Monday, February 18, 2013

The Prisoner's Constraint

A poem using no ascenders or descenders (b, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, p, t and y)



no anxiousness 

in our seen semiconscious, 
even as an over numerous
reconnaissance.

as we raise our consciousness 

in a near cosmic canvas
we converse, 
use um... excessive exercise

as a 

worn worm won 
a circumcision. 

moreover i see raccoons as mimes

as viruses ooze over an enormous unicorn
in a universe unseen.

we murmur as women

never rise or crow in unison.
we
occur
in
music

5 comments:

  1. That poor unicorn. I love the last stanza though.

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  2. Yes, I enjoyed the last stanza as well.

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  3. This turned out really sweet in spite of the constraints. Or maybe because of the constraints? I enjoy the end mostly: "we murmur as women/ never rise or crow in unison" nice!

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  4. Thinking of a raccoon makes me cringe! On another note, I really like your second stanza; your metaphors are powerful...Cool poem.

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  5. There's a lot of Sss-ing in this poem. It is snakelike. "Enormous unicorn" and raccoons as mimes" are awesome images!

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