Tag: poetry
member name: Charlotte Babb Maven-Fairy Godmother
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November 03, 2007 10:58 PM EDT --
Rivers of blood
streaming From my wrists
as I spin in the living room
A spurting dervish
Writes lines on the walls
That I won’t . . .
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August 24, 2007 10:37 PM EDT --
Hansel and Gretel
You know they killed my sister
Those two smiling, towheaded demons
Roasted her alive, picked her bones dry
Killed their mother – slow poison
Nearly got the father too . . .
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August 24, 2007 10:43 PM EDT --
For Mae
Only daughter
Of an only daughter
Of the first dead daughter
Of the clan
Mother of an only daughter
One who carries
The beautiful face of
Her great grandmother
One with almost . . .
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August 27, 2007 12:13 AM EDT --
Big Feet
Wet mud squirting up through my toes,
Splashing the puddle up to my nose
Huge Feet
Standing on one foot, posed like a tree.
Nobody balances better than me
. . .
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August 30, 2007 11:47 PM EDT --
What can I share with you
O, My Sisters
That will not
Make your eyes roll
. . .
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August 24, 2007 10:29 PM EDT --
all the plants
in my terrarium
are plastic
as are the rocks
the gravel and
the polypropylene hammock
where I sleep
after someone feeds me and
changes my water
through the winter
I have . . .
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August 27, 2007 12:17 AM EDT --
TV Hero
I want everyone to see me when I show up.
When grownups squat to ask, I just reply,
“I want to be on TV when I grow up.”
I’ll be dressed in red from my big . . .
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August 24, 2007 09:31 PM EDT --
Coupe special deluxe
Granddad's car bought new
After the war
Fat fendered,
Chrome crusted,
She looks like she’s flying
When she’s standing still
Heavy Metal.
. . .
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August 24, 2007 10:36 PM EDT --
Mall shooter claims Muzak drove her to Madness. Film at 11.
Mel-o-dy on mel-o-dy
Drops of water rip-ple-ing
Ech-o-ing through canyons of my brain
My syn-ap-ses crack-ul-ing
With each . . .
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August 26, 2007 10:13 PM EDT --
Prisoners shuffle
Their belly chains swing, cutting
Against straight lines
Linoleum shines
Skin over poured concrete
That supports the bars
Yet another curve:
Above the straight . . .
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September 23, 2007 07:43 PM EDT --
In a cold marble hall
hangs a gold-plated plaque
inscribed with
The Rules of Poetry
overwritten with
Spray-painted graffiti
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August 31, 2007 08:15 PM EDT --
A spirit separates from AllMother to take on a body, perhaps to learn a new lesson
A fetus separates from her mother’s womb, telling it to push her out into life.
An infant discovers her . . .
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