Dibs! ZOMG DIBS!!!

01 January 2011

Excuse me, good sirs and madames,
May I hold this place in the line?
I am rather excited by this,
And would like to claim it as mine.

For this is exactly the sort
Of event that might fill me with glee
To participate is an honour
I am grateful the chance came to me.

So let’s raise a glass in a toast!
To everything we may achieve
Thank you, friends, for your contributions
Hope you had a great New Year’s Eve!

Last post of NaNoWriMo Penance! Title (accidentally) donated by Shane H.

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Posted in Creativity. Tags: Poetry, NaNoWriMo penance

Jack

30 December 2010

Part of NaNoWriMo Penance. No title today, hence the newspaper blackout poem. I’ll try to get some of my old ones up too, within the next few weeks.

Jack gets smiles from the rest of the world / No one knows his job / But he will be missed

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Posted in Creativity. Tags: Newspaper blackout poem, NaNoWriMo penance

the fish who realized it was swimming in its own toilet

30 December 2010

    Masti-
    cation.
    Motion.
   Excretion.
   Confusion.
  Sanitation!
Rationalization.
  Depression.
   Emotion!
    Option?
   Decision.
  Expiration.

It’s a fish!

Part of NaNoWriMo Penance. Title donated by Kellie L.

Bonus poem…in Japanese!

トイレ中
魚のように
住みたいか

Toire naka
Sakana no you ni
Sumitai ka?

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Posted in Creativity. Tags: Poetry, Japanese, Haiku, NaNoWriMo penance

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