15 Minutes Without Text... Sorta

Tonight, on 15MinutePoet.com we check out the many poems of the newest member of the Blogsboro Poetry Club, artist and poet, Linda Sarah of TravelsAndSings.com and LindaSarah.com.

15 Minutes In Amsterdam

Today, on 15MinutePoet.com:

Intercity To Amsterdam
By Fenny Sterenborg

Empty minded
I stare into the distance
the beauty of the scenery
whisks by
while the light wobbling

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World Class Poets Untie?

It was with a little help from another world class poet that I found the poet I'm featuring tonight. So despite the fact that this is the slow season for blogging I hope you enjoy today's 15 Minute Poet.

The Man Next to Me Reads a Book Called Investigating Your Anger
by Jessica Fox-Wilson

I begin writing the book in my head.
Chapter One: Swallow your pride. Tips include:
Ignore the itchy tingling in your skin; erupt
in flashes, then apologize profusely.

His book says we sit in silence
while Janet looks at her open hands.

Chapter Two: Know someone who gets angry
well. Remember your parents yelling
or not and burying their rage. Watch your husband
sit in silence for hours. Feel observed all the time.

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Lyrics Are Poetry Too

Before I became a poet I was a lyricist with a record contract that fell apart when the band broke up. Lyrics are the second oldest form of literature and the beloved and musically gifted child of poetry but when seen only in print they are poetry. Thus the reason I've chosen to highlight the lyricist I just discovered this morning, here at 15MinutePoet.com. Enjoy.

"It's Not The Mundane"
By Rex Cox

It's not the mundane
Matters of living,
When the volume is turned-

And the bridges are burned-

And the music is loud:

The undergirding theme-

In an uncertain world:

Traveling through,
And even before the millennium-

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Tonight On 15MinutePoet.com

She's one of the better known poetry bloggers in the world but still unknown. And while I do know her real name I'll keep it in confidence. Her poems are sad-- always sad-- and often depressing but for many her prose poetry is like a good dose of the Blues-- "You have to get down to get up." Please enjoy this sad poem by alcoholic poet.

Sad Poems: Huffing And Puffing
By alcoholic poet

The time machine between her thighs rages. Unfortunate lovers search for their gods. In the glassy eyes of dead poets. Heaven is shaped like a vagina. Purgatory looks like a dick. Please continue reading

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Ode To One So Far Away

I must admit a certain facination with the author of the poem I've chosen to feature tonight, I only wish she weren't so far away. I hope you love her too.

Ode to Edie: Andy’s Superstar
By Veronica Romm

Mayflower girl surrounded by sins.
East coast blue blood coursing through her veins.
Santa Barbara born, raised in the bins,
Escaped to New York to ease her pains.

Poor little rich girl, embraced by the crowd.
She’s danced like a goddess
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Good Advice For Poets

As one who has never indulged in the "art of writing poetry for other poets" and one of the most well-know though probably not most loved poetry bloggers in the world today, I can't help but agree with the advice of poet, G. M. Palmer when he states, "Write for real people."

After all, if you want to remain obscure then why bother showing your poetry to the world when your time could be better spent on so many other productive and useful ideas?

And if you're serious about building an audience for your poetry then here's a list of free tools, many of them hosted by the Blogsboro Network, that will make you more widely known.

Reflections On My Birthday

My birthday was actually July 1st but when I found this poem at Blogsboro Poetry Club... Well, it just seems to fit. Enjoy.

Midlife Reflections Midday on a June Road 6/28
By David Rheins

It is midpoint between day and night
In the still quietude of June afternoon
Two seasons have passed
Two seasons to go
And so, while the cicadas pulse in the cornfields surrounding me,
I pause to take stock. Tie my shoes. Pull up my socks.
Dust off my shoulders and slap my hat.
I’ll not tarry too long before I hit the road again
And this moment is lost to all but these chicken scratches
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Just A Little Somethings

It's been a spell since I featured a new blogging poet but when I first learned of Brenda's Rinkly Rimes I knew it was times and time again I featured more. Enjoy!

Dino The Dinosaur
by Brenda Bryant

The dinosaur did dreadful deeds in the days of old.
His dinners were enormous feeds, for he was big and bold.
A dozen dentists were dessert and still he'd ask for more!
That double-daring
Overbearing
Chomp, chomp, chomp, read some more.

You might also enjoy Brenda's book, Little Somethings.

How They Do It On The Left Coast

Today I feature a poet who is rapidly rising through the ranks of blogging poets. After reading his works I think you'll understand why.

My Latest Trip to L.A.
By 1 One Poet 4 Man

What…and tranced, and all of L.A. at a glance.
A beach in heaven bronzed gloriously with legs
and arms - goddess breast and the biceps of
Adonis.

On a balcony overlooking a marina I smoke and
make plans by dividing one thing into another
from something I subtracted from something
I have done already.

An ancestor laughs, a bell rings, and a myth maker
drives past smiling, talking on the phone about the
someone he chained this morning to a calculator
“until all of my rightful money has been counted.”
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