Biography
I love poetry that sounds musical. Rhyme, alliteration, metre. But now I return to my roots and continue with prose poetry.
Samples
DOUGIE'S BRIAR Blue plumes billow from his briar, a bowl of brown backie that burns all day. Smoke rises, tumbles to cumulus, hovers. His halo. Fumes of fine fragrance with essence of incense. A breeze stirs the vapour to a thin veil. Volatiles vanish. An odour signature in their wake. The furnace calls for frequent fettle. He tamps down the fiery coals with first finger, the flesh on which has become a carbonised callus. Once in a while, he shakes the stem to splat out the spittle and sour tar. Then time to tend the hearth, clear the grate. A stab cracks the clinkers; a scrape clears the calx. He re-fuels, filling with finest Virginia. Some skilful packing prepares the pipe. Now for the rebirth. A new life to be born in the briar bowl. The charge ready, set for ignition. A lit match placed at the muzzle. He draws hard. The flame inverts, pulled down into the backie bed. Some serious drawing. The furnace flares. A gust catches the surface coals. Sparks fly. Krakatoa. Soon the inferno settles, simmers, supplies sweet smoke.
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Big Sal
Thu 29th Nov 2018 13:09
Nicely done on the alliteration for your sample.?