Poems
are grenades:
we remove the pen,
throw them into the world,
wait for them to detonate,
ducking critical shards,
burning with awe
at the impact
and heat
of the words.
Kim M. Russell, 2018
My response to Poets United Midweek Motif: Weapon and linked to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night.
For our motif today, Sumana has chosen ‘weapon’. She says that weapons are varied; in fact, anything can be turned into a weapon if the user wills – one can find a weapon or be a weapon. She has given us some interesting examples of poems about weapons: ‘The Furious Gun’ by Thomas Wyatt; ‘Dream Deferred ‘ by Langston Hughes; and ‘Incident’ by Countee Cullen. All we have to do is write a new poem.
A fascinating take on weapons, Kim! And how true!
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Thanks Frank!
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This is SO creative, Kim! I love it.
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Thank you!
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Poets are quite cruel and are happy to the witness the explosion and listen to the babble afterwards!
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Stand back, my pen is in my hand!
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Excellent Metaphor! 😎🥀
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Thank you, Dorna!
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I LOVE this! Love the removal of the “pin”/pen and launching them into the world to whatever effect they will have………..cool.
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Thank you, Sherry!
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Great poem!
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Guilty as charged! I LOVE to watch the effect, I hope that there is one!
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🙂
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Lovely, lovely, lovely. We are in dire need of such grenades.
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Thank you, Sumana!
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Words are the best weapon – a superb write
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Thank you, Jae!
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Boom! The best weapon 🙂
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🙂
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Love this Kim – words as a friendly healing weapon.
There is the other side to consider I guess – when words are more cutting than a knife…
Anna :o]
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Thank you, Anna 🌞
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I love it, Kim!
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Thank you, Bekkie!
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I just reread it, it is awesome!
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Wow!!❤ I love the idea of poems being grenades and throwing them into the world 🙂 hopefully they will bring back positive results!
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Creative grenades are better than the other kind: poem grenades, flower grenades, cake bombs… 🙂
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Nice view of poems and removing the pen.
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“we remove the pen” … So clever.
The last three lines are my favorites.
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Thank you!
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I love this, Kim…and you are so right! The power of words, the power and impact of poems! Our true immortality.
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Thank you, Jane!
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I love the poems you throw!
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and this shape poem is spot on!
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🙂
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Thank you so much, Candy!
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Indeed… words can be the strongest weapon there are… they can detonate the world…
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We see this with every prompt and challenge!
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Well I personally enjoy the grenades you throw out…
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Thank you so much, Alison!
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I love the shape of your poem and the fun you are having pulling the pen on your creative grenades! :o) xxx
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Thank you, Xenia! 🙂 xxx
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This is a very creative poem packed with truth in its imagery way. Excellent write. 🙂
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Thank you Charlie!
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You are so welcome, Kim. 🙂
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Yes they are. Love the shape and power of those words Kim ~
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Thank you, Grace!
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Wow, Kim, this poem definitely has impact. ..every line of it! When I wrote the response poem for Toni, I definitely thought of you and mulled over including you but wanted it to shine on Toni’s poem. This kind of loss really hangs on, doesn’t it?
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Thank you, Victoria. It was Mum’s one year anniversary on 9th of this month and I have been really struggling. I had two visits to a grief counsellor but I’m not sure how well that’s working. Even if they argue or spend a lot of time apart, daughters and mothers have a special bond.
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There is no bond like it. In my opinion and experience, we each walk our own path of grieving. There is no such thing as closure and the effects of these especially significant losses stay with us to our own end. In a way I feel like I am just beginning my grief process because of complications with Mom’s affairs. Now it’s almost over and things are hitting home. All we can do is accept it and thank God we had mother’s that loved us enough for us to grieve them. Bless you.
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…and hoping none of them are duds!! A great description of the power of poetry Kim, Love it.
Dwight
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Thanks Dwight. And I agree with you about the duds!
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This is one of the best metaphors that I have come across..
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Thank you so much, Reena!
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Reblogged this on Reena Saxena.
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Than k you for the reblog, Reena!
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Yep, that just about says it all. Well done.
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Thank you, Sue.
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This made me laugh and how. So true . So true .. I hope the poems are weapons well detonated 😉
Ps- your site isn’t allowing me to comment with wordpress login soi am using a false id and leta hope this is posted.
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Yes, I’ve seen many grenade poems in this current political climate. Love your doing a “shape” poem.
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Thank you, Sarah.
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Should have said “weapon” poems. Yours is the first “grenade” poem — and the first “shape” poem as well!
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Poems certainly do have a powerful impact on the world. Love this Kim!
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This is so true! Ducking critical shards, oh yes how I duck sometimes, although dverse poets are so so kind.
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Oh yes, much kinder than writing groups!
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Live the truth in this
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Thank you!
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Beautiful!
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Thank you, Patricia!
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Oh! This is explosive!💙
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Thank you, Imelda! 🙂
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Great use of form. Great language!
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Thank you!
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Loved it!
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Thank you!
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That is a really nice poem, every time I read it it gets closer to my heart. I write poems too, I have them on my blog: elysianandcynosure.wordpress.com. (if you’d want to read them? :))
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Thank you. I’ll drop by later.
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Interesting idea, I love your creative take on the suggestion
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Thank you!
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Great post.. it really means a lot
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https://crapboxwords.wordpress.com/blog/
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Thank you!
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I love this.
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Thank you!
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It’s creative and lethal. :3
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Thanks! 🙂
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Thank you for the reblog, Aditya.
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This is making me laugh. So true. I think most don
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*most don’t explode. Meaning is lost on deaf ears.
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and the occasional dud. 😉
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Not saying this is one though.. this one is great! heh
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🙂
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🙂
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Reblogged this on Extra Curricular Activities and commented:
LOVE this!
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Thank you so much for the reblog!
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