All the good metaphors
Have already
Been written.
So I might borrow one,
Like my neighbor
Begging to use my ladder again.
Or perhaps steal one,
Addressed and waiting
On another poet’s porch.
Or maybe hurl one
Out of place
Like karaoke at Poppa Jack’s funeral.
Yep, all the good ones
Are already
Taken.
The city center beats, a bustling board marked across its heart. People gather, hands clutching, bags bulging of yesterdays. The dice roll, skipping across cobblestones, stepping, one by one, into new squares of possibility. Closet Chaos— a whirlwind of wool and cotton, memories woven into fabrics they no longer wear, falling into arms that will….
Full disclosure: when I switch to focusing on poetry on this blog, I didn’t have a strategic plan. I just went with my gut and let the words pour out of me. The result? A jumbled mess of thoughts. But that’s the cool thing about poetry. You can take seemingly disparate ideas and find a…
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First…I’d pickGrapes.Red, green, gleaming…Purple pops of pleasure…They all…Wait…What?Not…Technically a fruit?Oh… Oookay… Next up…Kiwis…Fuzzy, funny little fellows…Bright green guts…Perfectly fruity, Right?Hold on…Hold on!Not a “fruit” fruit?A berry?You’ve got to be kidding! Well, there’sBananas…Bendy, bright, and beckoning…Long, yellow, and…Right…Right…Here it comes…Also berries?Who’s making these rules?Seriously! Let’s tryWatermelon…Summer in a slice…Sweet, succulent secrets…Surely, it’s a fruit, right?Right?Nope?Foiled again!Watermelon?A…