PJ Creative Writing 101

EvilToasterElf · February 2004

It might be fun to do writing excercises for the board:

So your first prompt is: Write a poem with the first line

Flame inhaled my neighbor's house

GO!

-- Professor ToasterElf

even flow? · February 2004

Flame inhaled my neighbours house
No one came screaming out the door
The fire trucks arrived a tad to late
The whole family was melted to the floor

cassia · February 2004

Flame inhaled my neighbor's house,
and breathing in the wet ash
as it fell heavy in Santa Ana winds,
I mused on the emptiness
of enchanted things, the way
material possessions
can vanish in an instant--

things we put so much confidence in,
gone, in a quick breath.
I remember the Chinese
"now that my house has burned down,
I possess a better view of the moon."

Homeless, and still unable to grasp
his new freedom, I invite the family in.
Good karma. He rants that he just
got that new big screen TV and playoffs
on tomorrow. He doesn't see the bigger
picture, his daughter's joy
at rescuing her favorite Ragedy Ann doll,
the soft relief of his tranquil wife,
counting her blessings that they'd bought
renter's insurance last summer.

All in all, there's no guarantee,
and blackout, earthquake, crises small,
befall each and everyone. It's looking
up, into that silver slice of moon, keeps
a person sound.

FinsburyParkCarrots · February 2004

Flame inhaled my neighbour's house
And toked his Lamborghini
His garden in its scarlet rouse
of light was not so greeny

FinsburyParkCarrots · February 2004

Flame inhaled my neighbour's house
His wife stood on the patio
With petrol can and match: "Light douse,
then, 'Take that, fakkin' ratty-oh!' "

Radar(Baba)O'Riley · February 2004

Originally posted by EvilToasterElf
It might be fun to do writing excercises for the board:

So your first prompt is: Write a poem with the first line

Flame inhaled my neighbor's house

GO!

-- Professor ToasterElf

DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
I was gonna do something like this, but I'm a slacker, so........
DAMN MEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps,

Flame inhaled my neighbor's house

ah,

ummmmmmmm.........

Flame..........

um.....

FUCKING FLAMES
Hmmmm:

my neighbor spontaneously combusted while busting a . . .

it might have been the friction
it might have been the oil
it might have been the leather
that made him start to boil

but his cheeks turned bright red
and his mouth began to smoke
and still he kept on pulling
man, were his feet soaked

then a glow came from his gut
and it yellowed out the room
the next thing that I heard
was a thundering "KA-BOOM"

flames inhaled my neighbor's house
and all that remained was ash
luckily, my house was spared
so I could still watch M*A*S*H

CranMalReign · February 2004

Flame inhaled my neighbor's house
Scorched foundation, earth, and bone
Singed the grass, the trees, the sky
with orange
beautiful orange
bottom-lit ash

The flames consumed my neighbor's wife
Sizzled skin and hair and teeth
Boiled the blood, the snot, the tears
The stench
beautiful stench
cremated souls

The flames, they fucked my neighbor's life
Tore its hymen, hopes, and dreams
Impregnated death, loss, and awe
with seed
woeful, wicked seed
snarling maw of God

cassia · February 2004

that so rocked !!!!!!!!!!

jeff · February 2004

flame inhaled my neighbors house....
take away my breath....
and leave only my mouth....
i wanted to save her from the burning room.....
thank god it wasn't me....
i'm sorry it was you...
now i run my hands through this dirty ash...
and wonder what you would have said....
if i had the courage to ask.....

Medicated-Genius · February 2004

flame inhaled my neighbours house
sucked it in and spat it out
watched it devour my memory
of when he was supposed to
do the good neighbourly deed
the threads of the curtains
with thier cigarette stench
flew up in a could
of regurgitated dust
fingers burning with satisfaction
sulphur clings to my skin
and I taste the smile on my lips

savannah66 · February 2004

Flame inhaled my neighbors house;
backdraft sucked it in like a pile of chicken wings, then
spit on the back yard and foundation the bones,
oxidized remains of
a barbecued blitzkrieg of being.
Even the rituals of Maria’s santeria
cannot bring back the collapsed
popsicle jenga.
Call all your saints, Maria,
hold your rosary.
It still knows the heart beats
in your hand.

sultryevening · February 2004

flame inhaled my neighbours house
a charcoaled house-warming ,welcome party.
Bring your toasting forks,
my lucky friends
for Tonys frying tonight.!

He failed to spot my crafty ways.
when the flames licked around the door.
Is that petrol on your hands
or are you just pleased to heat me?

Being Enlightened · February 2004

Flame inhaled my neighbour's house
The heat poured out into the street
All the locals stood and watched
And some cried and some died
And all the while I hid watching
Transfixed on the blaze
My eyes in a haze
One hand clasping the gas canister
The other a pack of matches
And all I could think of, with meanacing glee in my heart was:
That, that fuckhead will never let his dog crap on my lawn again!

FinsburyParkCarrots · February 2004

Flame inhaled my neighbour's house like a chimmony orange Bill Clinton at the Oxford of all combustion academies; sucking and dragging through its cheekbones all the ready combustables of a lifetime: The photograph albums, love letters, invoices, telephone directories, vinyl collections, keepsakes in splintering fired mahogany cupboards and once-recondite drawers. Flame inhaled my neighbourse house of memories and breathed back out the monoxide, the poisoned waste of hopes and dreams.

PJfaninmaine · February 2004

Flames inhaled my neighbors house
as I silently watched and prayed
God, if only this house was his
I would be so enlightened at the thought
to finally put that bastards brains to roast.

Exodus · February 2004

Originally posted by EvilToasterElf

So your first prompt is: Write a poem with the first line

Flame inhaled my neighbor's house

ummm....no.

EvilToasterElf · February 2004

That's cool, if you'd rather just copy William Carlos Williams that's fine

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