This Fib chain was written for the Monday Mural prompt at Poefusion. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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a
face
forms in
fingerprints
my fingers form you
pixelated grayscale wonder
who
are
you, this
face coming
out of my mind to
stare at me from paper, wordless?
I
probe
for the
mysteries
behind your silent
eyes, paintbrushes, and collapsed spine
Written 8/31/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
“Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday August 14, 2008 @ 2:00 pm PDT/5:00 pm EDT
Call in and read your poetry, open mic style. No content or style restrictions. Share details about your local poetry community with our listeners. We want to hear you!
Our Live events are hosted through BlogTalk Radio and can be accessed during the event by visiting http://blogtalkradio.com/psh and clicking on the “Click to Listen” button.
You can listen to the shows through your web browser as well as call in and ask questions live through by dialing (646) 716-7362 during the live broadcast.”
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Literally, poets from all over the world have read on these broadcasts. You know yours truly will be dialing in and reading. I encourage any poet who wants to and who can read to join in!
To check out Poetry Super Highway or find out more, visit:
http://poetrysuperhighway.com/PoetLinks.html
It’s about that time again..Writer’s Block Poetry is holding their First Draft Night on Friday, September 19th at 8:00 P.M. at Kafe Kerouac!
The featured poet is none other than WB’s own Joanna Schroeder. There will also be an open mic during the show. This exciting poetry night is for NEW POETRY ONLY – stuff that has *never* been read in public before – so come out to hear great new poetry or to read your OWN never before performed work! Cover is $3.
What: Writer’s Block First Draft Night
When: Friday, September 19th @ 8:00 P.M.
Where: Kafe Kerouac, 2250 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43201
Why: Come out to hear the feature and read your OWN new work!
Cover: $3
This was written before I knew about the latest prompt on Rick Mobbs’ blog, “Mine Enemy Grows Older” (ironically, written the same day he posted the prompt). I looked at what I’d already written and found…that it paired up with Mr. Mobbs’ work, “supernatural bridge” (pictured above) well. So here is my poem for the prompt, in all its raw glory. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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GIVE ME THAT FUCKING MICROPHONE. Let me tell you a story. Let me entertain you. Let me make you think. Let me make you cry. Let me make you laugh.
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From my e-mail:
“After the success of our debut show in our new home last week, how can
you not come see what the hype is all about?
We’re right back at it with an Open Mic and another Slam that to
quailify to go to the Individual World Poetry Slam.
After hearing about last week, you don’t want to miss this week’s show.
Urban Spirit Coffee Shop (Loft)
893 E Long St
Columbus, OH 43219
1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month, 8p-11p.
Doors open @ 7:30p.
$5 admission, $4 w/ a student ID.
$2 off admission if you show up before 8pm”
Soooooo…..that means the next show is this Tuesday, September 2. I was at their first show back in July and I loved it, and I will be at this one too. Come on out and see some awesome night of poetry!
For more info, check out: http://www.myspace.com/writingwrongspoetryslam
This hay(na)ku chain was written for One Single Impression Prompt #27: Spectacle. If you don’t know about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (known probably better as the “Amritsar Massacre” in the West), you can read about it here.
-Nicole
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scattered
bodies and
cries of anguish
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This was written for Read Write Poem Prompt #42: Catch Some Words. I actually had composed this early this morning, before I even knew about the prompt…..
I had come across the poem “Abortion Stories” when reading a book of Jim Morrison’s poetry…and then found out that the words later became The Doors’ song, “Peace Frog”. These are the words that caught me:
“Indians scattered on a dawn’s highway bleeding,
ghosts crowd the young child’s fragile eggshell mind.”
From there, I was inspired to write “Nightmare”. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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(for J. Morrison)
You were five.
This was when they still called you “Jimmy”.
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Saturday, September 6:
Poetry In the Park will be holding its monthly summer show on Saturday, September 6, 2008. Music will begin at 6:45 P.M., and the featured poet, Kathleen Burgess, will perform at 7:30 P.M. An open mic will follow.
The event takes place at Goodale Park at the corner of Buttles Avenue and Park Street in Columbus, OH.
Please keep in mind that if attend, you can bring a picnic dinner, but you will also need to bring your own seating (i.e. chairs or blankets).
For more details, visit Poetry in The Park’s website:
This hay(na)ku chain was written for Poefusion’s “Tuesday Title” this week (Hormonal Winter). Enjoy.
-Nicole
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the
season of
birth and possibility
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Pint-sized, green cacti inside tiny pots make me wish for home again.
Written 8/24/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
she moves, softly
trailing her midnight cloak behind
indigo and gold
sweeping across the
sky, an obscuring curtain, a
star-spangled banner
which Creation salutes
some with hushed, black stillness
others with noise
a chorus of
cricket fiddles, hoots and howls
the nighttime choir
joined some nights
by crunk superlatives, thumping bass
and couples laughing
moon crowned lady
casts her soft, silent cloak
over our heads
while I worship
her age and era with
my bleeding pen
Written 8/2/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
This chained lune was written for Poefusion’s “Monday Mural” prompt. Another foray into the darkness. This might be a bit disturbing, but I hope you enjoy anyway.
-Nicole
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