August 1, 2005

• Hello,

  
  

  Here are a few new poems that I wrote over the weekend.  Your feedback is always coveted and appreciated. 

  
  

  One word about the poems:  these are BRIK poems.  It is a modern form invented by Frank Anthony that he created for dream analysis.  They are written in courier font, are 13 lines long, and each line is 22 characters across.  Also, the title of the poem should also be 22 characters.  When you finish, it should look like a rectangle.  I did this post in courier font so you can see what it should look like.

  
  

  Once you try them, they are like potato chips or chocolate:  very addictive!  If you decided that you want to try one, please let me know, I’d love to see it!

  
  

  Thanks,

  
  

  Janette (keep reading for poems)

  
  

  Please note:  The poems are not normally double spaced, but I can’t seem to get it to go to the next line instead of skipping one after hitting the enter key.

  
  

  The Wounds of Religion

  
  

  If all experience is a

  
  

  mist and the sum total

  
  

  of the years in a life

  
  

  are a flicker of light

  
  

  in a darkened sky Then

  
  

  why gods and goddesses

  
  

  have you placed in the

  
  

  hearts of mankind such

  
  

  cruelty that the short

  
  

  time we possess breath

  
  

  We persecute daughters

  
  

  and sons who listen to

  
  

  individual consciences

  
  

   

  
  

  Meditations on Goodbye

  
  

  She remembered a while

  
  

  in the initial days of

  
  

  their coupling how she

  
  

  loved the touch of his

  
  

  body stretched against

  
  

  hers and how her flesh

  
  

  welcomed the burden of

  
  

  his body warm and firm

  
  

  pushing itself between

  
  

  her legs and into soft

  
  

  wanton pleasure before

  
  

  his words became cruel

  
  

  abusive killing knives

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