*Road to Recovery
*A collaboration with Annie from What the Woman Wrote
We attempted the ninefold poem and survived the experience! Thank you Annie for taking that poetic journey with me!
It has nine syllable per line, three lines per stanza, three stanzas per poem. The first stanza represents an aspect of the body; the second stanza an the aspect of mind; the third stanza an aspect of the spirit. It made me miss my sonnets. They aren’t as tough.
*Road to Recovery
O.D. on poetry–my brain burns
my eyes, worn out from the syllables
ideas spike through my veins, make them throb
these thoughts, tangled, must be unravelled
‘fore they ravage what’s left of my mind
traces of rhyming words in my head
dead poets’ voices rage within me
haunted old ghosts demanding release
ink bars to hold them, free my spirit
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As I said to Annie, this piece is just AWESOME and great and flawless! 😀
Thank you! It was a hard form
Love your collaborations a LOT!
Thank you! I am learning new forms 🙂 though this one I think we both agreed was a bit hard.
You seem “up” for any challenge, and I admire that. Though I’m really looking forward to NaPoWriMo in April, I’m not sure I’ll have sufficient energy to tackle the harder/time consuming form challenges that the hostess will offer. Still, I love the poem-a-day aspect of the April “do”–and I may incorporated just the “A to Z” part that suggests each day our poem title should begin with a specific alphabet letter…we’ll see how things go 🙂
I’m going to do the A-z thing too! 🙂 I didn’t realize April was NaPoWriMo. Thank you 🙂 I am up for a challenge. They make life interesting
Yes, it will be plenty of fun for all of us!
😀 I hope so!
Remembering that it’s supposed to be fun, helps–it’s not like we’re getting paid by the poetry pound, hah!
We aren’t? Oh man that sucks…
Hahahahaha–I know!
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Love the raging dead poet voices. Great work ladies.
Thank you! We had a fruitful morning 🙂
Good
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That is how we poets feel and behave! Beautiful, ladies!
Thank you 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous collaboration. Kudos ladies!
Thank you 🙂
Welcome 🙂
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You two are on a roll!! Great job, seamless flawless. Seriously Mel and Annie, you two work like peas in a pod
We also laugh ourselves silly in the process. Thank you!
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