red tranquilizers
mixed with poetry writing.
You know the ending.
Tag: haiku book reviews
Beloved – Toni Morrison
Sethe was a slavegirl.
Had some kids, killed one. Turns out
the dead don’t quiet.
The Portrait of a Lady – Henry James
“Will you marry me?”
There’s no shortage of suitors.
Isabel says, “No!”
The Road – Cormac McCarthy
There are no chapters.
No villians, really. No goal,
save the sea. Survive.
On the Road – Jack Kerouac
Dean’s hitchin’ thumb gone.
Amputated accident.
Funny, doncha think?
"Songs of Myself" – Walt Whitman
I am so super.
From sea to shining sea. Great!
I just love myself.
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Walden – Henry David Thoreau
1. Economy:
I borrowed this axe. Raised corn.
Drank lots of water.
The American Scholar – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men: be Man thinking.
Women: sure, why not? Think too.
Trees: be natural.
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Nature – Ralph Waldo Emerson
All of nature so,
so…what’s the word? Poetic?
Big? Ah. Natural.
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My Life in Heavy Metal – Steve Almond
Author as rock star.
Boinks everyone he can can.
Sometimes he gets caught.
My name is Britty and I'm chief bottle-washer at this site. I'm a book-lover, student and freelance writer when I'm not being a mom of three and wife of one.
