The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight." |
As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work. |
Toolbox Never had a workshop though I’ve worked in factories never owned a power tool though I’ve operated machines never had a toolbox the kind that spreads when open with lots of small compartments for this and that and t’other. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 10.05.24 Prompt: Write a toolbox poem. |
Interstellar Of course, it’s true that you’ll need a licence; the fact is this time it sure is rocket science - which you’ll know from the force of the boot up the bum! That’ll open new fields of expectation and fun. And you may think me terribly direct and brutal, but for the moon and beyond I’m still the most crucial. It will always be so until the day that you have the scientist’s pipe dream that is called anti-grav. Line count: 8 Rhyming couplets For Express It In Eight, 10.04.24 Prompt: Write a poem from the point of view of a mode of transportation. |
Techie He peers through goldfish glasses is not the kind to make passes his skin so pallid like the screen life scripted in black and green Lightning tapping at the keyboard dreams expressed in coded words so he builds our future bright the techie in the binary night. Line count: 8 Rhymed couplets For Express It In Eight, 10.03.24 Prompt: Write a technology poem. |
Farm Animals ‘Tis in the farmer’s best interest to keep his animals happy, for ill and dejected beasts leaves the consumer a thwarted chappie. ‘Twas only industrialised farming, with battery chickens and the like, that soured the whole idea, giving clients a reason to gripe. Line count: 8 Rhymed abcb For Express It In Eight, 10.02.24 Prompt: World Farm Animals Day. |
Words Words gather moss like static stones, clothed in association they grow, gathering nuance and wealth and life, stealing the suggestions of friends. Some coalesce to secret guilds, choosing companions with care, others strike out on their own, seeking their own private fief. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 10.01.24 Prompt: Quotation regarding the enhanced meaning of words. |