mashing up poems to find something new
It was really hard to stick with a mash-up and not get distracted by other drafts/possibilities. I made myself "finish" a mash-up though. Title and first two lines: "I had no intention of bringing those boys home"
I remember damp hay, the sky the night
in the big cat enclosure, called it a fever
She talks with those hands and coffee cups
flips them up some good
to stop us. Wait!
then she opens them up a pluck
like a book just right
or a butterfly’s back
out of ferlinghetti's quiet life
mowers spitting the morning
where rain bursts fire
our timeless sunshine days
she rides automatic flames
heading up siren nightmares
How fun is this?
It was really hard to stick with a mash-up and not get distracted by other drafts/possibilities. I made myself "finish" a mash-up though. Title and first two lines: "I had no intention of bringing those boys home"
I remember damp hay, the sky the night
in the big cat enclosure, called it a fever
She talks with those hands and coffee cups
flips them up some good
to stop us. Wait!
then she opens them up a pluck
like a book just right
or a butterfly’s back
out of ferlinghetti's quiet life
mowers spitting the morning
where rain bursts fire
our timeless sunshine days
she rides automatic flames
heading up siren nightmares
How fun is this?