Monday, August 22, 2011

Short Poetry Collection 1

You might find if contrived
to fall in love with your librarian
but to me
it's a daily occurrence

I can feel all the electricity inside
zipping up my body
'til it collects at the back of my neck,
all at the thought of seeing you again

At night the neighbour's security light shines
filtered through the trees and my thin curtains
and ends on my wall, looking like a neuron universe.
I stare in to it 'til my eyes go dark
or the light switches off

Over the fence there is a barking dog.
'Why are you barking?' I ask
'Because the wind blows, and the light shines, and there is so much I don't understand' it says.
But actually, that was just a guess
cos all I heard was
'arf rarf arff'

3 comments:

  1. really really love the last paragraph/stanza.

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  2. just realised i read this as one poem when maybe i wasn't meant to. either way i have no regrets i think they both work well.

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  3. Correct orthography is 'till.' Never has been nor never will be "'til"

    Don't sweat it though. Keats was illiterate too.

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