Slightly Bent


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Jacob Fraden, 1978




This week at   Poetry Jam , we are asked to break all the rules. Since I don't really know the rules, I had some trouble breaking them. Therefore, I am only slightly bent---


form

bent, blinking

eyes, formless orbs
         (of wonder)

lips crease, fold, hold
            (smile)

freedom in mirth's

gleeful form

bent

copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2013
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  1. FireblossomJanuary 23, 2013 at 11:33 AM

    Slightly bent is the best way to be!

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  2. Brian MillerJanuary 23, 2013 at 12:54 PM

    ha...not knowing the rules is the best kind of breaking them...then you have plausible deniability....i like the structure of this...not a bad way to be bent...

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  3. UnknownJanuary 23, 2013 at 1:55 PM

    It's those super-straight, undeviating ones that cause me to worry. You did a great job with the prompt, and I really like the form you created.

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  4. flaubertJanuary 23, 2013 at 2:33 PM

    Being slightly bent is fine in my book. I like this poem.

    Pamela

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  5. MaryJanuary 23, 2013 at 2:40 PM

    Audrey, you made me smile. Slightly bent seems to me a great way to be!!!

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  6. HelenJanuary 23, 2013 at 6:59 PM

    Slightly bent, all the way bent... you managed this quite nicely.

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  7. PeggyJanuary 23, 2013 at 7:57 PM

    I like this--a good way to be I think.

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  8. kelvin s.m.January 24, 2013 at 3:03 AM

    ...just love how everything here goes & becomes...great experimental vibe...smiles...

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  9. Dave KingJanuary 24, 2013 at 3:19 AM

    Breaking them without knowing is the most effective way of all! Best never to have learnt them!

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  10. SusanJanuary 24, 2013 at 7:14 AM

    Love this! It is gleeful, like hopping into petals--oh--I ment puddles, but that slip is too fun to erase.

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  11. MargaretJanuary 24, 2013 at 8:39 AM

    A path, curved and bumpy is a lot more fun. The straight and narrow takes little thought, little effort.

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  12. LLM CallingJanuary 24, 2013 at 10:10 AM

    I like the idea of being slight bent and I love the poem

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  13. SaravJanuary 25, 2013 at 6:08 AM

    Audrey, love the smile and the words--slightly bent is best :-)

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  14. Susan LindquistJanuary 25, 2013 at 1:23 PM

    love this form ... love the smile it brought me, love the use of parentheses that are smiles too, bent though it may be, it works!

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  15. T.A. WoodsJanuary 27, 2013 at 9:54 PM

    I find it difficult to make the text match the feeling of the poem. Bravo for making that visual impact. *new follower*

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  16. my heart's love songsJanuary 29, 2013 at 3:47 AM

    LOVE "slightly bent" and your entire poem, Audrey!

    thank you for participating at Poetry Jam!

    ♥

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