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Zoom, Zoom, Wail
Written for: Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD. Challenge – Day 12 ”Write a sound poem.” Wailing sirens zip through street Sounding like bleating sheep. Bong, scrape, bong, scrape Blaring sanitation trucks greet. Zoom, zoom-muscle car suite, Always after dark. Evening … Continue reading
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Tagged Monorhyme form, noise, Written for Challenge
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Nightly Noise
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #173 – Zoom poems (posted by whimsygizmo) Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! unnecessary noise from attention- seeking motorcycle enthusiasts, and cars speeding, and revving engines. Leaving rubber streaks on pot-holed roads. They love the night … Continue reading
The Quiet Inside
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday: Give Me Shelter (posted by Mish) “Shelter could be nothing but a quick escape from the noise of the world. However, in times of poverty, homelessness, war, violence, shelter is everything. Shelter … Continue reading
Caterwauling
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #530 Words: feline, chatter, burn, roar, edge, role, hive, hazy, stars, sign, curse, secret All that feline chatter– what is the matter with those cats? Sounds like the roar of a spirited boar. Puts … Continue reading
Loud Annoyances
Written for: Poetics Aside 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 14 Two-for-Tuesday .Write a quiet poem. Or . . . .Write a loud poem A man who was trying to sleep was bothered by sounds of Beep! Beep! A … Continue reading
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Tagged limerick, noise, vacation, Written for Challenge
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Cacophony
Written for: Quickly – Retail Therapy Just another consumer That’s your topic. Cacophony of contentious noise– cash register, rustling paper, plaintive complaints. Oil paintings’ vibrancy and scent mixing with cheeses of all known pungencies. Far too much to contemplate. I … Continue reading
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Tagged noise, overstimulation, scents, written from photo
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Tokyo
Written for: Carpe Diem #1142, Honshu, the “main island” “Well our journey has started and today we will go on with our journey through the land of the rising sun. We have arrived on the airport of Tokyo on the … Continue reading
Play To The Audience
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub, “Poetry and Painting Embrace: We Can’t Forget Claudia Schoenfeld”– Write a Sevenling including music. (Posted by Bjorn) A cramped space in which to practice a large instrument my city apartment Man outside wailing on horn … Continue reading
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