#24 - Sikiliza Kwa Wahenga (@russell.j.turner) This year we are using fi@leannemodenpoets from the Sight and Sound 2022 list as prompts Sixth up from me is Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017 - #100), a curtal sonnet taking inspiration and its title from a Swahili refrain used in the soundtrack Listen to the elders as the stories begin, drinking brews of mesmerism ‒ a sunken place manifests affected care and narcissism. Monuments to second chances, trophies of skin ‒ blind are they that seek to use another’s face, deaf to the tranquil, the wild and quiet rhythm. Listen to the last songs of deer that lay dying, dance in disbelief the gods may grant you their grace, crack the artifice and glamours that imprison. Listen to the sorrows, to the children crying “listen, listen, listen…” RJT

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Diachronic in Curtal Sonnet "Language is meant to evolve over time" she explained to the class, pencils in hair they watched her scribble upon the Smartboard "take the anthology, cut line by line" her instructions clear, they ripped it with flair as she dispersed to each a threaded cord "now make a new poem, something unseen" and thus they each made fresh artwork with care entranced and enthralled which inspired more "we will hang them as curtains, our souls seen by all who visit and walk through our door"

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A poem written by Eric Montgomery (mrericmontgomery.com) for the #writingprompts from #vssdaily (member) and #vss365 (promise). A member of this quirky ragtag crew, With mismatched shoes and hats that never match, We stumble through our oddball, clumsy dance, Each step a mess, yet somehow always new, We laugh at plans that fall apart so fast, Embracing chaos with a goofy grin, Our friendship’s glue is nonsense, and surprise, A promise made in winks and secret signs, Through all the wild and weird, we still belong, Together bound by that unspoken vow. Still there.

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Butsugen Butsumo/仏眼仏母 No. 694/3,333Butsugen Butsumo/仏眼仏母To enlightenment please open our eyes,Mother of Buddhas, joyful, virtuous;dearest Mother, please let us become wiseupon this earth and beneath these wide skies,please...

No. 694/3,333
Butsugen Butsumo/仏眼仏母

To enlightenment please open our eyes,
Mother of Buddhas, joyful, virtuous;
dearest Mother, please...

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