What time and where/
should I bring my carr/
iage to your street,/
you there to meet?/
Or at work?/
Or at the park?
Posts Tagged ‘street’
First Meeting Questions: Romantic ConTEXTing Poem
December 14, 2010Tags:Car, carriage, ConTEXTing Poem, ConTEXTing Poet, ConTEXTing Poetry, CyranoWriter, Kuhns, meet, park, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetry, rhyme scheme, romance poetry, romantic, romantic ConTEXTing Poem, romantic poetry, street, text message poetry, text messages, What is a "conTEXTing poem"?, what time, www.cyranowriter.com
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The Reason For Red Pillows During Improv Street Poetry: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Poem
August 9, 2010During Vashon’s First Friday Art Walk, it’s not uncommon to see street musicians and artists on the city streets, busking for money from passers-by. Vashon Island has a unique, creative character (including bumperstickers that read: “Keep Vashon Poetic” and “Keep Vashon Weird”).
During the August, 2010 First Friday Art Walk, I decided Vashon would be a great place to try “improv street performance poetry”, so, tip hat, red pillow, and signs in hand, I set up on a street corner and proceeded to spend two hours busking … doing street poetry. Usually the poems started with “Because this is Vashon/I can stand on the street/and invent funny rhymes/about the people I meet.” And then I’d go on to comment about the day, what they were doing, how they were dressed, etc.
The best responses came from families with children — they seemed to laugh the loudest when my Dr. Seussian poetry “hit home”.
And someone asked me about why I stood on a red pillow. There was no reason, really, (other than to say “Here is where the poet stands”), so I thought I’d make one up!
Red pillows/
protect feet/
when improv words flow/
from my mouth/
2 the street./
Unlike rhymes from fingertips,/
noise of lips/
can thud.
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Not Lonely Alone Street Meet Chance Dance: Romantic ConTEXTing Poem
July 23, 2010It feels strange/
to meet/
someone off the street/
and have everything rearranged/
and potentially changed./
Not a lonely/
someone./
Just someone alone./
Like me.
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Almost Singing On Your Street: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
June 23, 2010Your porch balcony/
beckoned to me o’er your street,/
and I almost sang.
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