4 - Misanthropy

Seven of Clubs - Misanthropy
6 - Sapphic Ode

I'm going on vacation m-fs, so I'm giving myself two weeks for this one. Expect a poem here by Sunday, June 26th.

3 - Righteous Gentiles

King of Spades - Righteous Gentiles
15 - Acrostic


Sugiharara, Half-Asleep

Escaping, finally, the bonds of hierarchy and of a
Xenophobic climate, here
In the arms of his wife, he
Thinks of them:

Victims: an elderly woman with tiny wrists,
Infants - he can
Save them!
All he has to do is
Sign his name


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Righteous_among_the_Nations_by_country

2 - Schadenfreude

Five of Hearts - Schadenfreude
18 - Cragislist Missed Connection

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/mis/2422726872.html

That Top Line - w4m - 85 (how old I feel at the office, MA)

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To my boss -

How you squirmed when
She scolded you
"I'm seriously concerned about that top line"
"Yes, yes."

I smiled and smiled
Typing away

That's all

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Expect another poem here next week...

1 - Abortion Protestors

So begins another leg of this poetry project. Again, I will draw and roll on Monday and post here by Sunday at midnight. Week 1 will be:

Three of Diamonds - Abortion Protestors
18 - Craigslist Missed Connection




http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/mis/2408713710.html

Pretty Planned Parenthood Protester - m4m - 30 (Allston, MA)

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Hey Curlyhead
I know you remember me
I sure remember you -
Your hot breath against my face
Lips centimeters away from mine
Yelling
Our bodies separated by the edge of an painted circle -
A thirty-foot radius
Your breath smelled like licorice and leather
I could almost taste you

I caught you checking out my package
As we were pulled apart by the Planned Parenthood workers
In yellow parkas
And that's gotta count for something...

Message me if you want to be fucked
And then abandoned
It's what you deserve, you
Handsome asshole

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Expect a poem here sometime next week...

New Look, New Cards

As promised, this project will continue, if at a slightly more manageable pace. Every Monday, I will draw a card and roll the die. From the outcome,I will write and post a poem here, sometime before midnight on Sunday. Taking into consideration a week off here and there, this list of topics will take us through to next April.

Below is a revised near-deck of cards - a mix of the unused topics from the past two years along with a few new ones:


RULE CARD New Ways of Living
2C Palate Cleansers
2D The Power of Red Lipstick
2S Irrational Fears
2H Noble lies
3C Quails
3D Abortion Protesters
3S Octopuses
3H Bonfires
4C Television
4D Vices
4S Scratch Tickets
4H Komodo Dragons
5C David Icke
5D Bodacious Babes*
5S Silly Bandz
5H Schadenfreude
6C Two Girls, One Cup
6D The Great Bear
6S Sacred Spaces
6H Crying on the Internet
7C Misanthropy
7D School Photos
7S Wooden Escalators
7H Young Poets
8C Zombies
8D The Hundred Flowers Campaign
8S Meteors/Meteorites
8H White Day
9C A High Schooler on Gchat
9D Evolution/Devolution
9S Kissing a Married Woman
9H Resident Ghosts
10C Big Pete/Little Pete
10D Red Dawn
10S Rooftops
10H Underage 'X's
JH Paper Flowers
QH Mitochondrial DNA
KS Righteous Gentiles
AD Sophomore Slumps
RED JOKER Justice
YELLOW JOKER Martyrdom


And here's an altered list of forms:

1 Prose
2 Variable
3 Ruba'i
4 Sestina
5 Rondeau
6 Sapphic Ode
7 Blank Verse
8 Shakespearean Sonnet
9 Petrarchan Sonnet
10 Spenserian Sonnet
11 Haiku
12 Limerick
13 Tweet Length
14 Beat Poem
15 Acrostic
16 Free Verse
17 Villanelle
18 Cragislist Missed Connection
19 Variable
20 Any Above Form

"Variable" means I will choose from a list of lesser topics including Zen Koan, Bruce Springsteen Song, and plenty of other surprises.

You may notice that there are thirteen cards missing from the deck. Some or all of these will come into play, depending on how ambitious I feel.

Expect the set-up for the first poem here on Monday. In the meantime, read this April's project and/or last April's project, both now more easily navigable!


Enjoy, dear readers!

* Blogger's spell check suggestions for the phrase "Bodacious Babes": 

Mendacious Babes, Veracious Babes, Sagacious Babes, Contumacious Babes

It's Over/It's Not Over

That's right. Even though April may be done, this project isn't. I'm taking a week off and then back to it, though at a slightly more manageable pace. All the details will be posted here early next week. Thanks for sticking it through with me this month, dear readers; I hope you enjoy what comes next.

April 30th - Conks

Four of Diamonds - Conks
7 - Craigslist Missed Connection

A nod to "Invitation to the Blues".
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http://memphis.craigslist.org/mis/2355857382.html

Rita Hayworth at the Register - m4w - 37

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You work at a certain restaurant
Most weeknights and on Sundays
I admire the way you pour coffee
From my table by the window
I've been in every night this week
And it's not for the bacon
You're a moving violation -
From your conk down to your shoes

Linger at my table next time
Or come bring your dodge to the filling station
Tell me how I like my eggs

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More stuff coming here on Monday...
In the meantime, check out April 30th's poem from last year.

April 29th - Before Pictures

Four of Clubs - Before Pictures
7 - Craigslist Missed Connection


http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/mis/2353696295.html



Beauty of the Before Photo - w4w - 35 (Midtown East)

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Is it crazy to fall in love with a photo?
a little maybe but
how could I not
be moved by
your bemused lips
your lotus shoulders
how you cradle your belly
as if it were in swaddling clothes


You are the height of loveliness
in a captured memory
in green bra and leopard print panties
you shouldn't let any man
or any woman say otherwise


This woman certainly won't:
she'll be wearing a golden cicada brooch
on Wednesdays and Sundays
at front desk of the 77th street Jenny Craig -
come and cancel your membership and
she'll take you out for Lobster





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Check for a new poem here tomorrow...
In the meantime, check out April 29th's poem from last year.

April 28th - Potential Energy

Two of Diamonds - Potential Energy
13 - Dialogue


Tension

Now pull it back
I know it's hard just
     "It's hard Dad"
I know
Just pull
Good and
Steady
Keep your eye on
Steady
Keep
Straighten your shoulder for Chris-
Okay
Just keep your eye on the blue
  
    "What makes the arrow fly Dad?"
You don't need to know that
You just need to know
Where to put your feet




Check for a new poem here later today...
In the meantime, check out April 28th's poem from last year.

April 27th - The Scott Kazmir Trade

Seven of Hearts - The Scott Kazmir Trade
10 - Free Verse

June In Sunset Park


Two faded, fitted caps worn inside
Two Brooklyn Summers sipped slowly
The men say little to each other
Accustomed to years of calm fellowship
Or perhaps not to jinx the Mets' 2-1 lead
In the bottom of the sixth

The picture cuts to the Angel's dugout and
Both balding brothers bristle
Still raw about the Kazmir deal


Check for a new poem here later today...
In the meantime, check out April 27th's poem from last year.