Archive for the ‘satire’ Category
No First Ink
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, courage, dark, humor noir, mystery, photo, prayer, satire, stream of consciousness, suspense, wisdom
Offered in response to prompt #136 at One Single Impression,
and in response to prompt #73 on Carry On Tuesday,
also in response to prompt #189 at Three Word Wednesday.
No First Ink
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I lean upon my folded fist
cool against my temple
elbow solid on my cluttered desk
eyes droop and flicker
aflame with spoiled sleep
face slacked
head now dropped
held in my hands
heavy [...]
Breakfast Lovers Fanatsy
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, family, food, humor, nature, photo, photorendering, rhyme, satire, whimsy, wonder
…I wrote this in response to the July 5th prompt at Big Tent Poetry…
Breakfast Lovers Fantasy
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whether panning for poached
fishing for fried
or sifting for softly scrambled
maybe bobbing for boiled
or sunny side up
angling for over easy
perhaps baiting a hook
for benedict
or dangling a lure for deviled
be they baked in cakes
or dropped in soup
it’s a whites & yolks wet [...]
That Hollywood Sparkle
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, dark, horror, humor noir, photo, rant, satire, tragedy, wisdom
…I wrote this in response to the June 14th prompt at Big Tent Poetry…
That Hollywood Sparkle
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it’s not so much we resent the hungry
no more than do we despise the poor
rather we avoid and dismiss them
with the dull cough of apathy
we find them disturbing and dangerous
they disquiet our comfort
we do not flow with the milk of [...]
Why I Write
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, courage, gratitude, homage, humor, humor noir, joy, photo, satire, stream of consciousness, wisdom
In response to prompt #87 at Poetic Asides
Why I Write
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I write as proof that I exist
so as not to lose my mind
to prevent my sorrow
from choking the life
from my soul
to know what I really think
to ride the currents of my joy
and laughter
to track my growth
share what I have experienced
shed light on my ignorance
to leave my [...]
NaPoWriMo #27
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, acrostic, action, art, courage, dark, gratitude, homage, joy, love, music, mystery, philosophy, photo, prose, rant, satire, suspense, tragedy, video poem, whimsy, wisdom
This is my twenty-seventh post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one acrostic
• one tanka
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• inspired by Carolee Sherwood ’s day 27 prompt at read write poem to write an acrostic
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Evolution
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Even in chaos nature finds balance.
Violent floods beget fertile fields.
One thing ends, another begins.
Life is a cycle of birth and death.
Untamed wildfire creates forest [...]
NaPoWriMo #25
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, courage, erotic, food, humor, mystery, photo, satire, sensuality, suspense, whimsy, wisdom
This is my twenty-fifth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one tanka
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• inspired by Joseph Harker’s day 25 prompt at read write poem
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Hotaslava
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I will not forget you
memory still burns
tearful recollection of the first time
my eyes beheld your luscious curves
skin smooth as satin
golden as you lay before me
seductive in the summer sun
you [...]
NaPoWriMo #24 - In Vain / Daddy’s Girl
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, action, courage, dark, family, humor, humor noir, love, mystery, photo, satire, suspense, whimsy, wisdom
This is my twenty-fourth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one tanka
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• This poem that follows is inspired by Marie Gauthier’s NaPoWriMo day 23 prompt at readwritepoem to find and use a colloquial phrase — and by the current frustration I am feeling trying to deliver on my promise of at [...]
NaPoWriMo #20 - Heroes
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, courage, dark, family, food, horror, humor, humor noir, love, photo, satire, tragedy, whimsy, wisdom
This is my twentieth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• two free verse poem
• one tanka
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• inspired by Jessica GC’s prompt at read write poem
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Reality At 30,000
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(a hero returns)
distant
slurred
reverberant
like a voice in a canyon
I hear her calling in my mind
my name
rolling sweet as nectar
from lips soft as orchid petals
full as a bursting peach
glistening deep coral
as [...]
NaPoWriMo #19 - Ah Hah!
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Limerick, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, humor, humor noir, joy, photo, rhyme, satire, sculpture, whimsy, wisdom
This is my nineteenth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one limerick
• one tanka
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• inspired by Rallentanda’s day 19 prompt at read write poem
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Surplus
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it struck me the moment I met you
I just didn’t want to upset you
didn’t know how you’d act
if I acknowledged the fact
but now that you’ve asked guess I’ll have to
I know that [...]
Deadline
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, humor, love, photo, satire, whimsy, wisdom
Deadline
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presented for your consideration
deadlines
and time
time is relative
a fleeting thing
non-substantive
so how does one keep time
to keep is to hold
or maintain
something in your possession
it would seem
given the insubstantial nature
of time
that one cannot
with time
being the core component
of a deadline
and time unable to be ‘kept’
the logical deduction
is that a deadline
is therefore unable to be ‘kept’
it would also seem
that it [...]
So Amusing
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, homage, humor noir, photo, rhyme, satire, whimsy
…this is a fond homage to Theodor Seuss Geisel and Sheldon Alan Silverstein…
So Amusing
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what is it you find so amusing my dear
perhaps it’s the fact I have only one ear
it makes it difficult to accurately hear
so you’ll have to speak that much louder I fear
yes it’s true, as you see, I have only my right
the [...]
So Many Gifts
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, courage, humor noir, mystery, satire, wisdom
NaPoMo poem #29
This is the twenty ninth and the penultimate of the poems I will write this April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
This poem is a tongue-in-cheek, but well intentioned look at life’s many gifts, inspired by prompt #29 at read write poem.
• NOTE: these poems [...]
Fashion Faux Pas
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, humor, humor noir, rhyme, satire, whimsy
NaPoMo poem #23
This is the twenty third of the poems I will write this April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
This is a bit of whimsy inspired by the read write poem NaMoWriMo prompt #23, “a different hat”.
• NOTE: these poems will all essentially be early drafts, [...]
Offbeat
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, humor, humor noir, rhyme, satire, whimsy
NaPoMo poem #18-A
This is poem eighteen-A of the poems I will write this April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
This poem was inspired by a prompt at Sunday Scribblings. Prompt was “language”.
• NOTE: these poems will all essentially be early drafts, so edits may occur after [...]
15 Days To Go
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, humor, humor noir, rhyme, satire
NaPoMo poem #16
This is the sixteenth of the poems I will be writing each day here in April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
• NOTE: these poems will all essentially be early drafts, so edits may occur after their initial posting.
15 Days To Go
