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 |  Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present . |
| The number of poems enforces the use of blog format with ten poems per page. |
| Message in a Bottle Set forth upon the waters, adrift in a bubble of air, our words issue forth, seeking an ear in the currents of the sea, hear me, hear me, in the bubbling hubbub, an ocean of voices. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 12.22.21 Prompt: Photo of message in a bottle. |
| For Instance Instant oatmeal, instant coffee, instant gratification on the run, instant reward for instant opus, instant meal in instant making, instant life in instant’s dreaming, instant desire meets instant thought, instant moments rattle on by to end in instant insignificance. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 12.21.21 Prompt: Instant. |
| Under Under the spreading cedar tree the shade of branches held aloft speaks of shelter cool and dim in warmer climes of brightest noon. Acacia thorns and toughened green hold the pulsing midday heat in broiling sway beneath blue skies horizon storms hail the end of thirst. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 12.20.21 Prompt: Write an under poem. |
| From the ‘Tache Would it be brash to make a dash to raise the cash to buy the mash for corned beef hash? It seems too flash to make a splash and risk a clash. Line count: 8 Rhymed incessantly For Express It In Eight, 11.25.21 Prompt: Brash, dash, hash, mash. |
 Stab In Heavy School one day two students had their say “So, d’you like it?” asked the one “Not me I’m nearly done,” came answer from the other, “Goin’ back home to mother. These furry pants do itch, and square shoulders are a bitch.” “I can see you’ve had enough, but it makes you look so tough.” Line count: 10 (it’s an extra so ignores the rules) Free verse For Express It In Eight, 11.23.21 Prompt: Upside down bat illustration. |
 Bats “Come here often?” “My favourite hangout.” ”Why’s that then?” “People hold together here, similar point of view. Don’t like it? Drop out. No one calls you batty.” “I could fall for that.” Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 11.23.21 Prompt: As per illustration. |
| Consider It Done Don’t worry, I’ve got it, I’ll handle it, I promise, it’s on the agenda, it is, I’ll even add it to the list, it’s all in hand, you’ll see, and this? It’s a round tuit, to give my guarantee, I’ll get it done tomorrow. Line count: 8 Free verse (although it rhymes all over the place) For Express It In Eight, 11.22.21 Prompt: Write a tomorrow poem. |
| Dusk Dusk, and the night throws its overcoat in shadowed tones upon the hills, the sky yawns in deep greens and blues at the dying of the day, all cares submerged in the growing darkness of toil ended. The lights go on behind curtains drawn as life prepares the times for rest and we sit watching in the chilly gloom. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 11.21.21 Prompt: Dusk. |
| Kalahari Dream History was young when the insistent beat of a bowstring rang out over the red dirt and yellow grass of the dry lands. The hunter sang the song of the bow as he dreamed of the leaping prey. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 11.19.21 Prompt: The San Bushmen Music. |
| Mbira and Me Sitting in the car, passing the time, waiting on the boss, only my mbira for company, I’ll sing of old times, times that make me sad and my thumbs busy. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 11.18.21 Prompt: Zimbabwe’s Mbira Music. |
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