Welcome to week five of our Seven Deadly Sins series! Our foray into the theme of Envy produced what are probably three of the least similar interpretations yet. This week’s theme may inspire even more disparate submissions!
Tag: Poetry
Free Verse – Envy – SD
Burning Soul IV
This world is caving in, I don’t think I’ll last
Cretins surround me, trying to throw me off the path
And you’re no help, I don’t know what to think
When you tease and you pry, seducing me to sink Continue reading “Free Verse – Envy – SD”
Free Verse – Envy – JG
I remember reading
Of Dante’s blinded –
The envious sinners
with eyes sewn shut. Continue reading “Free Verse – Envy – JG”
Free Verse – Envy – Marcy Erb
No Name
I know you.
I know you like the earth
Knows geology: Constantly
Happening but we can’t
Quite Name it. Continue reading “Free Verse – Envy – Marcy Erb”
July 8 Theme: The Color of Jealousy?
We are now reaching sin number four in our seven-part, seven-week poetry series featuring the Seven Deadly Sins! We also had two guest submissions for the first time, which is always exciting. Three of the poems spoke directly about food, with one other focusing on the material side of gluttony. Continue reading “July 8 Theme: The Color of Jealousy?”
Free Verse – Gluttony – JG
Bacon Hoarding
A culture in decline
A hunger made divine
A product of swine
Exalted like fine wine Continue reading “Free Verse – Gluttony – JG”
July 1 Theme: Gluttonous Appetites
Welcome to week 3 of the Seven Deadly Sins series! Last week’s contributions to the theme of Lust proved to come from completely different directions once again. Who knew that one theme could cover the birth of a child, a hunting predator, and the physical connection between people in one shot? Continue reading “July 1 Theme: Gluttonous Appetites”
Free verse – Lust – SD
Burning Soul II
I found a motel on the side of the road;
A plain room with a bed to lighten the load.
Cinder-block walls with paint thickly coated
To cover up the stains of society’s motives. Continue reading “Free verse – Lust – SD”
Free Verse – Lust – Marcy Erb
Advice from an Old Woman I Met on the Road
The retired midwife stamped
Her cane to end each sentence. Continue reading “Free Verse – Lust – Marcy Erb”
Free Verse – Lust – JG
Hell Hound’s Howl
Can tasting of your body
Satisfy my ravenous craving
For your spirit?
In the rapid race of my heart
(Can you hear it?)
Keeping the pace of a predator,
Sanity and stability and solid foundations
Of hesitations and reservations and realizations…
Get run over and passed through.
I’ve left:
Paw prints on practicality;
Muddy indents on reality;
Grass stains and broken twigs on morality. Continue reading “Free Verse – Lust – JG”
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