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NPM2009: Prompt 11

April 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments

One word (kind of):

(Extra)Ordinary.

Go.

Tags: Poetry · Writing

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  • Kevin Hodgson // Apr 11th 2009 at 4:04 am

    Ordinary/Extraordinary

    To be The Hyperlink,
    I must move through the air,
    pushing beneath the wires
    by crawling into the data stream.
    I open up the port and descend,
    elbowing the flotsam and jetsam of
    emails and twitters and blog posts
    and pictures and music and video
    and other drivel out the way,
    clearing the path straight into the heart
    of the information.
    Superheroes don’t come easy in this world
    of greedy bankers
    and selfish athletes
    and condescending politicians;
    No one believes in the unknown anymore;
    No one can see beyond what their eyes reveal
    in the moment before them.
    We are all surface, no depth.
    But I believe,
    and my powers of associative insight
    knit the physical and the virtual worlds together
    so that one seamlessly shifts the other
    and the ordinary is transformed into
    the extraordinary,
    and in that moment, I am alive.

    Listen to the poem: http://www.box.net/shared/static/2jcpbol50c.mp3

    Kevin Hodgsons last blog post..Teaching the New Writing (book project)

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  • Ken Allan // Apr 11th 2009 at 3:47 pm

    Whatever can a poet do when lost
    For inspiration
    When all the trite ideas
    Flow instead of innovation?
    But the cost
    That I have met in seeking some release
    From this
    Is to write as I had planned
    In double rhyme, O how remiss!
    My plight
    Is not too easy, I am sure that any hand
    Would pale:
    So much better to begin to write
    And hope the words prevail;
    And so to pit
    With this strange ode I’ve tried to keep things bright,
    Toiled on through half the day with it
    (And half-way through the night);
    Still here’s a verse!
    I’ll finish and put down this weary pen,
    Then think of themes still more diverse
    . . . And so begin again!

    Ken Allans last blog post..What Is Learnt From Community?

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  • Ed Webb // Apr 11th 2009 at 7:10 pm

    The ordinary
    and extraordinary
    are a breath apart

    Ed Webbs last blog post..Waltz With Bashir

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