The Blood of a Poet ~~ another Flash 55 poem today

 

Poet's Blood

 

Turned my computer on
to post poem of the day
P o r n  instead on my screen
Quickly turned it off, blank
Eight jumped on my table
 
Lead actor said to me
Get with us, on your screen
Keyhole peep, join more fun
Shoot your foot, suck your blood
 
Kill young boys, snowball fight                   
 
Poker we play, steal cards
from dead boys.  Aces they 'd
held, quickly won our death
 
Blood soaked, drawn and quartered
Rescuer Barbette failed
 
Poem Copyright 2015, Ó Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved
Header picture from Wikipedia, (link)
 
 -- Today I am linked with Mama Zen in answer to her Words Matter challenge to write an avant-garde poem based upon my inspiration from producer, Jean Cocteau's 1932 French film, Blood of a Poet. (Wikipedia link) 
 
 -- We were to write using 80 or less words.  Including my title, I used exactly 80 words.
 -- Barbette was an actor, a female impersonator, used by Cocteau in his portrayal of the game of cards.  At first Barbette was not in this scene which had ended in a suicide.  Made to remove the suicide, Cocteau  used Barbette and some extras instead of his original cast which had included the funding angel in the game/suicide scene.

Rabbit Bitten ~~ a Flash 55 poem today

A rabbit bit my toe

I could barely see him

through early morning's fog  

I could only stand there

Nibbled away he did,

fleshy green just for him  

Killed several of my friends

One bite, felled like timber

under the woodsman's axe  

Sneaked away, fog covered

sinful deed and hid his 

cowardly escape

Petrified daffodil 

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Poem and Photo Copyright © 2015, Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

Today I am linked with Kerry O'Connor with the Real Toads at FLASH 55 PLUS!

And again with her at Tuesday Platform 
http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-tuesday-platform_8.html
(Aren't you glad my daffodil didn't describe to you what she is?)

Kerry invited us to visit Dismaland, the anti-themepark brainchild of the artist known as Banksy, and in exactly 55 words add our poetic voice to his creative vision.  I made the visit but aren't sure I added much.