Tag: Poetry

September’s Theme – “Round And Round We Spin…

On By Jessie GutierrezIn Schizophrenic Poetry Challenge, Writers - JessieLeave a comment

 

Theme Doodle!
Theme Doodle!

…. with feet of lead and wings of tin” – Kurt Vonnegut

Last month was all about the positivity and idealism of looking to a glorious future, the month before it was all about changing the past, so this month let’s discuss the things that bridge the two! You know, those dastardly clingy remnants of the past that affect and influence the here and now.

Theme – Baggage ORRRRRRRRRR That Which Lingers

Structure – Double Acrostic

C’mon people, be prepared to work those vocabularies and dust off your thesaurus!

– Jessie Gutierrez

Submit to redstringpapercuts@gmail.com for publication here, or publish on your own site, link back to Red Strings and leave a comment.

Color Schemes – Deadlines – JG

On By Jessie GutierrezIn Poetry, Writers - JessieLeave a comment

Deadlines and the end of an era.
Blast the bass, get lost in Dead Sara,
How to compare the
missing.
Always in increments: increase, increase, never cease
No peace, only pieces
Of a memory
Of what never happened because of poor timing. Continue reading “Color Schemes – Deadlines – JG” →

Misplaced Missives #189 – INK – JG

On By Jessie GutierrezIn Poetry, Writers - JessieLeave a comment

INK

There’s ink bleeding into the water.
What was once clean and pure,
Is now poisoned with words,
Dripping off pages never read;
Made venomous by things never said.
Unreciprocated, unsent, made bitter by regret;
Can’t see the bottom; can’t see the end. Continue reading “Misplaced Missives #189 – INK – JG” →

Of Acceptance and Beauty

On By Jessie GutierrezIn Poetry, Writers - JessieLeave a comment

So this was initially posted on another blog that has since gone under =P  I don’t have the image that inspired it, but I like to think the poem stands on its own. Hopefully. You decide:
Such elegant beauty in the destruction.
There’s a cleanness, a clearness that only comes from the cutting away of the casual, Continue reading “Of Acceptance and Beauty” →

Free Verse – Instrumental Inspiration – JG

On By Jessie GutierrezIn Schizophrenic Poetry Challenge, Writers - JessieLeave a comment

So I noticed something pretty early on when I was looking for just the right song to try to pen lyrics for: when an artist or band puts out a song without words, there’s a helluva lot going on. So much so that words often feel positively extraneous. Like adding whipped cream on a cake covered in icing. But here goes anyways:

Continue reading “Free Verse – Instrumental Inspiration – JG” →