Posts Tagged ‘humor’
Oh Brother!
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, family, humor noir, love, photo, rant, whimsy, wisdom
Presented in response to the May 10th prompt from Big Tent Poetry, which suggested “be playful! Let the sound of the words carry the weight (of the poem)” — so here is my playful poem of sounds…
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Oh Brother!
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ACHOO!
exploded in the quiet room
followed by a couple loud sniffs
cover your mouth
I blurted in a whisper
before I bonk [...]
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 [...]
In A Heartbeat
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, family, gratitude, joy, love, photo, whimsy, wisdom
In response to prompt #52 at Carry On Tuesday, and prompt #115 at One Single Impression
In A Heartbeat
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the trip to visit you
is filled with memories
sweet anticipation
knowing the warmth of your hello
the strength of your handshake
your fond embrace
the stretch down I-5
we’re laughing and singing
miles zipping by
till we spy your exit
then west toward the coast
a quiet buzz [...]
Boxes - Contemplation in 3 Parts
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, Tanka, art, courage, dark, horror, humor, love, mystery, photo, rhyme, stream of consciousness, tragedy, whimsy, wisdom
In response to the Ist prompt on the newly opened We Write Poems, I contemplate boxes
Boxes
Contemplation #1
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my memories gather and squabble
like crows in fallow fields
they pick clean
the bones of my recall
bones against the cruel clay
of an arid barren mind
bones spilled from soul boxes
in which I’d desperately collected
the scarred and damaged pieces
of my broken dreams
dreams now [...]
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 - part 3: The Circle Game
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Essay, Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, courage, homage, joy, love, music, photo, wisdom
This is part 3 of my twenty fifth post for National Poetry Month 2010
…this poem was inspired by the April 25th prompt at Poetic Asides — write a poem inspired by a song…
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In considering today’s Day 25 prompt by Robert Lee Brewer at Poetic Aides, I was drawn to the taxing journey that is NaPoWriMo [...]
NaPoWriMo #25 - part 2: Fissures
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, courage, family, gratitude, homage, humor, joy, love, photo, rhyme, tragedy, whimsy, wisdom
This is part 2 of my twenty fifth post for National Poetry Month 2010
…this piece that follows was inspired by prompt #113 at One Single Impression…
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Fissures
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life is generous
with the good and bad
countless experiences
joyous and sad
it would appear
you’ve had your share
you’ve garnered wisdom
learned how to care
you have known joy
you’ve tasted pain
stricken with sorrow
but smiled again
there have [...]
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 #23 - Skyward Suite / Midnight Gliding
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, food, gratitude, humor, joy, love, mystery, photo, suspense, whimsy, wisdom
This is my twenty-third post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one three-poem suite
• one tanka
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• the first poem is inspired by Sage Cohen’s day 23 prompt at read write poem
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Spread Offense
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…making PB&J, as a wrestling match…
it appears everything is ready
for a great competition today
this has been the moment
we’ve anticipated
since the [...]
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 [...]
NaPoWriMo #14 - Tears / Murder / Nudity
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, action, cleave, courage, dark drama, gratitude, horror, humor, joy, love, mystery, photo, prose, science fiction, sensuality, tragedy, wisdom
This is my fourteenth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one cleave
• one free verse science fiction love poem
• one haiku
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…this piece was inspired by a prompt by Nicole Nicholson over at read write poem…
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Sorrow
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(this is a cleave)
in great anguish in the sour light of treason
I look upon my glaring loss which stings my eyes
I [...]
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 [...]
NaPoWriMo #4 - Now / Time To Smile
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, art, collage, humor, joy, philosophy, rhyme, wisdom
This is my fourth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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Nelle Lytle put forth a fascinating and challenging prompt at Read Write Prompt for day #4 of NaPoWriMo. We were to look at things inside out. At first I was perplexed. I kicked a number of ideas [...]
