Tag Archives: poetry

Post It Note Poetry #10 – Untitled

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Untitled

When my fears

become a turning point

for courage

and my doubts

make me believe

I will know what

it is to stand upon

feet of clay

against the

turning tide

Post It Note Poetry #9 – Scavenging

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Scavenging

She throws crusts

to the seagulls

gathers them close

sends the birds scattering

as she runs

kites on invisible strings

the birds return

as though reeled in

to scavenge on what

she feeds them

before she shoos

the birds to the wind

again

     and again

Post It Note Poetry #8 – Modern Art of Convenience

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Modern Art of Convenience

The gallery’s lights

focus his attention;

precise, sharp, clear.

He glances left and right at

the great expanse of art

and views with a critical eye,

studied poise and the artist’s frames.

A tinny voice grates through

the loudspeaker,

“Can I have a price check

from fruit and veg

to register four?”

Post It Note Poetry #7 – Verisimilitude

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Verisimilitude

Fear has a

funny way 

of telling you

you’re wrong.

Which means

you’re probably

right.

Post It Note Poetry #6 – Whispers

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Whispers

the rain whispers

like a lover

delicately caressing

a saturating moistness

of satiated excess

soaking through

the skin

Post It Note Poetry #5 – Lights and Steps

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Lights and Steps

Palm pressed to the pedestrian button

He feels the metronomic blip blip blip

A warning to cease one’s step

He waits for the lights to change

And permission to proceed

Red turns to green

The button vibrates its urgency

He turns

And walks the other way

Post It Note Poetry #4 – The Public Eye

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The Public Eye

The spotlight is an all-seeing eye

Unlidded, unrelenting, unforgiving

Pointing out your faults

For public discussion

The spotlight is me

Post It Note Poetry #3 – Towards Home

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Towards Home

He rounds the bases

Four stepping stones

Four points of the compass

Four corners of the world

Four seasons in one day

Four aces (and a joker)

And the final step

Towards home

Post It Note Poetry #2 – Germination

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Germination

In a tie-dyed dress

The colour of sunflowers

She spins anti-clockwise

and blooms.

Dizzy, she drops.

The bloom folds

In hope of reversing

the day.

Post It Note Poetry #1

Thus, on February 1, Post It Note Poetry commences.

The premise is simple: for the 28 days of February, write a poem on a post it note, take a photo of it and post it on twitter with the hash tag #postitnotepoetry. If you want, post it to your blog, too.

This year I am combining Post It Note Poetry with micropoetry (a maximum of 128 characters, excluding the hash tag). You can see my recent micropoetry posts here on the blog under the Ars Poetica category.

I will post here and update the Post It Note Poetry 2014 page daily. You can see last year’s Post It Note Poetry here.

In Roiling Waves

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In the shallows
my roiling feet
send sediment clouds
of volcanic eruptions.
Are my feet of clay
dissolving
into
the
dust?