Tag: #poetry

• #067: a mouse, a pigeon, a squirrel

  

  a mouse, a pigeon, a squirrel scuttle across the floor of the woods where on damp soil, a skittle becomes to them an attractive good . the mouse it sniffles then swivels whip of a tail, striking the wind the squirrel completely uncivil jerky leaps to the sweet, mouse chagrinned . but where, you ask…

  leona allen

  July 12, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #ababrhyme, #campnanowrimo, #mouse, #naturepoem, #pigeon, #poetry, #rhymingcouplets, #smallanimals, #squirrel

• #066: Day 66

  

  66 consecutive days and all the ways I tried to escape that page . 66 proofs of consistency Shadow’s dancing feet two step, they’re trailing me . 34 days left to go And there’s a library full Of what I don’t know . 34 flings with Muse, that muscle That disciplined magic Making these digi-leaves…

  leona allen

  July 11, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #campnanowrimo, #consistency, #focus, #poetry, #process, #writingprocess

• #065: she was built on

  Shake n Bake, ketchup on rice Carrots for Rudolf and better eye sight WB Kids, reruns of Colombo Jessica Fletcher, 41’s Dumbo Snake ’98, WKDs ‘HipHop’ dance tutorials on DVD Schloastic Book Fairs, Orchestra Recitals Tuning in for Pop Stars: The Rivals Domino Fridays, Old Country Buffet Sundays Perpetually failing the Lords quiz on bible…

  leona allen

  July 10, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #campnanowrimo, #poetry

• #064: Up to your ears or down like they mean it, those neighbours of the neck, those polyglots equally fluent in coy and consolation, those bearers of supposed chips and the weight of mates wanting a better view of the gig, continue to shake in grief and ecstatic joy.

  Shoulders

  leona allen

  July 9, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #campnanowrimo, #griefandjoy, #onewordpoem, #poetry, #shoulders

• #063: Clouds left to their own devices

  Clouds watching themselves Then peaking below to find #humansthatlooklikethings

  leona allen

  July 8, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #campnanowrimo, #clouds, #cloudwatching, #haiku, #peoplewatching, #poetry