Voices
from voices.
Don't say, "who, me?"
Yes, you
with the whole of Heaven at your back.
Call out
mockery,
injury,
flattery,
churchmen...
Love the truth.
Light your own flame.
Burn hard.
_________
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
How To Write A Poem
Voices
from voices.
Don't say, "who, me?"
Yes, you
with the whole of Heaven at your back.
Call out
mockery,
injury,
flattery,
churchmen...
Love the truth.
Light your own flame.
Burn hard.
_________
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Great approach to the prompt... point taken.
ReplyDeleteWell done. (I'm trying to be Hooveresque here.) An idea.
ReplyDeletek.
WOW!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly the you I am coming to know and look forward to!
And it is also Joan of Arc, you talk seriously with a great sense of play.
ReplyDeletenice!
ReplyDeleteEven in 35 words, you come out blazing with both barrels. This has such impact, both as a Joan poem and as a metaphor for a lifestyle for any intrepid soul to adopt.
ReplyDeletePS. Had a little laugh at the Zen Cones tag!
I love these lines:
ReplyDelete"Love the truth.
Light your own flame."
a lot said, in those few words :D
You said it girl, and you said it all in 35 words. Images rocked too! Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteOMG! Even in 35 words, you knock it out of the park - with Heaven at your back. Can you still do it in ten? hee hee. But I'm betting you can.
ReplyDeleteShay -- The ending of this poem was so great...and very inspirational. I hope that was your intent:~)
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job with the prompt and the word limit. Word limits can be a bitch now and then. Just knowing you have one can freeze the fingers. Obviously, this did not happen in your case!
And I want this on a poster:
ReplyDelete"Learn to distinguish
Voices
from voices."
Maybe with "Burn hard." at the bottom.
love your last 3 lines. :)
ReplyDelete"Burn hard." You said it all, girl!
ReplyDeleteX-L-N-T!
ReplyDeleteLove it! I confess, I had to count and even cut a word with this brief assignment.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your comment to me ...I have to be honest your title made me laugh because of the whole no-go on the dining table word-regurgitation! lol Sorry I had to say it...in the light of how to right a poem!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love what you've done here, Shay, seriously...cause that's what you do...always...you own your words so well...powerful 35 my poetic friend!!
You use words so well. With this one you shot from the hip..I love it!
ReplyDeleteI love the last three lines, Shay. Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteK
I love your whole page! This poem was very direct and very well put!
ReplyDeleteRock on! Also, don't examine what you write, just put words on paper. It'll always be there to fix later.
ReplyDeleteAnd, as Christian Slater said in the movie Pump Up The Volume: Talk Hard.
"Love the truth.
ReplyDeleteLight your own flame."
Just wow--love this!
"Burn hard."
ReplyDeletethat sums it all up nicely!
♥
Heaven at your back and burn hard!
ReplyDeleteCool! I was much more literal!
35 words can apparently say quite a lot. And, bonus points--it's not a haiku!
ReplyDelete"Light your own flame"-- LOVE that. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteAnd your "7 Things" a few posts back was A-MAZ-ING!
xo jj
So cool!
ReplyDeleteOK. I will.
ReplyDelete"Write your own flame/Burn hard." God, if that is not the essence of you and your work, Shay, I don't know what is. You truly wear the armor of the poet and challenge the world. Your spirit is alive, charged. By giving this advice, you are revealing yourself, and I liked that approach. Peace, Amy
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