Notices by dogtrax (dogtrax@mastodon.social), page 3

Random Access Poetry: Day Twenty Three

Until further notice,
be fully aware:

there will
be no more poems
shared, inscribed, or written,
sipped, savored, or eaten,
nor poems nibbled at
with salt and pepper and
nothing playful will be left
in the margins of letters,

no couplets, no stanzas
no rhymes, no dances
with words in the air,
juggling meaning

We don't care!

There will be nothing
no more here
under the guise
of a poem

*until there is

#smallpoems

inspired by https://budtheteacher.com/blog/2019/04/23/npm2019-prompt-23/

@Downes Thank you for the kind remarks, and the limited range of my vocals guides the mixing. Appreciate the possible Knoffler connection ...

“That’s how our real lives unfold, I think. It’s impossible to know which moments are crucial to your narrative until the story is over.”

-- from My Own Devices (True Stories from the Road on Music, Science and Senseless Love) by Dessa, page 55

#smallquotes

song demo ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewsoPL71ljQ ... for friends

@Downes @lauraritchie We saw Postmodern Juke Box live a few years ago and it was great fun ...

Random Access Poetry: Day Twenty Two

It's a problem
my reflection
won't see --

I am pondering
my own
mortality:

the Mirror Self
never second
glances

back to see
the Other's lost
chances

#smallpoems

inspired by this photo found via the Flickr Promptr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/27925769@N04/33698491284

“... Sojourner Truth’s bold spirit lives on. Her work and her words continue to inspire and instruct. She was one of America’s great heroes, and she will be remembered always.”

-- from Who Was Sojourner Truth? by Yona Zeldis McDonough, page 103

#smallquotes

@jgmac1106 sometimes poems drop ... sorry to hear about that tree ...

@jgmac1106 Yikes. Glad no one got hurt, though. Good luck with the day ahead ...

@jgmac1106 Yikes. Glad no one got hurt, though. Good luck with the day ahead ...

@jgmac1106 Yikes. Glad no one got hurt, though. Good luck with the day ahead ...

Even if
I am only
a flat rock
on the surface
of water

Even if
I am only
a single voice
in the world
of distrust

Even if
you are just
a single person
whose voice
I hear

It may be yet
enough
to change
the world

to alter
the trajectory

to dance
on the ripples

for we follow
footsteps
of others

as others
follow us

#smallpoems

(left as a poetic comment on a friend's blog as she grappled with the impact of decisions made)