once you pity the fig tree because its roots
keep it moored in this unfortunate place
twice you are jealous when you know its branches
take joy in stroking strands of longhaired wind
she is a wild woman, cool and hip and tripping
on acid jazz, loose lipped and adlibbing, freestyle mix
just breathe he says, just drive he says to the fields
the painting is really bodily fluids, life of the artist
as is music and poetry, the amniotic, the vomit
lymph, blood and ejaculate of their spirit, such inspiration
can feel unpalatable, yet truth does not require your appetite
someone sings to the siren across the lake, it is France
birds be dub, be good to me and I won’t bend this heart
it’s made of glass, and facetted like freedom, and reflects
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Saffron 2024
Prompt 27th April 2024
Write an “American sonnet.” What’s that? Well, it’s like a regular sonnet but . . . fewer rules? Like a traditional Spencerian or Shakespearean sonnet, an American sonnet is shortish (generally 14 lines, but not necessarily!), discursive, and tends to end with a bang, but there’s no need to have a rhyme scheme or even a specific meter.
Wonderful poem, very visceral! Love all the wordplay and these lines:
“as is music and poetry, the amniotic, the vomit
lymph, blood and ejaculate of their spirit”
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Thank you Sunra!
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Many thanks Maureen Thorson – I could not have done this without the WRITE253 prompt that you provided! Thanks for your dedication to providing the Napowrimo/Glopowrimo resources.
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Simply amazing.
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Lovely writing. Congratulations on the feature. 🙂
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Thank you Kitty!
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Saffron, those opening four lines are stunning and from there it is a great trip! I love the pun about the painting being ‘unpalatable’!
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…or the idea of the source of its inspiration being so!
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Thank you Chris – after 27 days of writing it’s just leaking out by itself…
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Thank you!
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So very VERY cool. Wonderful. And congratulations.
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Thank you Selma!
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Well deserved! The word plays are gorgeous and I am struck with these especially: life of the artist/as is music and poetry, the amniotic, the vomit/lymph, blood and ejaculate of their spirit
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Thank you Gloria, our everything goes into art!
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Such wonderful lines! I particularly love ‘truth does not require your appetite.’
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Thank you Rosemary. Happy Napowrimo!
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A visceral piece. Simply stunning
read and re-read, breathlessly.
attempting to bent a heart of glass…. not to be undertaken without the correct equipment…
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