Liar Liar Poems On Fire

Found poems sourced from All the Little Liars by Charlaine Harris. Part of The appending V.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

Hesitation protected,

but I’d only turned

ruthless, was not open.

Quick, I ceded

out of curiosity.

Say no to not happy.

Be. And now and then,

look for trouble.

Poem # 31

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 55-56. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

Sometimes

I don’t believe.

I have to

just search

in a moment

of silence.

Poem # 30

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liar

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

I think sick, or missing

attention, looking at this

unknown wicked, missing

sense, quirky, but talented.

I think, or try not to.

Poem # 29

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 57-58. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

Police righteousness just

had to die to get safer.

Turn your back

on the bloodhounds

and say “enough”.

Be trouble.

Poem # 28

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 217. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

All this time,

the search

was the focus.

What to do now?

Reach the imagination

a little more.

Poem # 27

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 242-244. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

I moved through,

looked forward, beyond

capability. I recognized

this malaise I was back in.

Any progress is a surprise.

I turn over a bad idea

until enough of my brain

cleared. I needed spoons—

or maybe coffee.

Poem # 26

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 185-188. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

From the familiar we scattered,

weary of this town, felt a rush

of relief, gone the next night.

The bog of unhappiness

didn’t move, and I was anxious

in the tense silence. I didn’t belong.

Poem # 25

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 169-170. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

I lived in Texas and now

had come back. Unexpected

the whole situation, but

the price I had to pay

for the good life.

Poem # 24

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 153-154. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

Facebook. Show us

more and more. Posting

was a mask for attention.

No I don’t want to take it

down. I blame the silence.

Poem # 23

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 91-92. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

Search long enough for the way,

show curious interest,

be of service, and I hope you will

leap over the abyss.

Poem # 22

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 49. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

Home wouldn’t be a house,

but bookshelves, living room,

me, absorbed in learning,

and a door always kept locked.

Poem # 21

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 7. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

You can stay.

I had never foreseen

this, but I can’t stop

now. I thought he was

getting the better deal,

but I was.

Poem # 20

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 137. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

His grimy face

turned to me.

Okay,

we’re going home.

And just like that

we did.

Poem # 19

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 253. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

I was crazy,

was considering

regret. It was relief-

adjacent, made me feel

open. Stop. Back up.

See what’s going on,

the barrier in shadow.

Emerge curious.

See what happens.

Poem # 18

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 121-122. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

I was a person in love

with tomorrow, sad

about yesterday.

Then I doubt

the day, worry

about the good

and the bad,

about changing.

I really need to get

on good terms

with my wonderfulness

and to triumph.

Poem # 17

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 29-30. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

We aren’t the first

ones stricken

by the pressure

to keep up

a facade.

Me?

I drop off

and cry.

I pick up,

and pick up,

and sob many,

many times. Often

there was nothing

to say, but, “I’ll be fine.”

Poem # 16

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 93-94. Print.

[liarliarpoemsonfire]

Get defensive, pleasant person,

but only in a superficial way.

Good people talk safe.

Imagine how the children wait.

Next, get tough, and give back.

Poem # 15

Process: Erasure.

Source: Harris, Charlaine. All the Little Liars. New York: New York, 2016. 84. Print.