Thursday, April 15, 2010

From the "Poetic Asides Blog":

For today's prompt, write a deadline poem. You can interpret what a deadline poem is however you wish. Maybe it's a poem that laments the idea of deadlines. Maybe it's a poem about someone intentionally missing them or who never has problems with them (I wish I were that person). Regardless of how you take it, remember that you have until tomorrow before another prompt will be posted. Consider that your poetic deadline.

The Exes

she wanted me to meet her new boyfriend:
Deadline.
but he was running late
something about the dog and homework.
it was not very clear
and sounded pretty lame actually
but i went along
as good friends
often do.

i met the last guy:
Procrastination.
wow, was that guy a dreamer!
always talking about tomorrow
and the future and what
he was planning for them
never did get to any of it
though they enjoyed
a fairly long courtship.

you really should have seen the guy before that:
Failure.
i didn’t have a many occasions with him
he was mostly on again off again
and i was always there to help her
pick up the pieces
he’d leave
in the wake
but like a overdue library book
she returned like clockwork
until they pulled her
from circulation.


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