HARD TO BELIEVE
in MEMORY'S WAKE
down FIREFLY LANE
where THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
ran CROSS COUNTRY
INTO THE DARK
with THE HELP
of PLAIN KATE--why?
her heart was STOLEN
her CLOCKWORK HEART
is now CATCHING FIRE
with the CHILDREN OF CAIN.
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Adriana 8:06pm
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN TOWN,
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS,
LEAVES OF GRASS
THE COLOR PURPLE,
like LABYRINTHS
of FIRE.
“BELOVED,” I whispered,
and EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL BEGAN AFTER.
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Kate 8:15pm
Too Close to the Falls.
The River Ophelia
Tumbling
From Crow Lake
To The Deep End of the Ocean.
"Paint Your Wife,"
Said Lolita
(Not Her Real Name)
"It will be Better Than This,
Looking for Trouble
On Paper Wings."
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Krag 8:19pm
The Golden Fool challenged
The Fires Of Heaven and the Lost King’s Ghost Legion.
This fair-haired, Secret Sharer
Was Embraced By The Light
Of The Gathering Storm.
A Shadow Rising
Led to The Towers of Midnight
Between the Deadhouse Gates
In The Heart Of Darkness.
Elements Of Style
Were dipped in Quicksilver,
To dance on The Knife of Dreams.
The Exiles sailed on a Ship Of Destiny, and
The Fool’s Errand
Led him to The King’s Test.
The Hand Of Chaos seized
The King’s Sacrifice,
And enticed him into The Iron Tower.
The Fool’s Fate pushed him
Into the Path Of Daggers,
And A Storm Of Swords.
He winked at The Eye Of The Hunter, and
Lunged Amok Into The Forge of the maelstrom.
He clashed with Destiny during Winter’s Heart,
Only to suffer A Feast For Crows.
And returned on a Ship Of Magic
As the Speaker For The Dead
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Jessica 8:36pm
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Meri 8:45pm
BRAZEN VIRTUE bids me forward
as a KAT BURGLAR steals
my NIGHT SHIELD
I venture on, MASTERING THE ZONE
with NOBLE COURAGE
as A TIGER'S EYE
lays in TRIBUTE to THE WAY
of LOVE'S JOURNEY HOME
VANISHED
in SIGN LANGUAGE
while BEACH GIRLS
BODY CHECK boys
decreeing FAIR PLAY
and still I LINGER
praying I FORGET YOU FOR EVER
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Michelle 9:19pm
Soulless
Women
Wither
[in a] Flatland
[beyond] The Sea of Monsters.
[They are] Catching Fire
[in the] Rot & Ruin
[as they pray for] A Separate Peace.
[Across] The Line
A Sound of Thunder.
Rebecca
[drinks] Dandelion Wine
[in this] City of Bones
[and ponders her] Crime and Punishment.
She’s Come Undone
[and the] Lord of the Flies,
[that] Heartless
Boneshaker, [whispers]
"I Never Promised You A Rose Garden."
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Teresa 9:51pm
"The Poet" I am not.
Perhaps a "Predator",
"Red Dragon",
or a "Scavenger" all fraught.
A novel is my "Creature",
The "Obsession" of my pride.
By the "Dark of the Moon",
"The Pawn" I've become,
I've crossed "The Great Divide"
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Sarah 9:52pm
I'm at Bouchercon, too, and this poem is made of a very small sample of the books I've collected here--the photo was taken on the bed in my hotel room.
I wish I could enter two poems, because The Black Stilletto, the Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam and the Electric Barracuda clearly belong together, but not in this one:
THE GENESIS KEY
sets off a SHOCK WAVE,
but THE WIRE IN THE BLOOD
is only a MURDER IN VEIN.
A TRACE OF SMOKE,
a VEIL OF LIES
shade CRIMES IN THE MOONLIGHT . . .
SCARY STUFF.
2 comments:
These are all excellent but my favorite is from Krag.
Thank you for sending a confirmation email, I did not write back so as to not burden further your inbox.
Thanks for doing this contest.
How splendid!
I loved Jessica's.
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