Septoling Sampler for September's FOM


I. Cloudbusting

Papier mache clouds with print---
these wild mobiles spin,
nightly. I'll
sit,

sharpen sticks and swing,
until each word bursts into daylight:
cloudbusting


II. Bruising

From our carriage seat, you glare
white horses spin, swell.
The street roars;
groups

point, giggling parrots---
your gift bags, flung, hit my head,
bruising.


III. Hunting

The bars release their patrons;
I squat to clutch this
white rabbit,
caught

by men and dogs, tied
to your circling whims. You're out,
hunting.


IV. Waiting

The night rubs upon orange-lipped
street lamps that wink on;
children scatter
home

to their carousels
of uncounted sheep, no longer
waiting.

Mr. Daniel,

Crystal. Thanks.

~Tim

Hello Daniel,

I was wonder-ing: is the gerund necessarily repeated from title to last line or can any -ing word work? Thanks for putting up this FOM, I need a challenge.

~Tim

erring

it seems that sometimes we goof
forgetting some wee
bitzy thing,
right?

note that Nanc and I
did just that with our recent
erring

_{© MLee Dickens'son 03 Sept 2007}

I hope I have the form correct!