The Internet

The Internet

I found I found it founded
(and not so carefully)
In young confounded logic
And multitudes of memes
Within this social meltdown
Of watching cats by day
A very vocal billion
With nothing much to say

And don't forget the pornos
Because they paved the way
For tweets and likes and comments
For boredom on display
So keep your smart devices
With all the internet
Connect me to my footsteps
They are more permanent

Monument

The hardest part of writing is staring at the blank page with no ideas.  After I get a line, a rhyme, a homophone, or something to begin, it's not so bad.  Some weeks I come up with something I like.  A lot of the time I find myself writing without a great deal of satisfaction other than keeping the tools sharp, so to say.

In any case, this week's efforts keep sharp the tools of basic rhyme and meter.

Monument

I biuld a monument

For things that had passed through

A shifty gust

A migrant moth

A memory of you

And resting on the top

In Western-facing view

A followed whim

A brief embrace

A timpani of two

I built this edifice

Of sand and dusk and dew

For melted wax

For ended songs

For shifting motes of blue

The tide comes rolling in

To claim what rites it's due

My monument,

My sacrament

I knew it would pass too

Grief

backwards and forwards.  

Grief

Bleak this morning

Bury her

This delicate window

Kept everything out with 

Glaring confidence

Our eyes, why?

Questions that beg

Insulated

Pains

Behind

Panes

In so late it

Begs that question

Why arise?

Confidants glaring without 

Everything kept window delicate

This barrier

Mourning this bleak

Siege

I know I should try writing in different styles, but I do so enjoy the homophones.

Siege

A

Foray

For a

Battlement

Battle meant

Less edibles

Less said, able

Though to stay employed

Missile!

Miss, I'll

Fire another

Fire and other

Objcets slung

Objections

Come from down below

Great at hacking

Grates,  attacking

For the win!

For the when-

ever we play serf

I'm glad we're using Nerf

The Clockmaker

After taking some time off, I think it's time to get back to one poem per week.  It's a good way to keep my mind in shape.  Homophones!

The Clockmaker

It was

Innate

In eight

Spinning gears

Spin in jeers

Wrapped around

Rapt, a round

Ever brassy sun

It was just an

Orrery

Or are we

Clocked work too?

Clogged, work to

Free springs

Freeze brings

No discomfort

Notice comfort

Swings like pendulums

Incomprehensible loops

In comprehensible loupe

The counter waits

The counterweights

Raise him to his feet

Available on eBook

For many years, I have wanted to publish a book.  Initially this daydream was about physical books, but that's less realistic as the years pass.  Generally, I was waiting to have enough good poems to justify a book.  I've decided that now is the time.  I've developed three new forms of poetry for the world, and included some of my favorite "ordinary" poems from over the years.  Some of these have been featured in this blog, but not all of them.

This is the link to the eBook page:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DYF2TDO


if you do not have a Kindle you can download a free app to read this on any device:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771

Please take a look, it doesn't cost much.  Please share with friends.

Thank you,

Greg Thomas

The Sound Poet

Since my last post I have picked out all of the poems I wish to use, arranged them into four sections (homophones, backwards and forwards, word collage, and "ordinary"), added a basic title page, page numbers,  a table of contents and ran a spell check.  I have gone over it once with regard to formatting, and I've whittled a few poems out to maintain overall quality.

I still need to go over it at least one more time for formatting and quality control, make sure the pages listed in the table of contents are correct after that, and add a little about the author/thanks for reading squib to the end.  This stuff is time consuming.  I might do this tomorrow instead of job hunting, or it might have to wait until next week.

after that last bit to finish it, I'll have to go through the amazon kindle store process, which ,*fingers crossed* with any luck, won't disfigure my page and/or line formatting.  I don't know how long it takes from submitting the document to being listed on the store.

So that's the plan.  Hopefully I'll have something to report (and a link!) in a couple of weeks.