Body

my body is powerful

this corpus of language

mind of metaphor

standing on legs of limerick

skull screaming rhyme scheme

defying definition

gnashing teeth

grinning typewriter keys

starved staring eyes

watching the ink flow

living

bleeding

today

tomorrow

hearts pound like marching snares

beating time to the day's reveille

lungs filled to the brim with lyric

new paragraph

indent

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

We eat sleep breathe dream and embody our crafts fully. Changing our rhythms and flows as we grow as we go

[John Sullivan]

Very well said, we must make sure to grow... not to become stagnant.... thank you for reading!

[John the Baptist]

Yes, we writers can sometimes become driven, to the point where we MUST write. I think the term "marching snares" has a double meaning here. It is indeed a drum, but a snare is also a trap. Obsession is not a good thing, no matter how much it produces.

[John Sullivan]

That's... a really cool reading. I like the double entendre of "snare" you saw, I had not thought of that...

[Vol]

John,
The struggle is REAL! I wonder from the tone, if you are a denizen of large city? When I get like this, i walk outside where there are more trees than people.
Vol

[John Sullivan]

That it is Mr. Lindsey! I live in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, one of those quaint old New England mill cities. Lotsa old buildings, lotsa trees, lotsa autumn foliage. It has it's charms! Thanks for reasing

[Neville]

just watch your step .. if you put a foot wrong those marching snares will be sure to get ya as soon as they've finished digesting the credits ... bloomin well poemed Sir John .. Neville

[John Sullivan]

Ahahaha, all always, my most gracious thanks, Nev

[Desert Knave]

Excellent. I love when I have those rare nights when I am "all about" poetry and it seems like it pours out of me. ~Jim

[John Sullivan]

Yeah, it's good to be inspired. Doesn't happen all the time, but when it does...

[Stella Armour]

Wow such a poetic body language i had never considered before . Gnashing, grinning teeth will for ever make me smile now as i sit at my keyboard 😁.
Good to see you posting again my friend, and with a brilliant write too :)

[John Sullivan]

Thank you my friend, as always. It's nice to be back

[emmajoygreen]

Cleverly - nay, a brilliantly contrived, created and displayed play with words, metaphors galore!

'my body is powerful
this corpus of language
mind of metaphor
standing on legs of limerick
skull screaming rhyme scheme
defying definition'

and the whole.. ..

[John Sullivan]

Thank you miss Emma, always a pleasure