Surreal Poems
Kaleidoscope Memory
by Jonathan Goff
Kaleidoscope Memory
Through the target and the satchel, One breathes ( life ) repeatedly.
A cucumber,
an oxygen tank,
a sea star,
......
District E - 20.8.23
by Scott Sowerby
Morgan Freeman did
the tube announcments,
that whole week.
He was jolly enough,
but couldn't help mispronouncing,
most of the station names.
Strangers scoffed,
quietly across isles.
Sharing wry grins. "Moo-ergate",
"Glaw-sester road",
......
Electricity
by Jonathan Goff
Electricity
th(ank) you
for the br-ea-th-ing out&in–
for eyes that
s
e
e
the bri!!iance
for a heart that thump-thumps (in silence)
for a smile that gives me w i n g s
......
Alsof my woorde sweef
by Mario Odekerken
Dit is stil,
maar nie leeg nie.
My gedagtes dryf
soos mis oor 'n koue veld,
geen vaste vorm,
geen vaste bestemming.
Ek praat,
maar die klanke vlug
......
On Trains - edit
by Scott Sowerby
The lights from the station platform
Flicker on the floor of the carriage
As the train pulls away into the dark
My fingers and toes counteract
The toing - froing, pushing
Hard into the floor and handrail
Under the my fingers white
Knuckled stoney eyed. I stare
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Alsof my woorde sweef
by Mario Odekerken
Dit is stil,
maar nie leeg nie.
My gedagtes dryf
soos mis oor 'n koue veld,
geen vaste vorm,
geen vaste bestemming.
Ek praat,
maar die klanke vlug
......
Kaleidoscope Memory
by Jonathan Goff
Kaleidoscope Memory
Through the target and the satchel, One breathes ( life ) repeatedly.
A cucumber,
an oxygen tank,
a sea star,
......
Electricity
by Jonathan Goff
Electricity
th(ank) you
for the br-ea-th-ing out&in–
for eyes that
s
e
e
the bri!!iance
for a heart that thump-thumps (in silence)
for a smile that gives me w i n g s
......
When mother goose flew by
by Mario Odekerken
The sky cracked open with feathers and dust,
a shadow stitched itself across the fields.
Mother goose,
ancient and wild-eyed,
sailed past the rooftops,
trailing old songs and forgotten names.
Childeren dropped their marbles,
dogs forgot to bark,
......
Flat Occurrences
by Vladimir Vinsky
Analyze this text and try and assert whether it was written by a native English speaker:
Flat Occurrences.
Charlie Chaplin is clogging at me in my bathroom mirror;
He is smiling a staged smile.
I shake my stance—
a jarring configuration is kinkily salivating back at me.
I dread looking in the mirror.
I feel a daunting presence corrupt my flat.
Blackness illocutes decommission.
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