Poem a Day for April - 12

[skonen_blades]

Instant Poetry Slam tonight. We arrived at 7 and got the prompt. We wrote for two hours and slammed the results.

The prompt was "A workout and more".

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Many things are a workout and more.

Digging a grave, for instance. At night.

Having sex. With someone who is not your partner.

Spanking a child. Spanking an adult.

Holding your breath. Underwater. While trying to untie your feet from the block of concrete attached to your ankles.

Running. From a lion.

Giving CPR. To your son.

Doing chin-ups. While hanging off the edge of a cliff.

Carrying groceries for a family of four sixteen blocks because you had to choose between a bus pass and feeding your family.

Struggling to get free from the chair you're tied to before the guy asking the uestions gets back.

Swimming. With no land in sight.

Throwing a javelin. And aiming. Throwing a hammer. And aiming.

Throwing a switch. On an electric chair.

Making to to the person you've pledged your life to.

Climbing the stairs. On your last day of work.

Dancing by yourself, remembering when you were young.

Climbing a tree. To get away from bears.

Kayaking. Away from a waterfall.

Praying. Even though you don't believe.




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Comments

[icecreamemperor.livejournal.com]

Argh. I totally remember adding this to my calendar, but apparently I did not add it with enough reminders. My favourite alt slam. :(

[shannons-words.livejournal.com]

that's too bad, it was the most fun

[skonen-blades.livejournal.com]

And nice work, by the way Shannon. Really strong piece.

[skonen-blades.livejournal.com]

It was a good time.