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October 26: I hate corduroy
I hate corduroy tightening, smothering impatient all over, until it became a blur
it was a crime, corduroy
[This is a found poem made of words located on pages 36 to 39 in the source text.]
Source text: Stine, R.L. First Date. 1992. October 26 2022.
Bio
Shloka Shankar is a poet and self-taught visual artist from Bangalore, India. A Best of the Net nominee and award-winning haiku poet, Shloka is the Founding Editor of Sonic Boom and its imprint Yavanika Press. She is the author of the microchap Points of Arrival (Origami Poems Project, 2021) and her debut full-length haiku collection, The Field of Why (Yavanika Press, 2022). Website: www.shlokashankar.com
October 4: The house under her hand
you were my front door through the storm
me, a burst of words filling the room with corners
the sound of cold; pretty sharpness that cut, then calmed
keeping him warm was like trying to bury him with tongue and teeth
[This is a found poem made of words located on page 36 (title) and pages 37 to 46 in the source text.]
Source text: Stine, R.L. First Date. 1992. October 4 2022.
October 19: A romantic walk
she could see a smile cross his face and follow her
[This is a found poem made of words located on pages 91 to 92 in the source text.]
Source text: Stine, R.L. First Date. 1992. October 19 2022.
October 29: A big night for staring, so fluttery nervous
she decided she loved the way he could see her be awkward and still be in the mood
[This is a found poem made of words located on pages 71 to 72 (title) and pages 64 to 69 in the source text.]
Source text: Stine, R.L. First Date. 1992. October 29 2022.
October 16: Playing unsteady won’t be too hard
all the lights were open wounds
click off the lights— heart still pounding
[This is a found poem made of words located on page 122 (title) and pages 125 to 129 in the source text.]
Source text: Stine, R.L. First Date. 1992. October 16 2022.
October 31: I don’t know what I thought I was doing, being scared
I’m going to go back to everything be so alone, so weird, so suddenly bright
[This is a found poem made of words located on page 164 in the source text (including title).]
Source text: Stine, R.L. First Date. 1992. October 31 2022.
October 30: Put up with it
wide awake in his sweatshirt it looks like it should be soft and comfy, but it isn’t I’ll have to put up with it for love
[This is a found poem made of words located on pages 147 to 164 in the source text.]
Source text: Stine, R.L. First Date. 1992. October 30 2022.
