Nov
10
Everything Happens for a Reason
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We have a great set of submissions from a creative writing class at Roanoke College in Virginia. Using the phrase ‘everything happens for a reason’, with some modifications, the students have generated ten great poegles, each with a unique take on the form. Here’s the first- we’ll continue to post these throughout the week.
Simple As Can Be
Did I say “Simple as can be?”
I find this implausible.
Tom is quite Frank,
“There is somebody who’s doomed anyway.”
With no other conversation,
James recognizes the inconsistency,
but tries to cover it up.
“He gave up.”
“His heart wasn’t in it.”
“Look, I can’t do it.”
No one hears James say this.
He pretty much lost it.
“It doesn’t make sense to get rid of me.”
Tom says those words we’ve been dying to hear.
“Everything happens for a reason.”
It’s as simple as can be,
you gotta think that.
… by Jordan from Virginia
Nov
4
Sparse, clean poegle from Virginia
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John in Virginia has just sent in a packet of very sparse poegles- reducing the final product down to clean to the bone. Here’s an example- more to come in the submissions archives later this week.
Soul Seeds
Weakness is natural
Time puts pressure
Or pain
Like blood
In your nerves
Fifty years
And the symptoms
Are spilt
Like little men
In the Buddhist condition
A stone in the groin
A natural-born travel
-John in Virginia (search phrase “Men are born to cause pain”)