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SLAMs: Poetry by Summons
Here we go again in the roly poly month of August.
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I would tell you that these poems are all painted from the lining of my soul, but that may not be true. What comes into my head during the fast-pitched SLAM contest is always as much a surprise to me, as it probably is to the reader. Where do the poems come from? Who was that stranger who wrote them? I hardly can remember their birth.

If you've never slammed, please try it! It usually occurs once a year. And what fun it is! That mad, mad hustle to discover what new, odd challenge has been given each time, then the mindbending stretch to write something -- anything--- accompanied by the need to live a normal life while berating the fates because an hour may be all the time life has given me to invent, to exhale, to post . . .

Oh, the pain and pleasure. . . in the crazy, zany rush of madness.

Yet, it's over too quickly. And all that is left then are the poems. I read them and ponder, sometimes asking, where on earth did they come from????

I must have been half-asleep (and believe me, many times they were actually born in the wee hours of the morn!)

Yeah, SLAMs!!!!


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Portfolio -> Poetry: Singing My Soul -> SLAMs: Poetry by Summons

Bird Days and Nights  [E]   2.4 KB
They do not know or understand my secret of the quill.

Exposed  [E]   1.4 KB
There was no privacy when . . .

Bond of Union by M. C. Escher  [E]   1.1 KB
Escher's painting of a couple brings a story to my fingers.

Breathing Artist Breath  [E]   1.7 KB
I create using models fashioned of words.

Bird in Hand  [E]   2.5 KB
Challenge #2: Silent/Secret/Quiet Accomplishment

The End of Symmetry  [ASR]   2.3 KB
The geometry of the relationship was sublime, but the equation didn't pan out.

Two Poems: Complaint and Praise  [ASR]   4.2 KB
These are both science poems about space, my favorite kingdom.

The Beginning of Our Tomorrows  [E]   1.5 KB
July 21, 1969

Come Back to Me, Dear Benjamin  [ASR]   2.1 KB
He thought, he experimented, he philosophied, he analyzed. What more could a woman want?

Directions for Smooth Coasting  [ASR]   2.4 KB
Being single should come with directions.

Life Scars  [ASR]   1.1 KB
People and events leave scars which we wear in our eyes or. . .

A Man Can Only Die Once  [ASR]   2.5 KB
Wrong decisions guided his life, and each time the penalty came, he died a little more.

The City: A Cautionary Tale  [ASR]   3.2 KB
The city is not safe for us country folk.

The Light  [ASR]   1.7 KB
She drifted, seeking, and then she saw.

Stars of Loneliness  [ASR]   1.0 KB
The stars can bring a romantic adventure or light up the fact that you are alone.

In the Cave of My Mind  [E]   2.2 KB
The retreat I chose when life was a little more than my child-ego could deal with . . .

Like Soured Milk  [ASR]   3.2 KB
Sour grapes on soured milk: love.

Warmth  [E]   1.8 KB
In fantasy lie different customs.

A Terzanelle By An Unhappy Desk  [ASR]   2.3 KB
A desk protests about living in the office of a writer.

The Monk  [E]   2.9 KB
I went out to dinner with my brother. Oh, dear...

The Black Hole of Mind  [E]   1.5 KB
Where do the memories go, all those things I've forgotten?

The Rosenberg Case  [13+]   2.1 KB
The Rosenbergs gave sketchings to the Russians. Did they deserve their fate?

The Politician  [E]   0.3 KB
The USA has one of the best systems of government, but...

At the End  [ASR]   2.1 KB
Out with a whimper

Meek  [E]   1.6 KB
I'm not groveling, just elegantly conscientious and industrious, crawling in my muck?

A Single Ray of Purple  [ASR]   2.9 KB
A Friday evening perspective.

I Hang My Hat of Cordiality, But . . .  [E]   1.4 KB
Two landscapes dwell in my inner mind as I walk the path of days.

Bound for Andromeda & Sleepin’ In  [13+]   1.7 KB
I don't want to spend my time sleeping; soon there'll be plenty of time for that.

There Are Questions, And Then . . .  [ASR]   1.4 KB
Are you sure you understand the questions you are questioning?

On, Off Again, Company Star  [E]   0.8 KB
With brilliant, blinding streaks of light, he wowed us, but he faded.

Eating Hemlock Is Such Fun!  [ASR]   3.6 KB
When a fellow writer always wrote dark tales of suicide, I wrote her a poem.

Raul  [13+]   1.7 KB
A man I knew once for a short time...

Ignition of the Solution  [ASR]   2.0 KB
Information must be sorted, melded, and fermented for a novel solution to erupt.