Google Ad poems
25 characters including spaces for the first line
old urine unwashed hands
quiet the only person in the church
bathroom during sacrament meeting
kids yell leave holy room
orange padded benches shelter for
action figures in testimony meeting
Lallatin’s Foodtown store
north wall stuffed elk deer geese
stayfresh produce being watered
Paved paths clearly marked
metal rails smashed penny to pickup
train nails ducktaped into dumbbells
Truth or Dare in Camper
naked locked in woodpanel closet
first kiss and my name isn’t Jack
leave meetings to pee
finally alone the bathroom smells
unwashed hands silence dries
basalt cliffs pile up
caves underneath porcupine hides
hands and knees craw to protection
pistol pond somewhere up
through leafy passage green
darkness blue open light exit
Comments
What a fabulous, simple idea. I really enjoyed Old Urine, Unwashed Hands and Truth or Dare in Camper - nice, simple "reveals" that turn the poem into a complete narrative. How cool would it be to actually bid on the search terms "camper" or "urine" and then run the poems in the Google ad space - linking back to your space here? Probably too expensive, but I just love the thought of seeding the web with contextual poetry... Thanks for exposing me to it.
Bill