Data packets direct silent words to digital destinations.
Written 6/29/08
© 2008. Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Monthly Archives: June 2008
American Sentence #1
I discovered American Sentences on the blogs of Scot Young and Nathan Moore. The American Sentence is a poetic form created by the late Allen Ginsberg. According to the American Sentences website, they are “haiku-length poems that Allen suggested be limited to 17 syllables, like haiku in Japanese and like the Heart Sutra in Buddhism”. Inspired by Scot and Nathan, I will start composing and posting American Sentences here on Raven’s Wing Poetry. For your reading pleasure this week, I give you American Sentence #1:
Souls connect through fiber optic conduits carrying silent words.
Written 6/27/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
You Want This
This was written for the Friday Five Prompt at Poefusion. This week’s words were: doctor, roll of film, secret, telephone, and stairwell. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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You want this. You want this secret burning
connection as badly as I do. In
the stairwell we dampen this shared yearning
with looks saturated with words, unspoken –
Continue reading
Summer, 1995
This was written for the “Summer” prompt at Totally Optional Prompts. I thought I would try a cinquain form for this one. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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Summer
brought to me its
heavy heat and blurred smells
swimming through the thick, humid ocean
of air. Continue reading
Stranger
This was written for both this week’s Three Word Wednesday Prompt (the words: shake, spontaneous, and rumor) and as a second poem for the “questionable” prompt over at Writer’s Island. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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lithe
fine-boned
ethereal blond stranger Continue reading
Thank You, George
George Carlin by J.M. DeSantis
George Carlin
May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008
NOTE: For this poem, I have no problem if anyone wishes to take and use it. All I ask is that you let me know and state that I am the author. See my contact info for more details.
-Nicole
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You who made
us laugh,
friend – Continue reading
Subway Art
This poem is for Poefusion’s Monday Mural, written as a Spenserian sonnet. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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I try to decode the mysterious
message written in the half-random lines Continue reading
After the Rain
This was written for the Simply Snickers prompt this week – write a poem with the words “day” and “discover”. I chose a tanka. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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day after rainstorm
trees destroyed, branches broken
the rains missed a rose
I discover it, upright
defiant to the storm’s winds
Written 6/22/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
A T C G
This was written for the One Single Impression prompt (Melody). Here is my take on the prompt, written as a pantoum. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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A T C G
four notes to compose
every organic living thing
cellular symphonies Continue reading
The Dark Knight
This was written off of a prompt on Scott Woods’ live journal – write a poem using the words “piecemeal”, “gallery”, “submission”, and “belt”. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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The young orphaned boy grew into a man
forever in submission to sorrow and a
bright burning anger. His servitude was Continue reading
Dichotomy
This was written for a Writer’s Island prompt, “Questionable” and was inspired by this post on the Diva Muse’s blog about the term MILF. Enjoy.
-Nicole
Why
is female
sexuality a division, Continue reading
Roses
This was written for two of this week’s Writer’s Island prompts (Coercion and Awakening) and was inspired by this post on The Diva Muse’s Blog (allthingsbootylicious.com) as well as experiences from my own adolescence. I wrote this in a hay(na)ku chain. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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Roses
don’t open
before their time; Continue reading
