.
I love poems filled with angst, frustration or intensity.
I love the Yahtzee dice falling out of cups. Another good write, Audrey.
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