Door Poems
(created under the influence of magnets)
These poems were all written using Magnetic Poetry Kits. I own the
Original, Sequel, and Romance sets, and would like to add Artist, Erotic,
and Christian (see my Stuff List
for other ideas if you're in a gift-giving mood).
You can write online Door Poems as part of a daily
contest at www.poetry.com--they
give away $100 daily for the best poem closest to the random time they select (that random
time thing does kinda takes all the 'mph out, though, doesn't it?). On 11/10/99
there were 492 entries, so your odds are much better than playing the lottery, and it's
free to enter!
I'm not sure that most Door Poems are "real"
poems, for a few reasons:
- Door Poems limit your word choices to available magnet
words: not necessarily a bad thing, but over time they all begin to sound the
same-ish to me (just how many times do the words shadows or symphony
have to appear, hmmm?)
- Door Poems on www.poetry.com are limited to 20 magnets or
less: very annoying (perhaps I'm just too wordy?)
- Door Poems rarely seem to mesh into a whole and are more
like quick sketches of a thought/sentiment: they're more like drafts or ideas than
poems, I think
Perhaps I'm just prejudiced?
In case this wasn't obvious, all the poems are copyright
(c) 1999 by Allan T. Grohe, Jr., all rights are reserved, and the poems cannot be
reproduced without my prior permission (save for review excerpts).
1999
untitled Someone poem
jazz
yesterday's silence
untitled across the
safeness poem
the touchless vow
the war garden
(short version)
the war garden (long version)
the scurries'
seekings
untitled these walnut eyes
poem
that October moon (single
edit version)
that October moon (original edit)
expectations
the moist clutches of
autumn
soul web
the nothing heaven
untitled through the
crannies poem
untitled sun worship soars poem
untitled two fiddles poem
untitled tiny storm poem
untitled fragment candle
light touches dance
ryun's poem
1998
untitled fragment celebrate soft flames
untitled your scream sizzles
poem
1997
young winter
magic and rhythm
you bleed yesterdays
untitled soft shadows
pool poem
angels sing circles
untitled the present picture could
change poem
untitled you desire to wake poem
one thousand yesterdays
of god and his music
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