Friday Night Poetry Slam

SLAM CHANGEUP:

Next month u/fullassin9 is going to be the poetry slam host throughout August. I am excited to see someone else take spotlight for awhile. I am thinking of making this a rotating residency kind of thing to get some different flavor, so if someone else wants to host for a month, send me a direct message. I will remain the default poet for months without a new residency.

THEME: selected verses of Layman Pang, verse 8

Share your zen poetry below. The theme is merely a suggestion.

Layman P'ang's Verse

A resolute man

In the past,

But not today,

I destroyed my treasures utterly,

And ransomed back my bunch of slaves--

Six in number, male and female,

Each one having six mouths.

The double six-- the thirty-six--

Always follow me fore and after.

I do not bind them, and

They do not venture to dash away.

Jungle_Toad's verse

Momma taught me not to trust a man who can never change his mind

The natives spot your artifice when they see your trees are lined

We all like to eat the pulp, but you can't neglect the rind

Eating, shitting, and sleeping are common to both the crude and the refined

No one sees the world the same, so we may all as well be blind

But here you stand before my eyes and cannot be declined

We could abandon all our senses and leave society behind

Or craft an ideology and make up some laws, if you're so inclined

But momma taught me not to trust a man who can never change his mind

I walk the world as I see it, though wasn't consulted at design

Still, I found that what is left when the seeking stops is all there was to find

Submitted July 30, 2022 at 04:45AM by jungle_toad https://ift.tt/k5XrUfw