From Robert Lee Brewer:
If we were running uphill for the first half of the challenge, we’d be running downhill from here on out. I know writing is a different process, but yeah, we’re getting through this month. Let’s keep it going!
For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) System,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles could include: “Weather System,” “Solar System,” “Writing System,” “Ecological System,” or any number of other takes on systems.
Life’s Septic System
ReplyDeleteSome of the waste sinks to the bottom
Where the bottom feeders clean them out
Eat them to make room for more scum
To slowly sink and become part of the muc
Yet some of it floats like algae and pond scum
Where bugs and frogs and toads feed on them
As fresh water pours in they are washed away
Never to be seen or heard from again
Sludge will always exist as humans muck up
their lives and the lives of others
As they leave behind all the waste in the form
Of broken hearts that can never be washed away.
Oooh, gross. This is good, but a very, very disgusting thought. LOL.
DeleteI loved the way you compared an ecosystem in a pond to the wasted lives and broken hearts that people leave behind...well written.
DeleteExcellently creative.
DeleteBeat the System
ReplyDeletea ghazal
The drum beat thrums as the drummers do play.
Games or music? Both discordant to play.
The harder you work, the more life you lose.
Climbing the ladder means games that you play.
If you can fight your way to the top, you
find there are rules by which very few play.
I quit, because I can't beat the system
when I never really wanted to play.
first this is well written and it has a great rhythm from beginning to end.. and yes,I agree... the hard workers lose while those who know how to play the system reap the rewards
DeleteI agree with Bonnie, this is well written.
DeleteOh my, you guys! so good.
DeleteEcosystem
ReplyDeleteI breathe the air around me
absorb the rays of the sun
eat the food that either comes
out of the ground,
or lives off the plants.
I expel air that feeds
the leaves and plants,
that other animals and myself,
consume...
I process air, food, water
turn it into things
necessary for earth to continue on
I am an ecosystem...
I like this. Your own private ecosystem.
Deleteawesome!! love it!
DeleteI am soooo impressed!!!!!!!!!
DeleteDigestive System
ReplyDeleteEating takes place
digestion does its thing
remnants exit.
Lol. I know the feeling and I am glad you are sticking with it.
Deletehaiku isn't as easy as it looks either. good job.
Deletelove your senyru! and it made me laugh!! well done!
DeleteOh many thanks, dear poetry sisters. I appreciate that I entertained you all.
DeleteYou can tell I wasn't exactly inspired however I don't want to miss a day so...bowing to my superiors above, I simply Haikued.
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