10 Minute Poems

I have started a poetry blog, where I am writing a ten minute poem every day for a year. I will post some of the better efforts on ABCtales.

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Autumn or Keats' Correction

How can you be called mellow when all around you are burning? In auburn flame the light gutters and half-lit hues of chestnut give birth, To creeping, wombed darknesses of night.

Bones

And I swear that all you will leave will be your bones. The fear of fleshing out skinnies your soul. In the grave, minerals force a meritocracy and the unearned aesthetic dissolves.