Dissing my shit

Poetry by Leeza Simmons Sikes, Nov 20, 2022.

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  1. Leeza Simmons Sikes

    Leeza Simmons Sikes Active Member

    Dissing my shit

    it’s an intellectual poem she said

    not like your shit

    I replied
    what, my shit makes you think

    no your shit
    is like
    a long taffy
    on the page
    that you chew on
    till you get to the bottom
    then it’s all gone

    well whose is better?

    the intellectual one she said
    because
    I’m still chewing
    after the last word

    good I said
    I hope you
    choke on it too
     
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  2. Jay Dougherty

    Jay Dougherty Likes Ice Cream

    this one belongs in the book Angry Poems
     
  3. Julie A. Dickson

    Julie A. Dickson Well-Known Member

    I like this one, especially-

    a long taffy
    on the page

    that you chew on
    till you get to the bottom
    then it’s all gone
     
  4. Tom Strong

    Tom Strong Active Member

    What Jay said. One minor suggestion, use italic font (or quotation marks but I think italic is more fluid) when there is dialogue. I helps a reader (like me) to know when the N is jumping between regular written verse and conversational verse. In this case it was easy to tell so it didn't disrupt rhythm of the poem bur in other cases it requires re-reads to know how/when it's being used.
     
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