This sijo was written for the One Single Impression prompt this week (“rest”). Enjoy.
-Nicole
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empty mannequins animated by external fire -
the search for success, a whip-cracking bitch denying them rest
it finally shoves them, still wearing their suits, into soft earth graves
Written 7/20/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
This was written for the Simply Snickers prompt this week – to use the words “sacred”, “secrets”, “self”, and “scorned”. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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I write poems about my heros, my heroines,
perhaps in vain, because I don’t know if
they will ever read or hear them;
but I do it anyway, because aside from
God, without them, I would be a deaf-mute
unable to laugh, cry, sing, or scream out
the contents of my soul,
so I cannot help but sing my out my love
and gratitude -
and now, it is your turn.
I don’t know if the Universe will
ever bring these words to your eyes or ears;
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This American Sentence was written for the Monday Mural prompt at Poefusion. Enjoy.
-Nicole
Birds perch and peer at us, perplexed by our need to notate song in notes.
Written 7/20/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
