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I have been walking our oceans again,
having held on forever to the hope of knowing
the dialogue of the tides.
The clouds never spoke pounding melodies,
only echoes into the nothing.
The stars whispered a lie that tells the truth:
You waited, praying to fireflies, and
I wanted to be someone else.
You're never touching anything,
singing me oblivion and creating destiny
with a void dance and erotic spills:
eloquent tradition like petals and leaves.
Literature
Tasting Butterflies
There’s a boy in my class whose name I can’t taste.
I mean, I can taste it, but I don’t know what it is. His name is Oliver. His name is smooth, kinda buttery almost, but that’s not it. It’s sweet and thick, like a syrup. I’ve never been able to not place a taste before.
I know the flavors of the rest of my classmates. Kat is wafers and chocolate; Melissa is dust and honey; Irving is grainy Parmesan; Ally is hot dogs and pickles. Every name has an essence on my tongue and I can name them all. Even the teacher, Ms. Fleming, has a flavor – spearmint toothpaste.
Oliver has hair like the taste of his n
Literature
In another tongue, in a far-off town
Sometimes I dream that we met in a place
where sadness was a foreign language
where you couldn’t understand the words I whispered in your ear.
Where I couldn’t taste it like molasses on your tongue or read it in your smudging script,
see it painted on your face or feel it, warm between your thighs.
Sometimes I dream that I met you in some other fashion, stumbling over unfamiliar lines
but not here. Not here.
Literature
Petrichor
I walk without an errand for the mind.
I must be homeless.
Neighboring enclaves separate our spaces,
belie their builders’ mirthless exhaustion.
Not even necessity can be blamed
for these mud-struck, brittle gourds,
these quick nests of vasculous organs
pulsing with their peculiar tyrannies,
briefly scuttling from their hovels
like sun refugees
darting into gleaming storefronts
waffled in concrete misery
all to forestall the end of their souls.
Where can we go when we only want to breathe?
Sitting in a park bench,
trillion-visioned, crowned with galaxies,
I can rest my weary invention.
I sense the weight of an unseen player,
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The title and lines of this poem are lovingly ripped from these fabulous poems:
rain on our tongues by *0hgravity and *your-methamphetamine
i have been walking our oceans again by ~i-am-a-bridgewalker
having held on forever to the hope of knowing by ~Vigilo
dialogue of the tides by ~Vigilo
The Clouds Never Spoke by `jade-pandora
Pounding Melodies by `TwilightPoetess
only echoes by `YouInventedMe
into the nothing by ~nuisances
The Stars Whisper by *Christianonfire7
a lie that tells the truth by *aprilwednesday
You Waited by *Christianonfire7
Praying to Fireflies by `TwilightPoetess
I Want To Be by ~chewyraezen
Someone Else by *Christianonfire7
You're Never Touching Anything by ~glossolalias
sing me oblivion by ~i-am-a-bridgewalker
Creating Destiny by `TwilightPoetess
a void dance by *psithurisms
Erotic Spill by *IAmPoetry
Eloquent Tradition by *psithurisms
Like petals and leaves by ~ClearSound
Did you enjoy this found poem? Check out The Title Page group for more stuff like this.
DLD received 9/30/13
Thank you so much for the feature, =hypermagical!
The title and lines of this poem are lovingly ripped from these fabulous poems:
rain on our tongues by *0hgravity and *your-methamphetamine
i have been walking our oceans again by ~i-am-a-bridgewalker
having held on forever to the hope of knowing by ~Vigilo
dialogue of the tides by ~Vigilo
The Clouds Never Spoke by `jade-pandora
Pounding Melodies by `TwilightPoetess
only echoes by `YouInventedMe
into the nothing by ~nuisances
The Stars Whisper by *Christianonfire7
a lie that tells the truth by *aprilwednesday
You Waited by *Christianonfire7
Praying to Fireflies by `TwilightPoetess
I Want To Be by ~chewyraezen
Someone Else by *Christianonfire7
You're Never Touching Anything by ~glossolalias
sing me oblivion by ~i-am-a-bridgewalker
Creating Destiny by `TwilightPoetess
a void dance by *psithurisms
Erotic Spill by *IAmPoetry
Eloquent Tradition by *psithurisms
Like petals and leaves by ~ClearSound
Did you enjoy this found poem? Check out The Title Page group for more stuff like this.
DLD received 9/30/13
Thank you so much for the feature, =hypermagical!
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oh wow this is a really awesome idea. and you definitely dug into the heart of the two lines you got from me.
third stanza is beautiful.