Body

Body

A Poem by John Sullivan

my body is powerful
this corpus of language
mind of metaphor
standing on legs of limerick
skull screaming rhyme scheme
defying definition
gnashing teeth
grinning typewriter keys
starved staring eyes
watching the ink flow
living
bleeding
today
tomorrow
hearts pound like marching snares
beating time to the day's reveille
lungs filled to the brim with lyric
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We eat sleep breathe dream and embody our crafts fully. Changing our rhythms and flows as we grow as we go

Posted 9 Months Ago


John Sullivan

9 Months Ago

Very well said, we must make sure to grow... not to become stagnant.... thank you for reading!
Yes, we writers can sometimes become driven, to the point where we MUST write. I think the term "marching snares" has a double meaning here. It is indeed a drum, but a snare is also a trap. Obsession is not a good thing, no matter how much it produces.

Posted 9 Months Ago


John Sullivan

9 Months Ago

That's... a really cool reading. I like the double entendre of "snare" you saw, I had not thought of.. read more
John,
The struggle is REAL! I wonder from the tone, if you are a denizen of large city? When I get like this, i walk outside where there are more trees than people.
Vol

Posted 9 Months Ago


John Sullivan

9 Months Ago

That it is Mr. Lindsey! I live in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, one of those quaint old New England mill.. read more


just watch your step .. if you put a foot wrong those marching snares will be sure to get ya as soon as they've finished digesting the credits ... bloomin well poemed Sir John .. Neville

Posted 9 Months Ago


John Sullivan

9 Months Ago

Ahahaha, all always, my most gracious thanks, Nev
Excellent. I love when I have those rare nights when I am "all about" poetry and it seems like it pours out of me. ~Jim

Posted 9 Months Ago


John Sullivan

9 Months Ago

Yeah, it's good to be inspired. Doesn't happen all the time, but when it does...
Wow such a poetic body language i had never considered before . Gnashing, grinning teeth will for ever make me smile now as i sit at my keyboard 😁.
Good to see you posting again my friend, and with a brilliant write too :)

Posted 9 Months Ago


John Sullivan

9 Months Ago

Thank you my friend, as always. It's nice to be back
Cleverly - nay, a brilliantly contrived, created and displayed play with words, metaphors galore!

'my body is powerful
this corpus of language
mind of metaphor
standing on legs of limerick
skull screaming rhyme scheme
defying definition'

and the whole.. ..

Posted 9 Months Ago


John Sullivan

9 Months Ago

Thank you miss Emma, always a pleasure

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