Saturday, August 20, 2005

wonderful news, another guest poet. philip johnson. he is a quirky (and aren't we all? ) but very talented poet from england. philip writes wonderful short pieces that have meanings on top of meanings with each read. he thinks fast on his feet so to speak, often taking bits of news about people and making up poems on the spot. taking a paragraph or sentence from e-mails and making them into art. check out his site. i hope you enjoy,

Take That Poetry

horrors
on the shelf ignored
the thirty page paperback
remains unopened
undisturbed

gold under dust
dwarfed by the novel
shaded beneath the space trilogy
the tasty dish cookbook.



i always like that one! s.




Some Bored Anthology

buried treasure
untouched
unwanted by the browser
pleads for the comfort of a more
studious hand

sketches
brief lines
words that ignite the imagination
let readers create their own adventure
rough and tumble from the page

like all inpatient poets
i want that first edition to be picked up
opened so i can strike out
from the page and send a reader
whirling on to purchase heaven.




The Fifteen Minute Poem

I watch it appear
like a bus from the mist


headlights first.



philip wrote this next one for me when i had a bout of the "my writing sucks, i am worthless" that seems to strike every writer i have ever known at least once or twice (sometimes once or twice a month! god, even a period only messes with you once a damn month! ) he has a way to make people feel better.

The Ju Ju Weaved By Angels

Rubbish you're redundant!
Like wine takes time to ferment
as the garden we throw shit on
the chapters to your progression
develop like diamonds over the years
you make your mark in poetics
poachers like me steal to gain kisses
or belly laughs at a jogger's fashion
footsteps to dessert horizons seem pointless
beyond there is the shimmering oasis
around which life evolves in random chaos
all inter reaction like a mad laboratory experiment
sweet Sherry you may age yet slake the thirst of man
letter by letter by line which build like Pittsburgh skyward.

( sometimes we never see it coming until it hits us full in the face
and then, we find ourselves wearing it like it was made to measure. p. )


philip has his own website, it's, http://www.philipjohnson.org.uk

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