Jumping on the Poetry Bandwagon and The Fic Is Out There

[vivien]

I haven't read any poetry since I was 17 and had my evil, awful summer arts camp experience with the "Professional Poet" who was all things lame and scarring and who single handedly made me stop writing poetry and stories for, oh, 12 years. I should start again, though, I think. I remembered one of my favorites. And it is very appropriate for the weather, I feel.



in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman

whistles far and wee

and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer
old balloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisabel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's
spring
and
the
goat-footed

balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee
One of my favorite evocative words is mud-lucious. Mmmm, good word.
I also love "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, but I fear I shun most "serious" poetry. One reason is that I heard much of the serious poetry interpreted very poorly in theater contests through four years of high school. I never wanted to hear the name Sylvia Plath much less read a poem after a few rounds of that.

Help a sister out - go to reading_to_kids and comment on your favorite children's story book so it looks like my community is a success to my professor ;)

Holy Mother of Pearl... einini wrote a Dom/Scully fic called As Stars Go Out Again that leaves you breathless and smiling in the most wonderful of ways. Go read it. You'll love it. Even if you have no idea who Scully is :)

And then I didn't get a chance to mention spicedrum's lovely Dom in the shower drabble, Orbital.

I love having such talented friends :)

Oh man, have I stayed up too late, or what. Damn my need for too much sleep.