Amusing myself – with voices

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Frank Prem's avatarFrank Prem Poetry

No new writing today, so far at least.

No. Today has been filled with Voices. I have completed drafting my voices picture poetry book – Voices (In The Trash). It is similar to the Beechworth Bakery Bears in format – images with a poem they inspired, as a spread across 2 pages of an 8.5 x 8.5 inch book. Essentially, a Children’s Book format, though I don’t really consider myself a children’s writer.

This particular collection of conversations originated from a walk around a large Trash and Treasure Market in Daylesford, Victoria, a couple of years ago. I was fascinated by the life I saw and felt in the myriad objects that filled up a huge space. Everything I saw had a voice and demanded to be written.

So. Today I have finished (or nearly finished) my design work and have made all of my quality compromises to create a…

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Unboxed

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You fling it open for the first time/but I’m gone A box that held my dreams A box that was my vision board A box of changing aspirations A box that captured transitions You fling it open with suspicion/ but relax It shows flowing water It shows many versions It shows evolution of spirit It … Continue reading Unboxed

Boxed

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humans in boxes complain the box is different from what others  live in… they feel uncomfortable In fresh air It’s scary, they say too much freedom… They look for  a change of box not a way out maybe a way to a larger box https://dversepoets.com/2021/01/25/dverse-quadrille-119-no-way-way/

Nightmarish

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menacing, short steps bring him closer every moment venomous blues cloud imagination to torment I know it’s the end strapped to monitors once again “See what fear does,” he says addressing the interns “to neural pathways in the brain. Extrapolated vision tenses up nerves I’m not an executioner just look like one….” Darkness envelopes I’m … Continue reading Nightmarish

Transformed

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dream-shopping for wavy hair alabaster skin I shut my eyes, await transformation eyes quickly darting away like those of a stranger bring home reality of non-recognition “Can’t you see my soul?” I cry but I worked so hard to hide behind layers and filters….. he likes my blue eyes but calls me by a  different … Continue reading Transformed

Selling The Cure

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Selling the cure ……. to isolation …. By Susi Bocks

Susi Bocks's avatarI Write Her

the great debate
a miracle or a poison

sparing more lives
or dooming future generations

we are fraught with anxiety
but it’s prescribed to allay fears

helping or hurting
time will let us know

Inspired by Reena’s Exploration Challenge #169

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In Line

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In Line ….. by VJ Knutson

VJ's avatarOne Woman's Quest

Faint at the sight of needles
a squeamish gene, I’m sure

Suck it up, adult self admonishes
Child looks away, breath held

Sixty-two years its been thus
too many pokes to count

And now there is new promise
a vaccine to ward off the virus

Hope reduced to one tiny vial
believe me, this sleeve’s rolling up.

(Written for Reena’s Exploration challenge. Image is the prompt.)

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Factions

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Factions -undermined divided manipulation conspiracy Factions -rhetoric overblown Blame games reign aspersions cast on national news channels Factions -provoked challenged forced to react then banned Factions  -cursed to remain where they are while others take charge with a smirk https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2021/01/23/weekend-writing-prompt-193-faction/