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NaPoWriMo 5:30 ~ Dueling Dialogue

by The AOMuse

artistry issued opening gauntlet
double mindedness splitting self at core
certain to write wherever i’m taunted
poems duel high noon by pistol or sword

for sake of verse, i settle the difference
preserving the ancient gentleman’s art
words stake their twenty paces position
soon one shall be felled by another’s dart

with stroke of pen, is delivered the blow
those stanzas have seen their final hour
the mired writer must finally know
which lines were designed to come to power

predictability will have no fuel
when it’s time for dialogues to duel

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NaPoWriMo 4:30 ~ The Matter of Words

by The AOMuse

am i misunderstood?
you insist that
i should
not solicit the
assistance
of broad qualifiers
for nuance is a nuisance
distance myself from
verbal diplomacy
contort my dialogue
to be constructed
in a form
the common man
can understand

for a moment
can i not request
that you stretch the
narrow precepts
born in your mind
since the beginnings
of your lifetime
there is burden
enough on your lifeline
and learning is
not the bucket
you planned to carry
so late in the day

i should search my soul
for some level of empathy
for the remnants
of your ignorance
and be obliged to
willingly
frame my argument
differently

unfortunately
mother was a realist
and father
informed me
with a fierce logic
which forces me
to wrestle
with all manner
of demon
this hellish world
would invoke
including your desire
to comprehend my work
without researching
my words

for i am certain
words matter.

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NaPoWriMo 3:30 ~ Frustrated On The Third Day He Wrote…

by The AOMuse

writing is simply
everything you need to say
abbreviated

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Nomadic Poet’s Oasis Other Wives Roster Vol. 1

by The AOMuse

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so without giving up someone obvious as the first wife (‘specially since my only known wife went and kissed some other woman ‘fore me : all i know is that the both of youse best to fix me a dynamite dinner when ya’ll done making out [image] ) : i’m going to introduce for those that don’t know : this lil’ dumpling who goes by the name "get_christie_love" : damn : i fawn over her words : like bambi to mama doe : that’s not her real picture above : [image] ((at least i don’t think)) : and my eyes first locked with her words : while i was engaged in reading "my midnight meditation" over at the soultry forum : what do i know of her? : she’s a detroit-ite : or is it detroit-ian? : hell : she live in motor city : and she has this wicked unkempt humor : appearing in random intervals : not unlike the feigned foolish wisdom of my ‘nother other wife : and that’s about it : she don’t pop up her head many places any more : not even her own damn forum [image] : barring the occasional quirky remark : or poetic spill : at the projx : so i ain’t had a proper exchange with her : but as with all my wives : someday : we’z gon’ make sweet, passionate poetic bliss together : as we walk down the aisle of words : here’s a sampling of what she did on : midnight meditation : and how i had to come back : to snuff out the bedroom lights

my midnight medtation

you don’t know this
but
i like to sleep facing
your back-
i like to slip in
closer and closer
until my forehead is
resting between your shoulder blades and
when you sigh,
it caresses where my bangs
used to grow.
you don’t know this
but
i like to sleep
with my arm on your thigh,
resting in the crook of your hip where it starts to get
a little rough to the touch.
most men have it.
that rough patch right where the hips are
and
i like to feel it
you don’t know this
but
i like to sleep on my side
facing your back,
and i raise my inside arm to
play with your face
trying to wake you then
i act like
i’m still asleep. and when
you drift off
i do it again this
it’s my favorite part of all because
if i succeed
in arousing a sneeze then
i’ve got your full attention
and i wait
til you flip over,
and i flip over,
and
you
sleep
facing my back
with your arm on my waste cutting off the circulation but
i don’t move it
because
i love you and
i deserve it.

and you deserve
every moment
of your obliviousness
because i love you
for you don’t know
that i sneak you
an extra glass
of chardonnay
before bedtime
because i love the way
your ass wiggles
when you rush to release
in the dimly lit walk
to bathroom door
you don’t know
that i recognize
every dimple
in every cheek
even in darkness
you don’t see me peek
beyond the barrier
of your dressing screen
you don’t hear
my hushed scream
or notice that
i bite my nails
at the sight
of your silhouette
tiny flickers
of light
that illumine
my thoughts
a quarter past midnight
as you tickle
and i ignore
to implore
you
to continue
the game
but you don’t notice
that this
midnight samsara
is my focus
as i shift from
my right side
to a position
that eventually sends
my left arm
into numbness
by morning
you don’t know
that i would rather
be discomforted
in your comfort
than experience
a moment without
you knowing me.

whatyouknowboutme!

the aofeigningignorance


An Afterthought From Anais Nin

by The AOMuse

recently, one of my sister poets in the Writer’s Unified group had opportunity to share a reflection on childhood abuse which she described as a cleansing series of thoughts. in my response to that piece, i offered her this quote from Anais Nin which i extend now to you as i think it a might appropriate.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it. – Anais Nin

in a word this quote is an oxymoron, Anais simultaneously asks us not to write in the same breath which she states that everyone who can and will breathe, cry, and sing through their words should and must write. breathing, crying, and singing are not well known to be the gentlest of arts so let your conscience be your guide. breathe your words with a loud snort…or gentle sniff. cry out with wet, messy sobs…or restrained, silent moans. sing your life in the voice of an airy soprano…or a ballsy contralto. do all these things or you will not do your own soul proper justice.

meanpeoplesuck!

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