Tag: funny

• Blue Coyotes

  A lightly scorched marshmallow is the aura of the porch. Where splintered, soaking floarboards waterlog our socks. Ash and clover clouds hover beneath the chocolate liquor sky Edvard Mmm stretches our faces, with laughter echoing the night. Stories bellow across a sugar ring stained table, and soggy socks dance like children’s noodle legs dangling edged…

  Nic Jean

  April 16, 2015

  Poetry

  #amwriting, april, beauty, creative writing, enjoyment, environment, funny, happiness, may, national poetry month, poem, poetry, spring, springtime, writing

• Burnt Out

  I turned on the sink when I went to take a shower. Put a spoon in the microwave for five seconds at full power. As a child I had ambition, wide eyes and a fearless vision. Now sitting in my kitchen as the microwave smokes I’m thinking maybe,              …

  Nic Jean

  April 23, 2014

  Poetry, Visual

  burnt out, change, funny, funny read, humor, laugh, national poetry month, poem, poetry, rhyme, short, sound

• Thalia and Melpomene

    Dear Professor, They’ve asked me to write and read a poem about a tragedy, and I seek advice. How do I come up with something that won’t make everyone cry? Dear Professor, Scratch that, I changed my mind. How do I write a poem that innocently hides my intention to make them all cry?…

  Nic Jean

  February 9, 2013

  Performance / “Spoken Word”, Poetry

  funny, Le moyne, Martin Luther King, mlk, newtown, nonviolence, poetry, sad, sandy hook, spoken word, syracuse