An emoji ‘free verse’
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In a moment, ๐งโโ๏ธ it would be over again and he'd ๐งโโ๏ธ have to start over in the next... no, not this time. Grunting, ๐ค hand over hand, he scaled the ๐งโโ๏ธ uneven face of ๐ค the dream cliff, fingers ๐ค aching with the weight of his body ๐งโโ๏ธ as the first rays ๐ of sunlight... oh no โ no... no... ... ... ๐๏ธ ๐คธโโ๏ธ ๐คธโโ๏ธ ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐ฆ ๐๐๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ Far below the water's surface he swam effortlessly, breathing through the dream gills on the sides of his neck... ๐ฎ๐จ here we go again... kicking ๐ฆต with his powerful ๐ฆต legs, frog style, ๐ฆต he propelled himself towards ๐ฆต the mouth of ๐ฆต the cave ahead. Maybe... ๐ฆต this time ๐ฆต ... There! Wait... What was that ๐ณ๏ธ dark... no... please! not... ๐ณ๏ธ ๐คธโโ๏ธ ๐ณ๏ธ ๐คธโโ๏ธ ๐ฆถ๐ฅ He landed ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฆถ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ barefoot ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ and ๐ tiptoed over ๐ฆถ ๐ ๐ ๐ the ๐ฆถ ๐ enormous ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ bookstacks, ๐ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ looking carefully for ๐ the... ๐ ๐ฆถ ๐ ๐ ๐ wait... ๐ was that it? ๐ ๐ ๐ yes! ๐ finally! he saw it lying ๐๏ธ behind some ๐ ๐ bookstacks; ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ quickly - before this new dream ended, he made a grab ๐ค for the ๐ Pen โ๏ธ of Poetry... ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ he'd done it! โ๏ธ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ finally... โ๏ธ his poems โ ๐ ๐ ๐ would truly be his own! ๐
d’Verse Open Link Night
For today’s Open Link Night at d’Verse, I’d like to share one of the more experimental poems that I’ve attempted, which I first published back in January of this year.
I think a lot about what is/n’t poetry; and in this piece I was exploring the idea that emojis are essentially modern day hieroglyphics. In many ways, they’re used like letters and even convey certain kinds of information that individual letters do not.
Of course, I understand that this is not everybody’s cup of tea; and some may even consider this a bastardization of poetry. That’s okay – I totally get it.
Still, for me, this was a lot of fun to write ๐
Sharing my poem on dreams – enjoy!
https://appamprawns.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/dreamvsreality/
very nice ๐
-David
I do agree with your piece on emojis and its use in the modern age. Very interesting piece ๐
๐ค Soni ๐ค
This is one of your best. Felt like ‘Alice in Wonderland’.
And the emojis were so appropriate and well placed.
I can only say WOW! ๐
I have an overactive imaginationโฃ๏ธ