Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Erasure Poems - Billy Collins





Nightclub - Billy Collins

I am a fool
to be in love with you
three o clock in the morning
darkness
eyes closed
twirling loose ice in a glass
slipping
into my long bebop solo



The Best Cigarette - Billy Collins

I miss one after sex
with wine on a white beach
The best were on those mornings
On the way back I would light up
My face pointed down at all the words



















Another Reason Why I Don't Keep A Gun In The House
 - Billy Collins

The neighbour's dog is barking
Beethoven has included a part for barking dog
He is still sitting there in the oboe section
barking the famous dog solo
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15 comments:

  1. Brian Miller14 May 2013 at 17:09

    ha. nice...love me some billy collins...and your rather short versions of some classics by him are pretty funny...love the music in that first one...makes for a tight little love poem...

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  2. Victoria14 May 2013 at 17:18

    Smiles. Just loved the cartoon!!!

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  3. Charleen14 May 2013 at 19:27

    Each one made me smile. :-)

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  4. Claudia14 May 2013 at 21:55

    smiling at the last one...beethoven including the barking dog solo...so cool..always cool intimacy in the first one

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  5. TCPC14 May 2013 at 23:21

    each one distinct and nice!

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  6. Jeff15 May 2013 at 04:05

    I was going to do an erasure poem this week myself, but ran out of time. And here you've offered three of them! Nicely done, each one.

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  7. aka_andrea15 May 2013 at 04:39

    twirling loose ice in a glass,

    I can feel the room and the emptiness.

    Great write.

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  8. Anonymous15 May 2013 at 05:37

    "I am a fool
    to be in love with you......."

    That our whiles waste away
    in this fools game we play....
    Winding roads, circling smiles,
    all along - sadness strong -
    only to learn the same:

    The heart simply wants

    what

    the
    heart
    simply
    wants......

    Thanks for these.... brightest part of my morning yet..

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  9. Cressida de Nova15 May 2013 at 05:44

    Thank you all for your very generous comments. I have just discovered the erasure poem and intend to write a lot more because I enjoy writing them so much.

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    1. Cressida de Nova15 May 2013 at 19:47

      I intend to write erasure poems for all the Shakespeare sonnets ( 150)Batches of ten ( like scones!)
      Gasp! Don't worry ..they will all be in mini micro verse:)

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  10. The Way of Dodo15 May 2013 at 12:58

    These are interesting.

    Ummmm .... the Dodo likes this. These poems don't have to rhyme, nor contain a number of syllables and, best of all, you don't even have to think of words.

    You discover a new, fresh insight by seeing existing words differently.

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  11. The Way of Dodo15 May 2013 at 14:20

    Erasure on an erasure

    I miss sex
    on a beach

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  12. Cressida de Nova15 May 2013 at 15:56

    Ha,this is good. I think you have unwittingly developed a new poetic form.


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  13. parentforward.blogspot.com19 May 2013 at 12:14

    I love the Collins poems and your blog is fun and fashionable - love the video clip of the couple riding joyously through the city together! Your poems are sparse and clear to the point. Thank you.

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