stray innovations. (poemoff #4)
why don't we wonder
why fiction has a form?
start to finish
it always makes sense
rhythm.
malformed monstrosities are
(illplaced parentheticals)
merely out of place.
it moves
like cat balanced
on a fence
or a tear that clings
to your mother's face
before she wipes it away
with a sigh.
The title for this poem comes from Zack's "PRAYING THAT NO ONE". I hope that people like reading these competition poems because I certainly like writing them. Also, I've provided several rocking title possiblities, so I'm hoping for something interesting to work with.
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4 comments:
damn that was quick.
you do realize that i'm not going to write a reply until wednesday, right?
Yeah, but when I read it I had an idea so I just ran with it. It's easier to write a poem from my second or third readthrough of your poem. If I wait until the end I feel like writing the poem is a punishment rather than a joy.
i liked this one. especially these 3 lines:
"malformed monstrosities are
(illplaced parentheticals)
merely out of place."
but especially the existence of the second line in there.
yay!
I really like those lines too even though I have no idea what they mean or what exactly I was going for.
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