This chained lune was written for the One Single Impression Prompt this week (Resolve). Enjoy.
-Nicole
her eyes, steel
twin orbs of fire focus
on her target
taut, yet quivering
faintly, held by pinching fingers
the arrow waits
she releases both
breath and arrow in a
single, swift motion
years of painful
perspiring practice pay off as
the arrow sails
and plunges its
sharp head into the red,
round center bullseye
Written 8/23/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
This week at Read Write Poem, prompt #41 was “Bare Bones – Stripping the Work Down”. We posted skeletons of our poems – stripped down works with some nouns, verbs, and so forth removed. We invited others to use the skeletons to compose new poems.
I chose a skeleton that Nathan Moore posted at Read Write Poem. This is what I composed off of his skeleton, with a few minor changes (words in bold are the words I inserted into the blanks).
This poem seems to be another foray into the darkness. I did this kind of like Mad Libs – that is, I inserted the first word that came to my mind in the blank. I hope you enjoy. Please feel free to comment.
-Nicole
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This was written for Poefusion’s Monday Mural prompt this week. Enjoy.
-Nicole
window blinds, silent and drawn
blocking the outside world
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Kirby Olson, the author of the blog Lutheran Surrealism, has posted a review of my chapbook. To read it, go here.
I participated recently in another Jigsaw Poem Challenge on Poets Who Blog. My poem, “Dance Mania”, was published yesterday.
To go read it, click here.
What’s a Jigsaw Poem, you ask? It is a poem where you are given a list of words and you must incorporate all of them in some form in the poem. The ten words for this challenge were:
twist
shout
wings
hair
amber
carefree
timber
decant
chase
taste
This was written for One Single Impression Prompt #25: Homecoming. The title is the actual name of the current and 14th Dalai Lama. Enjoy.
-Nicole
fourteen stones
winding, smooth, and wet
across a cold, spinning river
laid end to end
in a diagonal pattern of stars
homeward bound to Heaven
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This tanka chain was written for Read Write Poem Prompt #40: “Be in the Moment”. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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I.
no clocks, only birds
signal the rising, blue dawn
soft, punctuated song
followed by the cadence of
a gentle, Sunday silence
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Thursday, August 28 is the one-year anniversary show of Wet Ink!
What is Wet Ink, you ask? It is an erotic poetry night held quarterly, hosted by Donielle Monique and Vernell Bristow of Writer’s Block.
The main featured poet: Mahogany Brown.
The mini-features for this show: Scott Woods and G-Styl
When: Thursday Aug 28, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Where: The Lodge Bar, 165 Vine Street, Columbus, OH 43215
For more info about Wet Ink, visit: http://www.myspace.com/wetinkpoetry
To see the flyer for this show, visit: http://www.geocities.com/jst1lady/FINALFLYER808.JPG
I have just posted my performance of “Help” on YouTube (this is also in my chapbook, “Raven Feathers”). This was performed at “Say That” on July 19, 2008.
I have just posted my performance of “History” on YouTube. This was performed at “Say That” on July 19, 2008.
This was written for Poefusion’s Monday Mural prompt this week. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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she gazes heavenward
frozen, arms stretched to the sky
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I have just posted my performance of “You Can’t Tell Me” on YouTube. This was performed at “Say That” on July 19, 2008.
