April 28, 2007

• Poem from Yesterday

  Yesterday, I put out a challenge that since I had written anything in a while, I wanted someone to give me a topic.  Lady_Songbird came through with a topic of forgetfulness.  The poem is rather dark, but I liked the way it turned out, so thanks again, my lovely muse!

  Anyway, in case you haven’t heard me talk about them or don’t remember, this is a BRIK poem.  You type it in courier font so it looks like a rectangle, and  they are 22 characters across and 13 lines long.  The title is also 22 characters.  They are fun to write and they force you to be very particular with your words.  So I will also turn this post into a tag.  Write a BRIK, and put it in your blog and then let me know when you’ve done it.

  She Loses her Memories

  
  

  She swallows them down
  these memories of hate
  with whiskey and pills
  They drown the slap of
  his unwelcome skin and
  the sweat that dripped
  from his forehead into
  her blank averted eyes
  She drowns his face in
  a sea of forgetfulness
  but his hushed mantras
  say happy women do not
  tangle up their sheets

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