This blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're starting with poets from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too.
Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy. Just put your poem or short story in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem. It is there on another page.
Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy. Just put your poem or short story in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem. It is there on another page.
You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo account to post in the comments section. Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo email, but for those of you that don't it's extremely worthwhile to open up an account now! That way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.
Movies, Not Films
ReplyDeleteNo one is past twenty
Money doesn't appear to be a problem
Most of the girls defer to the boy's choice
The line for the action movie
Winds out the door
The movie about two lovers
Who visit Paris when they are young
Then visit again
On their twenthieth wedding anniversary
Has a shorter line of girls
Who glance about the lobby constantly
Looking for people they might know
A few boys hold the hand of their date
Everyone has a phone
That requires a type of intimate involvement
Attention dutiful response
Like being on call
Ready to speed to the hospital
For a birth or a death of a loved one
A pleading message in
The coming attractions
Begs moviegoers to turn off
All electronic devices
Only the most rebellious will comply
Catherine Powers
May 17, 2013
Copyright 2013
A LARGE STACK OF PAPERS
ReplyDeleteTYPED ON AN OLD ROYAL QUIET DELUXE
WHICH IS STILL SOMEWHERE
IN THE BASEMENT
There are four screenplays living in my head
There were others but they left
They complained before they left
that their living space was cramped
and dirty
and that they didn't like the other screenplays
some of whom were bullies
and some of whom were just lost and confused
and at least one of whom smelled of Old Spice
The ones who stayed will leave eventually
when they realize that I left the door open
Right now, they seem to be busy playing videogames
- Mike Fedel
May, 2013