MAP
#93
II.
Featured Poetry Theme this week: Slam
1.
slam dunk by Cheryl Latif
i'm
drowning in words
not
the can't catch my breath kind of drown
but
the dying for more
washed
up on the shore resurrection
creatively
cleansed and
sanctified
kind of
drowning
awash
in literary funk of the best sort
hallelujah
hymns of metaphor
tsunami
swells of poetic license
liberating
me
as
i go down for the third time
no
place for sacrilegious sanctimonious saviors
in
the guise of wordsmiths here
only
in your face reflections from divine lovers of words
poets
with polished stones culled from the depths
tossing
them full force
sending
them with perfect aim to
skip
across the water
and
sink
straight
into
the
heart
make
no mistake
i've
been carried by currents of
cadence
and construct
swept
into undertow swells of
perfect
poetic pitch
and
drowned in the waters of wordplay
(god
walks on the waters of wordplay)
gasping
with gratification
i
come up for air
baptized
and reborn
©
Cheryl Latif
2.
(slamstragedies / what to do at a poetry slam:
an
accidental haiku for the late electric lounge) by Jon Drucker
get
up on the stage
read
the hell out of your poem
tip
your bartender
jon
drucker