R u experienced
—Poetry and Visuals by Smith,
Cleveland, OH
Be firefly
light dark for brief second
Unquiet quiet
meadow pre-dawn
Rooster crows day kills night
lie wakes
Fecund smell of green growing
heavy in humid air
Roll sun up sky
night falls back down
light dark for brief second
Unquiet quiet
meadow pre-dawn
Rooster crows day kills night
lie wakes
Fecund smell of green growing
heavy in humid air
Roll sun up sky
night falls back down
Cosmic Kiss
Morality
sometimes comes down to
I'm hungry, and you're food
Nowherethen
One more word salad
stuck to the floor
murky feathers falling
red lights green go
caution costs calling
all out and in
again
circle work
running on entropy
as always
Tsunami
High winds
heavy rains
thunder near and far
Lightning above
flash flood below
Microdose
I carry my mountain
up the rock
roll back down to repeat
Ppf
Flowers for the mind
sometimes it's Mingus and Thelonious Monk
sometimes Gorillaz
sometimes it's Mingus and Thelonious Monk
sometimes Gorillaz
Family
Sun and shadow
less and more
it is
Fish God
Rock rolls up
rock rolls down
repeats
Sometimes the sky moves
sometimes it doesn't
sometimes it's me
Ain't at my best
though far from my worst
as I stumble the road
Milking each moment
of sadness
for joy
Halfhearted
Today’s LittleNip:
You got your misery
I got mine
same we is
same we ain't
—Smith
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Smith (Stephen B. Smith) has brought us his word-music this morning, with tales of Sisyphus and what it’s like in his corner of the world. Thank you, Smith, and keep on “milking each moment of sadness for joy”.
Poetry sings in our area tonight, with Mischa Kuczynski and Jordan Karnes at Poetry in Davis, and Poetry Unplugged and Slam Remix at Luna’s in Sacramento. Both have open mic, both are in-person, and both begin at 8pm. Click UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS at the top of this column for details about these and other future poetry events in the NorCal area, including the Sac. Storytellers Guild meeting on Saturday, with poetry and stories at Sac. Poetry Center, 2pm.
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—Medusa
Thump
—Visual by Smith
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Just remember:
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clicking on them once, then clicking on the x
in the top right corner to come back to Medusa.
Would you like to be a SnakePal?
All you have to do is send poetry and/or
photos and artwork to
kathykieth@hotmail.com. We post
work from all over the world—including
that which was previously published—
and collaborations are welcome.
Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
for poetry, of course!
