Posts
Challenges
Portals
Authors
Books
beta
Sign Up
Challenge
Write a Poem that experiments with form or structure
Bullet points, indentations, spacing - put it in the form of a letter or in the form of the subject your speaking of. Anything that breaks away from conventional stanza formatting.

Dear me

Dear me

-- I’m sorry that your nose is too big

with it’s large bump

that goes all the way down

to the lack of bone

-- I’m sorry that your stomach is too round

with little rolls that poke out

in all the wrong places

when you sit incorrectly

or let your back slump forward

so that the tears may fall to the ground

-- I’m sorry that your eyes are too brown

like dirt.

just plain.

regular really.

-- I’m sorry that the jagged lightning running down

your soft legs

doesn’t please your distempered eyes

and that the muscle thatgrips your thighs

is too much too much too much

-- I’m sorry that I’m not good enough

to fit your EXPECTATIONS

and that

I never will be

6
1
2