Two Old Poems

TWO OLD POEMS I even have to confess I’m just really behind the deadline eight-ball again, however still, I also needed to cleanse myself and the weblog of last week’s rant, so . . . It’s exhausting for me to even believe that at one time I really wrote poetry, and it’s even more durable to consider that a few of it was printed. Here are two that I at all times favored, for old time’s sake, and for example of the truth that you can write fantasy but don’t have to solely write fantasy. The first was published in a journal that only published poems that had been thirteen lines lengthy. The second in a very cool journal I wish was nonetheless around, like they wished mine wasâ€"it isn’t. TO WAIT In the midst Of a Serious financial Crisis Two Old Men Play Tic-Tac-Toe Pretending To wait For something To wait For a while. Originally revealed in Thirteen, Vol. VII, No. 2, January Ken Stone, Editor LOST LITTLE LOST great wasp wispy smoke sister one left tonight gone gones gone below aground beneath beneath beneath beneath someone goes and someone comes and someone stays and it’s all the same and it’s all the same and it’s all the identical and it’s all the identical and take a look at me in this outfit look at me little misplaced goats going flowing left right gone to hell go to hell to hell with you. Originally published in Slipstream #10, Robert Borgatti, Livio Farallo, and Dan Sicoli, Editors That was twenty-5 years ago, it was a minimum of that many lifetimes, however hell, I should start writing poetry again. â€"Philip Athans About Philip Athans Fill in your particulars under or click on an icon to log in: You are commenting utilizing your WordPress.com account. (Log Out/ Change) You are commenting utilizing your Google account. (Log Out/ Change) You are commenting utilizing your Twitter account. (Log Out/ Change) You are commenting using your Facebook account. (Log Out/ Change) Connecting to %s Notify me of latest comments through e-mail. Notify me of new posts via e-mail. Enter your e mail tackle to subscribe to Fantasy Author's Handbook and obtain notifications of recent posts by email. Join 4,779 other followers Sign me up! RSS - Posts RSS - Comments