Grammar helps
"To be" is a verb
Being is what you're up to
As you sneeze
Or laugh, or remember dreams
"Yes" is an adverb, aiding the verb
It alters meaning, not form
It augments and clarifies: it let's be
Yes is a clean synonym
In any tongue
Of love
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D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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I wanted to title this something different, but worried that my chosen title might cause problems entering the United States in the future so this is the new title. It's the greatest title. No one has ever written a title better than this. (All titles unrelated to content).
Let me be honest. I am finding this difficult. Now, I like a challenge, a stretch, a bit of an obstacle course. “Write about the decline of the British Empire in the form of a narrative poem in which your protagonist is an artichoke” I read, and flex my fingers. “Write a haiku to evoke the sensation of sibilance using only the first half of the alphabet.” “Well”, I think to myself, “this should be fun.” But “write about a system that isn’t working”? A system that isn’t working? Now? In 2026? ONE system? My favourite system that isn’t working? The sexiest system that isn’t working? The one giving me the most angst day to day? The one giving me the most existential dread? I am, as I say, finding this difficult. I will own that I have contemplated writing a thousand words on why the steady “all on” setting on my fairy lights is the EIGHTH of seven options which must be sequentially activated to get there, because that is a system that some fool came up with and it definitely doesn’t work, and now who is paying the price, eh? But how can I write about my fairy lights when…. When…. When….
By Hannah Moore5 days ago in Humans
Comments (5)
Nicely done!
Your last three lines made me go "Awww". Loved your beautiful poem!
I loved this. ha. That made me laugh. lol. Just saying that. But, truthfully and seriously, this is a beautiful entry and it's odd...because I had a similar thought to do something similar. Though nothing I did with this similar idea I had could compare to your entry. But, thought it was funny when I saw this :) Well done, good sir!
this is lovely, as is the format
Some thoughtful words