This piece was written for one of the Read Write Poem prompts this week – this one for Read Write Word #5 (visit the link to the prompt to check it out). The Wordle prompts are collections of words; you may write using one, some, or all of them.
Enjoy the poem.
-Nicole
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the city is calling
he slips on a jacket
denim, worn and faded
like the years in his too-old eyes
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Gray skies overhead
Clash horribly with the smell
Of their barbecue.
Written 4/27/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Body
Locked inside
My body
Slave to its desires
Its cravings
I can’t ignore it
Lest in the end
It ignores me
Written 4/30/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Death and sex connected
Not just in le petit mort -
Also HIV
Written 4/30/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
My size
And my eyes
Betray me,
Give me away,
Shout a message of power
On the path before me Continue reading
Bearing their hearts, lives, and
Thoughts on a stage -
Nightly
Weekly Continue reading
The Lord’s handiwork -
Does the human frame count as
A poetic form?
Written 4/29/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
