Blank verse
My favorites are the free birds that - well,
you know... You know? Whereas I'm all like, 'How
do I stick a whatsit into the round
binkadink, wrapped in floojipples? Maybe
a shibboing would do it?' I'm amazed that
some of those splendid creatures don't get much
attention, or sometimes are dismissed as
colorless. Sure, their plumes lack the glossy
sheen of kept pets in shiny cages, but,
really, they should all be spreading their wings-
-whoosh- up- past the- -swish- into loop-de-loops,
soaring into spins through -zip- -zoom- with me
holding on for dear life, thick emotions
coursing / heart pounding / anticipating -
more, more, give me more -please- of that raw worm
you're chewing up with such gusto, relish,
perhaps, for a hotdog. I'd gladly be
a swine, rooting at the rank, wet guano
they casually drop from the heavens.
d’Verse Open Link Night
For OLN at d’Verse, I’d like to share this blank verse poem I wrote one year ago in Dec. ’21.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
Haha ๐
๐๐๐ป Brandon ๐๐ป๐
Lol, I get the feeling of a strong “love-lovelessness, lovey dovey ” for these people-bombing diving birds.
Fish&Chips
Sandwich stealers
binkadink (sounds hilarious)
Full of versatility, carefree monogomous
Fresh and salt water consumer
Shibboing boing boing.
๐คญ๐๐ป Abi ๐๐ป๐คญ
๐, thatโs right, a giggle or a smile with a laugh in between; these are the raw materials and ingredients of a wonderful prayer recipe.๐๐
You threw in some onomatopoeia, some sniglets, and a good dose of humor!!
๐ค๐๐ป Muri ๐๐ป๐ค
Funny poem, David. And it’s true we take these amazing creatures for granted most of the time.
๐ค๐๐ป Michaรซl ๐๐ป๐ค
I adored the diction and the descriptions, the funny words that you included are especially dear to me because I could recognize myself talking like that, day to day, about several things.
๐๐๐ป Oloriel ๐๐ป๐ ~ thank you!
~David
This is fun and unexpected!
๐ค๐๐ป Michele ๐๐ป๐ค
Funny ๐
๐๐๐ป Yassy ๐๐ป๐
Welcome, David.
๐ค
Fun poem. Love all the sounds I could hear in the text.
๐๐๐ป JeanMarie ๐๐ป๐
โTis the delight and peril of free verse. You nailed it! โ Brendan
๐๐๐ป Brendan ๐๐ป๐ ~ thanks!
~David
This was so funny…
๐คญ๐๐ป Bjรถrn ๐๐ป๐คญ
Birdie birdie in the sky
why you poo poo in my eye?
I’m a big boy, I don’t cry –
I’m just glad that cows don’t fly.
๐ฎ Danial ๐ฎ ~ very funny!
~David
I think a shibboing would definitely do it, good sir! ๐ This reminds me of a classmate who had bullied me for years. On our senior trip to an amusement park near Salt Lake City, Utah (where there’s a healthy sea gull population), this bully crawled off the bus and was immediately splattered on the head with sea gull droppings. It was exquisite revenge from the heavens for all those years of being bullied by this guy. So, this poem brings back happy memories for me! ๐
๐ฉ Mike ๐ฉ ~ hahaha!