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eioau
i feel like a vowel today
like a flaccid letter between
clacking consonants
bit dull
but necessary
not quite enough
to make up
a meaningful word
alone
except you
or i
neither of which
is really enough either
as we both know
vowels wait for another letter
to carry them
flourishing in the spaces
between corners
to create ambience
rather than
sharply
impressing on meaning
they’re where a word breaks
where emphasis peaks
in a yawning, or a thought
not quite formed
lazy little middles
for the tongue
aye &oui &yea
today i
am just a vowel
like a flaccid letter between
clacking consonants
bit dull
but necessary
not quite enough
to make up
a meaningful word
alone
except you
or i
neither of which
is really enough either
as we both know
vowels wait for another letter
to carry them
flourishing in the spaces
between corners
to create ambience
rather than
sharply
impressing on meaning
they’re where a word breaks
where emphasis peaks
in a yawning, or a thought
not quite formed
lazy little middles
for the tongue
aye &oui &yea
today i
am just a vowel
Published 30th Apr 2022
| Edited 2nd May 2022
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Originally published 18th Mar 2021
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30th Apr 2022 7:44pm
Anonymous
- Edited 30th Apr 2022 11:12pm
30th Apr 2022 10:29pm
(Urghhh…Last time I checked vowels with lips didn’t deserve casual misogyny… but here we are fkn living it…😏)
There’s something I love about poetry that takes the ordinary and makes it extraordinary. What I loved about this (and the first time it was read) was that idea of a poet becoming their own language. How intertwined that is with the psyche. And that’s the magic here.
The short, concise lines really work here. They communicate like individual thoughts. Passing ideas. The complete lack of punctuation here also cements that beautifully.
I enjoyed this offering. It was something different to the usual with a lot of angles to consider. Cheers and stuff.
- M
There’s something I love about poetry that takes the ordinary and makes it extraordinary. What I loved about this (and the first time it was read) was that idea of a poet becoming their own language. How intertwined that is with the psyche. And that’s the magic here.
The short, concise lines really work here. They communicate like individual thoughts. Passing ideas. The complete lack of punctuation here also cements that beautifully.
I enjoyed this offering. It was something different to the usual with a lot of angles to consider. Cheers and stuff.
- M
2nd May 2022 6:42am
Thank you, yes. I'd never noticed vowels with lips, but I'll be keeping an eye on them from now on, when they have to walk anywhere alone at night.
Also, it has not escaped me that you have already given such beautiful feedback on pretty much everything I'll be posting over the next little while, so your graciousness in coming back for them is noted. Thank you much for spending your time here :)
Also, it has not escaped me that you have already given such beautiful feedback on pretty much everything I'll be posting over the next little while, so your graciousness in coming back for them is noted. Thank you much for spending your time here :)
1st May 2022 00:47am
love when poets play with language ! this was playful but with depth...and I laughed at the second verse...
2nd May 2022 6:46am
Hey, thank you... Dr Seuss actually taught me to love playing with language, but I've lost a lot of it recently. Plan to do more goofing around, though. Thanks for stopping by :)
2nd May 2022 11:57am
And sometimes "y."
The ambiguous vowel.
Non-binary.
Bi-scriptural.
Linguistically fluid.
Center stage or end
Of the road.
A letter and a question.
A letter with its own
Vowelition.
The ambiguous vowel.
Non-binary.
Bi-scriptural.
Linguistically fluid.
Center stage or end
Of the road.
A letter and a question.
A letter with its own
Vowelition.
4th May 2022 12:51pm
4th May 2022 7:21pm
