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The Bread Also Rises |  Richard William Kirkpatrick-Thorne - Contemporary Poetry Website Featuring Notable Poems

The Bread Also Rises | Richard William Kirkpatrick-Thorne

The D.J. On The Radio Is Chatter From A Marionette’s KnotHole
With The Chronologic Of Sweetened Tea And A Wallet’s Leathery
Despair,
A Glass Cougar In A Tree With The Signals Bristleing His Whiskers,
One Slip Of The Tongue Could Dissolve The Articulated Illusion,
His Broadcast Of PreOrdinance And Its SoundTrack To Better Living
Through A Guarded Royal Arch Leading To His BackYard Dynasty,
To Roosts Where His Dogs Sit To Keep The Grass From Getting
Sun-Burnt,
His Sonic Stutter To Shelter The HomeLess Muse For Her Green Men,
A Performance In Monotone With Slight Accentuation On Trigger Words
Produceing Egg-Layers To Twitch Their Heads While He Roams Freely On
The Wire…

Seeking Landing Strips In The Vista Of AirWaves And Condensation…


He Comes As The Spirit Of Sunday,
Cooling The Feral Brows Of Morning Sickness,
Easeing The Suffering Of Alcoholic Coal-Miners With His Waters,
He Has Risen From The Bread To Guide The Lost InTo Fields Of Heather,
Violet Vibrations From A Swaying-Bridgeing Trust Over The Friday
BeFore,
To A Saturday Of His Hand Tilting The Creamer InTo Cups In Saucers,
With Button Eyes And Stuffing For Friends Gathered Near,
Easter… After Easter… After Yesterday Has Been Slowed Down,
His Muttered Addition In ReVerb To Be As God To Lactation And
Imagination,
Just To Keep Peckers Loyal To His Tree.

More at http://rwkt.blogspot.ca/2014/08/the-bread-also-rises.html.

I See The Black Dog Coming |  Liam Snaith - Contemporary Poetry Website Featuring Notable Poems

I See The Black Dog Coming | Liam Snaith

I see the black dog coming.
Because it woke me up at 3:37 a.m.
Miserable inside
Until I had a bath
And applied for another job
I see the black dog coming
It wants to go for a long walk
And come back alone
But it’s 3:58 a.m.
Miserable outside
And my son is asleep in his nursery
So I’m staying here
I see the black dog coming
I can tell from a mile off
It’s hungry
But I only fed it earlier tonight
There’s a can left for it

You're Being a Little Too Positive |  G. S. Katz - Contemporary Poetry Website Featuring Notable Poems

You're Being a Little Too Positive | G. S. Katz

Could you be a bit more negative
Success is only a few steps away from failure
Failure you can count on
It’s the cocoon of despair

Working like a dog is nice
Because you got the big house
But your wife is cheating on you with with the bed bug guy
Your pink golf shirt has a stain you can’t see

Translation: Stay humble
Don’t fall for the hype
All that glitters is fake
Wear more black

The Shore | Elissa Capelle Vaughn - Contemporary Poetry Website Featuring Notable Poems

The Shore | Elissa Capelle Vaughn

I had a nice stay at the bottom of the ocean
I fell in love with a ghost who was my only light in the darkness
I followed them deeper into the sea
Past the anglerfish, urchins, and eels
We met a Coelacanth on the same journey to the bottom
A giant squid who told us stories about the shipwrecks his ancestors saw before him
Time stood still as minutes felt like months
Just you, me, and the bioluminescence of the sea
A place where no one could find us
That’s what I miss most about the bottom of the ocean

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