#poemingiv

[timetobelieveinmonsters]

October 4: —opening—

one night he buried his wife— marked the spot with a stone  marked the place                       in his heart

             a line on water

                          for him, after

[erasure poem! source: Pike, Christopher. The Cold One. TOR, 1995. 150.]

[vomopoeming]

23

.

looking out to sea

gulls dive at choppy water

taking me along

.

Source: a Found Haiku from page 164 of The Dance by Christopher Pike

[vomopoeming]

31

.

upstairs

down the hall in the last bedroom

a chalk outline

sometimes

we lay with eyes open staring

at the ceiling

rain falling

in the seconds in between

inhaling and exhaling

lying there

as if life had decided

to take a stupid gun and----

bang

another flash

of lightning

.

Source: a Found Poem composed of 5 Found Haiku from page 38 of The Dance by Christopher Pike.

[vomopoeming]

21

.

crushing grief

just

an urge to drive

out

to the stars and back

.

Source: a Found Pi-tanka from page 18 of The Dance by Christopher Pike.

Note: a Pi-tanka is a 5-line poems in syllables of 3-1-4-1-5 (the fist 5-digits of Pi)

[vomopoeming]

28

.

trembling with horror

during the course of the night

eyes in the mirror

.

Source: a Found Haiku from page 199 of The Dance by Christopher Pike.

[vomopoeming]

22

.

on top of a hill

and miles from the nearest thoughts

a Milky Way dream

lying  there on the calm ground

some deep and power l  e  s    s    God

.

Source: a Found Tanka from page 18 of The Dance by Christoper Pike

[vomopoeming]

19

.

up in the window

clouds heading toward the ocean

sure to spend the night

preparing to hunt for stars

with empty, dark bedroom eyes

.

Source: a Found Tanka from page 86 of The Dance by Christopher Pike

[vomopoeming]

16

.

you were a

quickly forgotten moment,

that’s all.

something like 

chlorine

in the pool of loneliness

.

Source: a Found Poem from page 41 of The Dance by Christopher Pike