The place to post poems and links for your third body poem from the /amp/lt;a href=/amp/quot;http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/10/06/poetry-mini-challenge-a-new-body-of-work//amp/quot;/amp/gt;October Poetry Mini-Challenge/amp/lt;/a/amp/gt;.
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Body #3: October Poetry Mini-Challenge
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mark Stratton
offlineMemberACK! So much pressure when you're first to add your poem...
http://radio-nowhere.org/nb/?p=238
It's called "The Pivot"
Posted 10 months ago # -
I'm behind on visiting you all. (Sorry.)
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angie werren
offlineMemberI may run out of parts soon --
http://another2doors.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/galileos-finger/
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rachelleastlikely
offlineMemberPosted 10 months ago # -
Richard Wells
offlineMemberBODY #3
In Europe
they pile them
one on top of another
generations deepIn India
they parade them
through the streets
then burn them up
and sweep the ashes
into the riverIn Louisiana
the marching band
makes a joyful noise
to let St Peter know
someone's on the wayIn Tibet
it's a sky burial
and the vultures
get the good partsIn one old time pueblo New Mexico
they'd stuff you in a pot
and throw you out
with the trashAt Lakeview Cemetery in Seattle
twenty plumbers are buried
in a common plot -
a bennySad little tombs
for the unbaptized
while Popes rot in splendor
under the basillica's domeLenin in Red Square
Bonaparte in Paris
Arafat beneath the rubbleMausoleums for the rich
Potter's Fields for the poor
Cryogenics for the unconvinced
Rocket ships for the wacky fewAll dead, all gone, amen.
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The Body #3 /amp/lt;a href=/amp/quot;http://bearlyaudible.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/rwp-mini-challenge-the-body/#body3/amp/quot; target=/amp/quot;_blank/amp/quot;/amp/gt;/amp/lt;strong/amp/gt;Some body does/amp/lt;/strong/amp/gt;/amp/lt;/a/amp/gt;
Too too tired. My car's unsure it wants to work. Such a day!
None the less...Posted 10 months ago # -
I am sorry to say, I am behind on reading everyone's also. Will catch up tonight!
Posted 10 months ago # -
Nicole Nicholson
offlineMemberHere's my offering for #3:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2009/10/09/read-write-body-poem-3-feet/
Posted 10 months ago # -
Another backstory poem. To stretch the prompt a bit, it does include references to feet (bees') and voice (poet's) Like Honey for Tea
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Therese L. Broderick
offlineMemberOPERATION SMILE #3
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.The cost of a smile
My ledger:
easy-glide original tape dental floss organic strawberry toothpaste tartar control soft fine toothbrush with grip handle 3pm visits to the dentist non-toxic cavity fillings flouride treatments x-rays retainers yellow rubber bands braces brace containers perfect smile for the high school photographer (for an extra fee, he can whiten her teeth for the yearbook)say cheeseHer ledger:
borrowing two months' worth of substandard income to pay for a bus to take her on a ten-hour trip through Ethiopia to an ad hoc clinic where more than a hundred children wait to learn who among them will be chosen for the dental operation, then having to tell her child that no, no smile for you today my love, no smile forever my darling, no smilePosted 10 months ago # -
i've been M.I.A.
now i'm not.
my #3 is here: http://caroleesherwood.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/poem-3-for-the-challenge/
Posted 10 months ago #
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