High Impact- Selected Short PiecesA Poem by Marie AnzaloneEach entry has 14 words or less1) irony
Meditating- I practice universal compassiontruth Waking- I still despise him.
**************************** 2) rage (true story)
"I guess it's your problem" he said, handing me a metal coat hanger.
***************************** 3) Wanted
Wanted: A good man who can laugh at Dostoevsky with me. *********************************
4) 'Tis the season
Yo, Dad, this all you an dat b***h givin' me for Christmas this year?
*********************************** 5) Why I love you
When we met I saw my weakness turn to strength in your gaze.
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6) someone I left in 1993
He was the type moved, upon viewing fragile things, to crush them. *************************************
7) for Jess
I'm sorry that when growing up you only got hugged when you were ill.
************************************************* 8) Standardized Testing
Why can we not let our children just be geniuses? *******************************************
9) Connecticut Drivers
Use of turn signals might give away state secrets.
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10) The frustration of cats
Because you have declared you need any spot upon which I was gonna sit.
************************************ 11) Why she'll never be content
"I'll be happy when someone rescues me and hands to me all I want."
****************************************** 12) Self-importance
A critic getting her Master's in sophistry and rigidity- creating not.
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13) The Most Hopeless Feeling in the World
When I can do nothing to comfort a tiny creature dying in my hands.
************************************* 14) Writing Aspirations
You have a very bright future writing other people's rejection letters.
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15) Why I'm Quitting
I'm tired of harpoon points enfolded within your "Good Morning"
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16) What PETA and The Tea Party Have in Common
Half-truths and oversimplification exalted as the reason for distrust of knowledge
************************** 17) To my stats prof
Please- don't let today's lecture be such boredom. I'm just that tired. Amen.
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18) Chastising a NY ex
Terns migrate 22,000 miles each year. You wouldn't drive to Pennsylvania to visit Mom.
© 2010 Marie AnzaloneAuthor's Note
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Added on November 4, 2009Last Updated on October 4, 2010 Previous Versions AuthorMarie AnzaloneXecaracoj, Quetzaltenango, GuatemalaAboutBilingual (English and Spanish) poet, essayist, novelist, grant writer, editor, and technical writer working in Central America. "A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to ta.. more..Writing
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