Due this week

5. Haunted. Have you ever been in a house where things go bump in the night? Do you believe that some buildings or places are haunted? Is there one in your town? Tell us a story about it. Make it believable.
Alternate: Lockers. What one thing do you wish no one to know about in your locker? Or what is the most important thing in your locker? Deadline: Friday Oct. 17.

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Handle

obscure_one's picture
Submitted by obscure_one on June 4, 2008 - 00:25.

I am
dripping
with sarcasm,
dripping
with your uncontained
presence.
Dripping down
my throat withing this
tea holding
court in a mug whose
handle has no
purpose for
either of us.

I am
gripping
this mug around its
middle, knuckles
white, as though it's what
matters the most;
as though surrounding my
hand with this useless
handle will help me
to get a grip.

I am
thinking
of how
silly a handless
mug must look standing
stoically, confident
enough to not be
hiding behind a
strange curl of clay or
porcelain.

I am
imagining
the confidence looks
just like you.

I am
considering
that I
like the
handle, even if I
never use it.

mixedmusic333's picture

Slight typos:

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on June 4, 2008 - 06:26.

Slight typos:

I am
gripping
this mug around its
middle, knuckles
white, as thought it's what
matters the most;

"thought" > "though"?

that I
like the
handle, even if I
never us it.

"us" > "use"?

obscure_one's picture

Thanks. That's what happens

Submitted by obscure_one on June 4, 2008 - 20:48.

Thanks.

That's what happens when I type at one in the morning...

mixedmusic333's picture

Ah. The things one does for

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on June 4, 2008 - 23:24.

Ah. The things one does for love, eh?

emnoodlehead's picture

I like how this seams to

Submitted by emnoodlehead on June 4, 2008 - 19:35.

I like how this seams to flow easy (and on a side note, the literal shape of the poem is kind of cool).
And it's nice that you keep the strong imagery from beginning to end.

About A? (You don't have to answer, just wondering.)

obscure_one's picture

Thanks. (Hm. I hadn't even

Submitted by obscure_one on June 4, 2008 - 20:49.

Thanks. (Hm. I hadn't even noticed that...)

M.

emnoodlehead's picture

Woot woot for shapes. Oh,

Submitted by emnoodlehead on June 4, 2008 - 20:53.

Woot woot for shapes.

Oh, that's a bummer. I so could have placed A there, oh well.

Poet_Jessica's picture

haha i love shapes :) one

Submitted by Poet_Jessica on June 4, 2008 - 21:06.

haha i love shapes :) one time i made this poem called Green and it was shaped like a Christmas Tree only unintentionally and i thought it was the coolest thing until someone told me that people actually do that on purpose sometimes...
_________________________________
Edward: "and so the lion fell in love with the lamb.."
Bella: "what a stupid lamb"
Edward: "what a sick, masochistic lion.."
Quoted from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

obscure_one's picture

Wow. I feel really stupid

Submitted by obscure_one on June 25, 2008 - 16:49.

Wow.
I feel really stupid for suddenly not knowing who A is...

Poet_Jessica's picture

mug with no handle??? COOL!

Submitted by Poet_Jessica on June 4, 2008 - 19:41.

ooo do you actually have a mug with no handle?? I've never seen one before... that might be interesting to see...

oh, about the poem to which i am commenting: i really like how fluid this is.. its as if it were written as you were staring at the mug in your hands, and analyzing it thoroughly... [did you? just out of curiosity.]
_________________________________
Edward: "and so the lion fell in love with the lamb.."
Bella: "what a stupid lamb"
Edward: "what a sick, masochistic lion.."
Quoted from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

obscure_one's picture

I don't, but I know someone

Submitted by obscure_one on June 4, 2008 - 20:50.

I don't, but I know someone one does. I thought so too.

Thank you. I actually was. I was drinking tea at the time, so yeah. I had a frame of reference there.

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