ember // dream
Concrete Poetry Experimentation
candlelight, steak and more,
the night to remember,
as the crow beckons at my door,
the night to remember,
as she stood there,
pecking the air,
reaching for my hair,
my skin, my soul,
p p p pecking
and
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-t
--c
---h
----I
-----n
------g
------e
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----c
---h
her initials into my skin,
making me a part,
a part // trap /// and player in her s(k)in,
her debauchery, at my door (i—her whore?)
her stake in
my hea / stake / rt,
her tongue in
my thro / tongue / at,
the debate was a nonstart,
the re tort
a re
t/ort that fell silen ~
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~ tly still.
Candles twinkle, illuminating,
p
-e
--c
---k
giving life and kinesis to her…
~ > ~
my crow,
the scavenger who preys my carcass sensual,
---p
--e
-c
--k
Taxonomic Classificatacifissalassification
Kingdo…
p e c k … m: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes (P–eck perching birds)
Fam–peck–ily: Corvidae (The crow family)
Genus: Corvus Corvus, suvroC, suvroC
my oscine passerine, corvidae,
feaster of carrion, deliverer of warnings.
th...e / n-igh….t-to...to...rem (sleep now)
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-m
--b
---e
----r
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Thanks for reading!
Author's Notes: I did concrete poetry - after the fact. I didn't know I was doing concrete poetry, but apparently that's what this would most closely qualify as.
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Comments (11)
New to concrete poetry, but I absolutely love your creativity, and the paired photo couldn't be better. I love this, Paul, and thank you for sharing a poetry style I've never heard of before. I will tackle this one day.🤩
🌹🌹🌹Such a wonderfully creative piece, Paul <3
Interesting. I had never heard of concrete poetry. Very unique and I think it serves this piece quite well. Excellent work!
Ooo! Very interesting experiment with form. You're always so good at experimenting with how words uncurl on a page. This was cool!
Oooooo look at you pushing boundaries….great work
I do like it when you experiment with form. That manipulation of it on the page is an interesting addition to just messing with words. And this world we live in is all about the visual, eh?
I love how trap is an anagram of part. Also, I thought we couldn't embed any links. Didn't know that it was only Vocal links we cannot embed. Hope it gets fixed soon. Loved your poem 🍩🥐
There were so many fun parts to this poem that made me smile. I quite enjoyed the word play, unique formatting, and the way you slipped the pecks in throughout the piece. Great job.
Very nice, Paul, i like this unique style. Never seen it before
This is awesome!
This is fascinating! I’m ready to read the history and understand it better. I’m also on a bird kick lately, or is that simply a requirement of turning 40?