The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Stuff and Nonsense' by Twilbury Wist
This weeks Poem of the Week is the fabulous 'Stuff and Nonsense' by Twilbury Wist, a seemingly lightweight drip of words that, once fully digested becomes a cutting piece of satire and reminds us that we ourselves may simply be cogs in some great machine.
Utilising ultra-short lines (a trait of the poet), Twilbury has written something both hugely entertaining and deep enough to have us scratching our heads.
We are waiting for the answers to our Q&A;
Some people
Tend to do
A lot
Of loud
Unnecessary
Walking
I don't know
If it's the clomp
Of their shoes
The pomp of their
self importance
Or the constant
Hurry and rush
Of getting
Nowhere
Quickly
I hear them
Stamp stamp stamp
Up
And
Stamp stamp stamp
Down
All day long
And I wonder
What it says
About
The state of
The insides of
Their heads
And their pent up
Un-spent
Frustration
Or maybe
They're simply
The pistons
Of the machine
Constantly reminding me
That whatever
I think it is
I'm doing
There's no escaping
The heavy cogs
Of
The factory
trevor homer
Sat 18th May 2019 18:35
I've done my share of clomping and stomping in rage against the machine - very intriguing perspective. Well done. T