The Professor has challenged us once again! (Just to Say... Heather McGrail) I love challenges, but this one threw me a little off. I personally find this William Carlos Williams poetic format illogical, yet it is frustratingly addictive as I attempted to fill the mold. I failed often, lost sleep...wondered why the Amish make the best mint tea... Yeah. Well, here it done went:
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
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Guiltless?
Guiltless?
I then tossed
the pit
in the yard
without guilt
Thinking
ecologically
it is
not litter
Some squirrel
I reasoned it out
would grab
and eat it
To David, my childhood friend...
I remember
the days
we spent in
those summers
and you
sober and cheerful
living
for life
Forgive me
if I’m lost in thoughts
of you
once so free
SMULP!
We have
eaten
smulp eht
that were
in
the cargo
and which
the space
colonists
needed
to survive
Forgive us
ni tsol si pihs ruo
reversed
dimension
Orange Man
They would
elect
the fraud
disguised
as
their
Savior
who will
send the
brown ones back
saving
the union
Ignorant
racebaiting
asshole
so wrong
and so rash
Dreams
I just gave you
|
I felt a warmth
|
a kiss
|
a kiss
|
as you slept
|
as I dreamed
|
in our bed
|
in our bed
|
of which
|
of which
|
you were probably
|
I had wished was real
|
annoyed
|
annoyed
|
to wake you
|
to not know
|
Forgive me
|
So I woke
|
If I ruined dreams
|
relieved to feel you
|
of love
|
so close
|
somewhere else
|
forever
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Imitations are strangely addicting and difficult. Nicely done.
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