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Week 523 (March 2-15). Poems topic: Daffodils.
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M, for the upcoming college basketball tournament, may I suggest a topic for the latter part of this month: "March Madness". that could be expanded upon different ways. just a thought. But for now, back to "daffodils."
“March Madness” it is! Thank you, Brett.I should amend that. It’s conditional on whether I’m the moderator who puts up the next contest.
POET: Garrison KellyTITLE: Jerk of the Year
GENRE: Rap Rock Song
RATING: PG-13 for language and violence
VERSE 1
I tried to sing a song called “Daffodil Lament”
But you’re living in my head without paying rent
Changing the lyrics into a pornographic parody
Booing me and laughing like it’s all hilarity
If they gave an award for Jerk of the Year
You’d have millions of them magically appear
Covering your walls like the paint itself
Every closet, every desk, every space on your shelf
CHORUS 1
You’re the Jerk of the Year! Jerk of the Year!
It’s like winning the Golden Raspberry
You’re the Jerk of the Year! Jerk of the Year!
It’s like losing your booby prize cherry
VERSE 2
You joke about war, you joke about famine
Joke about kids getting blasted with a cannon
You laugh it all off, you call it “dark humor”
You call your criticism “fake news rumors”
Gallows humor is real, but let me ask you this
Are you the one wishing that the blade will miss?
The guillotine cuts you, your jokes get the laughs
But if you’re in the crowd, you’re just another ass
CHORUS 2
You’re the Jerk of the Year! Jerk of the Year!
It’s like winning the Gooker Award
You’re the Jerk of the Year! Jerk of the Year!
It’s like falling on a bladeless sword
VERSE 3
You can torch an orphanage, kick a few puppies
Pay the shitty wages to millennial yuppies
You can take the lollipop from a baby’s hand
Drop a few bombs on a foreigner’s land
The judge and jury are always on your side
You got the not guilty vote in a fucking landslide
When your ego and bank account are the same size
You eat steak, drink wine, fuck the nuggets and fries
CHORUS 3
You’re the Jerk of the Year! Jerk of the Year!
It’s almost better than a Medal of Honor
You’re the Jerk of the Year! Jerk of the Year!
It’s almost worth being a heartless monster
Jerk of the Decade! There’s no disputing
Jerk of the Century! Not worth feuding
Jerk of the Millennium! The ultimate truth
Biggest Jerk of All Time! I’ve got proof
You’re the Jerk of the Year! Jerk of the Year!
Jerk of the Year! Jerk of the Year!
You’re the Jerk of the Year! Jerk of the Year!
Jerk of the Year! Jerk of the Year!
A Welcome ChangeBy Brett A. Starr on March 9, 2022
Spring. My welcome friend.
Winter's time to end. Yellow
Daffodils, please send.
Well Wow Garrison, I'm not sure where to start with that one - very powerful stuff, not for the faint hearted. Some very harrowing images. Brett, I love that, short and sweet and as cheerful as a daffodil!
Thank you, Nicky. I was struggling to come up with something for a few days. Then yesterday, that came out in a matter of minutes. Hard to explain how that works. I like the shortness of Haiku in saying a lot with a little. I think of Thoreau - simplicity.
I love Haiku, I get what you mean about the simplicity, I admire anyone who can write them. I find them really hard work. I really wanted to write a story this week but couldn't find an idea I was inspired by, then the other day on the bus, I overheard 1 sentence and that was it - a whole story popped into my head! Now I just have to get 5mins to get it on to the page!
As M can attest, writing Haiku can be addictive. I rattled off about 4 or 5 in a day one time. It just kind of happens. Good luck with your story. Inspirations are fun to write about and make life more interesting, I think.
Yep, I was in one of those heavy metal moods the day that I wrote "Jerk of the Year". Hopefully, the poem was enjoyable despite the overwhelming content. :)
I had intended to comment on Garrison’s poem right after he posted it, but I got distracted. I’ve read enough of Garrison’s writing to know what to expect. As a consequence, I expect a lot--i.e., writing that’s alive with energy and vivid imagery. In this one, the signature style is there, and that unmistakable, driving rhythm.Brett, these little verses are addictive! You’ve done a beautiful job, and there’s rhyme (in three places). I find these difficult to write. I think that’s a big part of their attraction for me. It’s not easy to convey something complex in seventeen syllables. I’m rarely capable of that, so I cheat and write a pair or a chain of them.
I've been trying to be more conscious about the rhythm of each line and from the looks of M's comment, it sounds like it's paying off. Thanks for reading!
A Perennial PaletteThe flowers that grow among ruins
don’t remember the hands that planted them.
In the morning of the year,
paperwhites blossom near an old well.
Daffodils, later sleepers,
fleck the disorder with glowing yellows,
clustering about broken brick plinths
that once supported a porch.
In the year’s noon,
surrounded by high grass
a monstrous crinum dresses itself
in majestic purple.
As if a gnomon’s shadow, lenthening,
had moved down the dial of an ancient clock,
spider lilies’ stalks rise
among their dark slender leaves
on the perimeter of a rotted stump.
Over time, one could surmise...nature wins. Eh, M?
Yes! At least, in this instance. Thank you for reading it, Brett.
The key to life is chlorophyll. That's why they call it God's Green Earth! In the end, it's only a matter of time, nature wins!
Brett, we’re all waiting for winter to get its butt out of here so that nicer weather can shine through. Using your haiku skills to express that is a wonderful way to continue this contest. Good job, buddy! I can see that haikus are starting to become an addiction for you! :)
M, that was quite a vivid picture you painted with your poetry! In fact, I believe this is one of my new favorites from your repertoire! Excellent work, my friend!
Garrison 'heavy metal moods' - there's a great story prompt title! Yes, I get it, I choose my playlust by mood too! - but have you noticed on TV if they want to show someone is a 'bad guy' it's either heavy metal for the tough guys, or classical music for the evil genius type? Always makes me chuckle.
I’m an evil genius and didn’t even know it!
M :) you don't own a g-plan leather swivel chair and a fluffy cat by any chance do you?
Alex De Large from A Clockwork Orange liked classical music. I rest my case. Haha!
Please post directly into the topic and not a link. Please don’t use a poem previously used in this group. Only one submission per person is allowed.
Your poem can be any length.
This week’s topic is: Daffodils.
The rules are pretty loose. You could write a poem about anything that has to do with the subject/photo but it must relate to the topic somehow.
Most of all have fun!