Working Title 8/2/18 (MSP Poetry Curation)

My day today was spent unpacking boxes and considering what finally makes a house feel like a home. Is it the placement of the knives in the kitchen? The pounding of nails into a wall- the permanence of "I made this hole here, and now it is mine"? A strange weight seems to lift as the boxes are emptied and things are placed where they belong.

Anyway, on to the poetry! I have found 5 poems across steemit to share with you- they will be upvoted by the @msp-curation account (thank you @aggroed!) and my top choice will be resteemed as well.

We talk about Huntington’s disease
and Guthrie’s divorce,
ribbons of highways
and Dorothea Lange.

Oklahoma by @beginningtoend is what is sometimes called a "slice of life" poetry. I love it's sense of imagery and place. Beginning to end was one of the first poets I discovered on the blockchain- he does found poetry and great stuff that combines images with poems. I was really excited to see that he had posted something new, and highly recommend his other work as well.

He joins to eat but then retreats
A shadow in the dark
Social grace... it takes his place
No chance to leave his mark.

As He Demurs by @quillfire is a piece that challenges- as does the explanation that goes along with it. I disagree with many of the ideals stated, but can't deny the quality of the poem. The internal rhyme that is evident throughout the poems in the post (there are 4 total) create an interesting rhythm and an obvious style. No matter your personal ideals, his work is certainly worth reading.

She fills my coffee cup
and bumps my table with
her hip before swiveling
in the direction of another
customer; a regular it seems.

Waitress by @acousticsteveo is an interesting piece that captures a moment in time, and communicates a frustration, a momentary burst of feeling, associated with that moment. When I edited this piece, I was especially captured by his use of diction- the word "swiveling" is such a strong word for the motion that waitresses make as they avoid all the obstacles in their path as they do their job. It created an immediate image.

I'm not trying to say that,
if there was a girl…
not you.
If (not her)
she wasn't interested
(you know who I mean)
that I wasn't trying.

Blunder by @fromage uses punctuation and line breaks to create a fumbling rhythm that works so well with the content. I really wish the author had recorded a reading along with this one- I would be really interested in hearing how this was intended to sound.

In the wake of the moon
she wallows in tidal strands,
seaweed frays in the lee of the land.

Drowning in her Voice by @raj808 is such a strong example of his poetry- he discusses the use of personification in the blurb at the beginning, but his use of nautical motifs is just sooooooo strong and unique to his style. I've featured raj a number of times, because he's awesome and he deserves it. Check him out!

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Art and pullquotes are sourced from their respective posts
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