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24 Apr 2012
0 Comments#TMMPoetry by Silencio Barnes
Some may have been wondering why I’ve been putting out a bunch of short poems with the hashtag #TMMPoetry – well, nobody asked me, but I figured I’d let ya know anyway 🙂 It comes from an NPR promotion from their Tell Me More program.
Here at TELL ME MORE, we will once again commemorate National Poetry Month with “Muses and Metaphor,” a series combining two of our passions, poetry and social media, and we need your help.
Go to Twitter and tweet us your original poetry using fewer than 140 characters and the hash tag #tmmpoetry. And just as we did last year, we have asked Washington, D.C.-based poet and performer Holly Bass to review the submissions and work with us to select our favorites. — https://www.npr.org/2012/03/16/148752670/wanted-muses-and-metaphors-in-140-characters
I don’t even know if this is still ongoing, but Baby Mama told me about it and I liked the idea. It gave me a reason to try some off-the-cuff short verse again. I notice some have just used snippets from larger poems, but I like to make mines up on the spot and see what I get. Most of the ones I write are in iambic heptameter or some form of fourteener, and some are just free verse.
You can see the ones chosen by and mentioned by NPR on their Storify stream here: https://storify.com/idavar/muses-and-metaphor-2012
Here are mines: https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23tmmpoetry%20from%3Asilenciobarnes <–Twitter Search
X. It’s what’s happening
From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.
Who dares to drink my waters
asked the king who poisons ponds
Desecration creates owners
desperation breaks bonds
Silencio Barnes on X (formerly Twitter): “Time glances once, upon itself / It wonders what exists / Outside it’s ever coiling noose / It’s hoping to find bliss #TMMPoetry / X”
Time glances once, upon itself / It wonders what exists / Outside it’s ever coiling noose / It’s hoping to find bliss #TMMPoetry
Time glances once, upon itself
It wonders what exists
Outside it’s ever coiling noose
It’s hoping to find bliss
X. It’s what’s happening
From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.
Pro Aris
Somewhere in a desert
A soldier bleeds not knowing why
For God’s and Country’s lies
He does not question why he dies
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Her Heart
Cut, stabbed, torn apart
She still keeps it together
I endeavor to let Her know
How her scars add to Her beauty
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Former demon seeks redemption
though saints need not apply
Let the sinless go unblemished
To fates, I bid goodbye
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When hands that
should be drawing smiles
draw guns instead
everybody dies
just a little
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Moments have been contrasted
With forevers, mi amor
And though this moment lasted
I ask for a moment more
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Wash these hands with yours,
let the soiled water fall and drain
Leave behind a pure
cleanliness, that puts the gods to shame
I’ll add more as I write more, so stay tuned to this space 🙂
For more info:
https://www.npr.org/2012/03/16/148752670/wanted-muses-and-metaphors-in-140-characters
https://www.npr.org/2012/04/02/148546091/muses-and-metaphor-2012
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17 Nov 2012
0 Comments1/2Remembered Works and Social Statuses
Blogging My Interests
I consume a ton of media. I mean…like a hell of a lot. Movies, books, television shows, podcasts, anime and various other things. The problem is, I always want to write about them, but never have the time. Many times, I will even start an article but never finish it. So it just sits there, but when I’m ready to work on it, I find that I no longer remember a lot about it other than my general impression.
As an example, this site has many articles that have sat around, some for years, and they are all unfinished drafts. Although I promise to get back to them, I lose interest. For instance, the very post you are reading has sat around for days! And, as much as I enjoy blogging about blogging…it’s taken me a while to get back to this.
1/2Remembered Thoughts
Obviously, I do not have the time to go back and rewatch or reread everything just so I can write out a 500-word review. Nor do I have the time to go review it all just as a refresher. However, what I will do is create some articles about these things with just my half-remembered impressions. So, instead of a whole, thought out article, I’m just going to keep it brief and talk about whatever impressions of the piece worked for me. More like a recommendation.
Blogging Social Statuses
I would also like to do posts centered on my FB and Twitter statuses. I post many statuses that I think are worth talking more about. Unfortunately, due to the nature of both FB and Twitter, these posts usually don’t have a lifespan past a day or two. So I’ll be posting some old statuses, expounding on them and opening them up for discussion…not that too many people comment here, but maybe this is a step in the right direction to get some talking going on around here.
So, there you have it. This is just an update for the two or three of you that care about such things. And technically, it is the very first of my “1/2remembered” posts…since I was planning to say all this like a year or so ago…
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