In which the poet is interviewed by the poems. “Tell us about yourself.”
Tell me about your eyes. | I am a periscope squinting above the surface of coffee. |
Why is your soul caramelized with soot? | My vacation in Eden was a hot time, but I wandered too long in the garden without sunscreen. |
Why did you abandon the piano? | My father re-pointed the bricks of our house with Mozart. It was beautiful, but his fingers tipped the scales. |
I heard you can breathe underwater. | Do you want to see my fin collection? Some people have shoes, I have a closet of dorsal Nike’s. |
Did you once throw your fate on a wheel? | No, that is a lie spun from mud and clay. |
What is it with your hair and the birds? | When taking trash to the dump on Wednesday, first one, then another (!) seagull pooped on my head. True facts! |
How did you survive in the desert? | I decapitated myself by rolling up the car window. I was tired of the complaining and that thirsty mouth. |
You cried watching “Valley of the Dolls?” | As a boy I was in love with Patty Duke |
What do you do when your back is to the wall? | Write a sex poem. |
You write of the co-evolution of wolf and shark. | When I stumbled on the carcasses of two frozen deer on the beach, words flooded my lungs with hunger |
I like this format / style / idea. Lovely. š
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~~ pretending I am the poem holding the mic, asking the questions! Talk about having fun!!
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LOLOL! Thanks!!
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A poetic interview. I found myself smiling at the snarky remarks. Creative and wonderful presentation. I found myself searching for answers. My eyes are hazel, they change with my mood from green to brown and sometimes they just want to coordinate with my clothes..lol..
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LOL! Great.
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This is both wildly clever and a fun read. I admired the whole thing. Bravo!
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Thank you!!!
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You are amazing Qbit! What you lay before us to see in words is always a spectacular adventure only you can take us on! You stirred it all together yet each one is on display! Being interviewed by the poem, perfection!! Thank you for sharing your word craft with the Muse my friend!!
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Hahaha! And thank YOU for hosting this great site.
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Well that was certainly ‘out of the box’. Bravo!!!
Happy you dropped by my blog today
Much love…
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LOL!
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Beautiful 10 one-liners for our ten prompt pictures.
I would never have thought up some of these. Very clever, QB.
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Thanks!
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These brought out both smirks & gasps–blown away by the idea and the execution.
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Thank you!!
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Q your creativity is refreshing and most entertaining. Difficult to pick a favorite out of this grid.
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Ahahaha! Thanks!
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You’re very welcome.
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You are amazingly creative! I love the way you went about responding to each photo in a clever format.
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That was me (Sara).
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Ah, OK, great! Thank you!
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Being interviewed by the poems… great idea, and I absolutely loved it all.
Makes me wonder where I’ll get when interviewed by the poems of last week. LOL!
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Great one-liners qbit. Very clever twist of being interviewed rather than writing a poem
Hank
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Hands down the best interview I have ever read. The poems are serious interviewers!
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LOL, Thanks!!
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You might like this one: https://qbit.blog/2022/02/24/lament-of-a-wool-spinners-husband/
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