Poetry & Prose by Carol J Forrester
If you can knock the mud from you boots
and plant them another step,
I will do the same.
There are blister and splinters in these fingers
but they can managed one more rung.
Lend me your lungs
and I’ll give you my breath.
It’s not quite meeting in the middle
but we’re also not finished yet.
Daily Post: Compromise
I write a post about not using rhyme very often in my poetry and now I end up writing a rhyme filled poem. How’s that for irony?
Carol J Forrester is a writer and a history geek. Her debut collection 'It's All In The Blood' came out November 2019. She has a 2:1 BA degree in history from Bath Spa University, enjoys judo at least twice a week, and tries to attend poetry events around the Midlands when she can. Her flash fiction story ‘Glorious Silence’ was named as River Ram Press’ short story of the month for August 2014 and her short story ‘A Visit From The Fortune Teller’ has been showcased on the literary site Ink Pantry. Her poems ‘Sunsets’ and ‘Clear Out‘ were featured on Eyes Plus Words, and two of her poems were included in the DVerse Poets Pub Publication ‘Chiaroscuro’ which is available for purchase on amazon.Her poem ‘Until The Light Gets In‘ was accepted and published at The Drabble and her poem ‘Newborn’ was published by Ink Sweat & Tears. She has been lucky enough to write guest posts for sites such as Inky Tavern and Song of The Forlorn and has hosted a number of guest bloggers on her site Writing and Works. View all posts by Carol J Forrester
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This is great. I enjoy free verse full of slant rhyme. I’d say more than this, but there are two people in the room shouting their heads off, so I can’t think straight 😉
I understand, I was trying to write the bit at the end of the post and my other half started singing ‘the perfect boob song’ at me. Then asking how I didn’t know what ‘the perfect boob song’ was.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard “The Perfect Boob Song”, either, and the two people with me stopped shouting for long enough so say they hadn’t either.
It’s not particular impressive.
So – not worth going to Google to check it out…
I have the same problem! I’m trying to break out of my comfort zone of rhythmic and rhyming poetry too and it’s harder than I thought… Good luck to us 🙂
I don’t normally rhyme actually, this is an oddity for me. I am trying to step out of my comfort zone this year though but with entering more competitions instead. I entered a slam poetry contest for the first time a couple of weeks back and adored it.
Oh that sounds awesome! I’d love to do that someday too. Which poem/s did you recite?
I did an edit of this is not weakness
I like the quirkiness of this poem. It takes a rather unexpected path.
I think the quirkiness came from frustration after my first attempt turned to a pile of mush. I’m glad you liked this one though.
Quirkiness made it fun to read. 🙂
That was a beautiful little poem! Loved it!
Thank you, it was my second attempt at the prompt. Wasn’t happy with the first one. If you’ve got time I’d love to hear your thoughts on some of the other poems. I’m trying to pull together twenty-four pages for a pamphlet competition with the deadline of March 1st