Poetry Stretch Results - Zenos

The challenge this week was to write a Zeno. Here are the results.

Pat Lewis left these two poems in the comments.

Travel by Armchair
You can take a trip by Greyhound,
motorcycle,
paddle-
wheel,
ocean liner
(package
deal)—
I prefer the
bookmo-
bile.

* * * * *
Weather by The Old Masters
The Michelangelo thunder
of an April
cloudburst
hints
at what follows
a great
rinse:
spring meadows in
Monet
prints.

Carol Weis left this poem in the comments.

Great Blue
The great blue heron tries to hide
itself in tall
grasses,
yet
passers see this
nature’s
pet,
take photos to
not for-
get.

© Carol Weis. All rights reserved.

Greg K. of GottaBook shares a poem for Halloween.

Kate Coombs of Book Aunt left this poem in the comments.

October 31st
Night. A graveyard. A single boy
walks soft as a
new-raised
ghost,
with each step re-
gretting
most
making that quick,
daylit
boast.

Laura Purdie Salas left these poems in the comments.

Weapons Make the Warrior?
Marching in time, but out of time
into the harsh
light of
day:
Emperor Qin’s
army.
They
wield bronze swords in
arms of
clay.

* * * * *
Putting the Art Before the Horse
In Emperor Qin’s afterlife,
he would rule by
timeless
force.
But death had its
way, of
course.
Lesson? Don’t ride
a clay
horse.

Amy Ludwig Vanderwater left this poem in the comments.

One Hen Speaks
We make eggs inside our bodies.
Roosters chase us
make us
mate.
Every egg is
tempting
fate.
Farm life or your
breakfast
plate?

Julie Larios of The Drift Record shares two poems. And yes, the first title is longer than the poem! And the second? Well, I dare you to read it without snarfing (which is exactly what I did)!

Tanita Davis shares a poem entitled On Intentions to Speak to Richard Peck at a Writer's Conference.

Jone of Check It Out and Deo Writer shares some zenos she wrote with her students and one of her own.

This was darn hard. Here's the poem I came up with.

What secret incantations do
you write upon
the sky?
Light
poems on a
summer
night
flash on, flash off --
"Hold me
tight!"

It's not too late if you still want to play. Leave me a note about your poem and I'll add it to the list.