Those PhD. majors
come in paper form.
Overloading my mailbox.
Postage about one quarter of their income, it seems.
Legs chained to table.
I can feel a storm
sweeping past the river locks.
Why do they recruit mail-order for my symptoms? I'm clean.
I refuse to hang up
my belief jacket on that hook.
Nothing is wrong with me.
Just the occasional of falling in tub. That hurts.
Just a bit banged up,
overheated, undercooked,
and a touch over 94 degrees.
Yet I can still can power blood scrub off my collared shirt.
So quit calling, imploring me.
No need for medical attention.
I have herbal long leaf tea.
If all is willing, I can bring my skin back to temperature.
My ever-growing fingers support me
against cedared table's complexion.
Walk frontwards to mail back three.
Dropped to the floor, letters fell from hand. Love notes never sent to her.
Author notes
A refusal of doctors warning on a fatal afternoon
POD contest
In a list
A contest entry
- Poem of the Day - POD by Arkbear.
500 points, ended February 8, 2008, 5 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Wow. Well the theme is one I have not seen before. Always a good thing here
Your words are powerful as the imagery here. A well constructed piece. I would like to add our deepest apologies for the problems we have had this time also being 10 hours ahead of the other judges makes it more poem of the night for me so I have been unable to score this round. Congrats on a well deserved bronze and I hope to see you next time
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Score 96.8
Thanks so much for joining us in the POD, and I hope you'll join us again when AP is cooperating better, and we can leave a proper critique.
Good luck and best wishes,
~J.
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Score...>>98.50
Hello ~
We are having so many troubles with AP.....Judging has been postponed :(
Every time we try to post our reviews and critiques, AP is wiping them clean and we can't keep writing our comments over....hoping, AP will not eat it again.......therefore.....
....all comments and scores will have to wait.....we are so sorry.....and yes, we have notified the MODS ~
Bear ~
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Very interesting write.
The last line might sound better without one of the "fell" maybe fell to the floor...letters flew, or dropped? just a suggestion...Best wishes in the contest!
Write on!
*PEACE*
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