I wanted to see if I could write a poem with only one word each line, it made me think of different ways to convey ideas, and made me try out different strategies
It would be so easy to let go Imagine that Let the current wash me away I’d like to But every time I try to
Oh my love I see you It’s okay You shift slightly, as if in disco… Don’t worry
Those who have left us I often wonder if they look down o… Protect us Times come and go Sometimes people need to sit down
You kneel there So far from grace Look at what you were And what you have been reduced to It seems not so long ago that I f…
Frantic scrambling as the man writ… He tells of an epic A masterpiece His magnum opus And as the swelling orchestra rise…
I have no friends I have no home Till my time ends I’ll be alone I’ll be alone
I come to you Beaten Bruised I have faced everything Everyone
Why? It hurts So so much Please I’m still here
The rats, oh the rats, are crawlin… They scurry and run, and they run,… They bite and then bleed and then… The stench of the rats sickens, th… They screech as they crunch under…
I breathe in. The blackness floods into me, cold… The last shreds of light flicker o… There is nothing now. No joy.
I have gazed upon the world snake,… And the world’s cradle stared back It’s very eyes, like oceans, it’s… It’s teeth, greater than any blade I could see it’s body lacing over…
Coughing up blood How? Why? I never smoked in my life I haven’t drank since 20
The rain hits my window I stare at the ceiling The soft patter next to me Apathy I just feel apathy
A revolutionary, adolescent prodig… Has nothing left to lose, except t… has to be better. Has to be smarte… Has to be different. Has to be ma… I’ve gotta surpass. Lest my talen…
Haikus are tricky. You have to be quite careful. Refrigerator.