Inspiration Buffet – This week’s Inspiration Buffet features two poems by Maggie Koger that stir up many questions about the natural (or artificial) ingredients of poetry.
Fantastic Voyage
by Maggie Koger
Sky whispers blue and then
reddens–prefacing dark.
Wind whistles and roars
shattering calm updrafts.
Rainbow arches in spectrum
a smooth curvilinear bow.
Water steams, bubbles, boils
incited by fire.
Waves pound and stars blink.
None of this is imagined.
Verb folding inward
still as a held breath.
Verities
by Maggie Koger
Ice melts
Silt settles
Sand washes
Waves rise
and fall
Fish leap
Terns dive
Sun flames
Clouds rally
then drift
Only poetry (never) lies
Maggie Koger is a Media Specialist with a writing habit. She lives and works in Boise and celebrates Le Bois–the trees the city is named for. She has published poetry in Poet Lore, Avocet, Mused, WestWard Quarterly, Montucky, Blast Furnace, and Eternal Haunted Summer.
Photo by Adrian Kirby.
Poetry Potluck – The comment section is OPEN for you to share your thoughts and poems on the topic of today’s Inspiration Buffet.
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July 31, 2016 at 9:51 AM
Thank you Ron for the poetry comments. I am pleased to update my listing of the recognition Poetry Breakfast and this column received from Winning Writers. My name and the site are listed here:
https://winningwriters.com/whats-new/subscriber-news-july-2016
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June 17, 2016 at 10:43 AM
Hi, I thought a reader or two might be interested to know that the Winning Writers site will be posting a notice in the July issue about ““Only Poetry (Never) Lies” – Poetry Potluck and Inspiration Buffet 6/12/16” https://winningwriters.com/whats-new/subscriber-news! Winning Writers is an excellent resource for writer with many free and helpful suggestions for markets and writerly news.
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June 12, 2016 at 4:06 PM
13 Ways of Looking at Little Chocolate Donuts
(1)
It’s a hot humid day
The market has put boxes of
Little chocolate donuts
In the refrigerated section
(2)
I cannot turn down
That chilled army of
Little chocolate donuts
At the checkout
I tell my daughter
Go run and grab a box
(3)
She runs up
Then back down
The freezer aisle now
Carrying a box of
Little chocolate donuts
(4)
She places the
Rectangular white box
On the black conveyer belt
Little chocolate donuts
Ride to the checker
(5)
I gaze at the box on the belt
There is the clear plastic window
Revealing the dark round little donuts
Packed together like a crowded bus
(6)
I remember eating
Little chocolate donuts
Unwrapping a six pack
Indulging in chocolate fantasy
Enjoying them more day old
(7)
I take the plastic bag
In my hand
Weighted by
The sacred box
(8)
I give the plastic bag
To Kyla for safekeeping
While I drive my gray car
With gray fiber seats
And black wheels
(9)
The road is a fudge river
The sidewalk is a dusty milk stream
The front door is beige cake
(10)
Once inside, the box of
Little chocolate donuts
Rests on the kitchen counter
Ready to be fingered open
By the salivating humans
(11)
Magically the little chocolate
Donuts are disappearing
As family members toss them
One by one into their mouths
(12)
The last little chocolate donut
Is gone
The white box
Is empty
(13)
Two days later
My waistline has bulged
I have been eating
Too many little chocolate donuts
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June 12, 2016 at 10:31 AM
Thirteen Ways To See The Wind Chime
1.
Even when there is no wind
the sun makes it sing
2.
I can hear it
whenever I want
wherever I go
even after all these years
3.
day and night
it moves outside inside
a reliable lullaby
an unpredictable alarm clock
4.
even the clouds envy its randomness
5.
we leave it out all winter
let it be tortured by gales and ice
but it forgives us in the spring
6.
audiobeacon. lighthouse. compass rose.
7.
even over jovial cocktails
six musician friends
decline to attempt transcription
8.
crows eye it with suspicion
but the songbirds worship it
9.
soft siren
10.
in sunlight it sweetens
the smell of fresh cut hay
after midnight
adds glow to embers
11.
portal between mere morning fog and blesséd dream
12.
a mystic radio
tuned to the universal frequency
13.
the wind chime
is not just
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