sherku: coincidence

Ribbon highway
Clover leaf, fly overs
Truck merges in front
Plate says “Blue Ant”



Yes, this really did occur while listening to Pattern Recognition via Audible.com and driving to work.

What is a sherku?

sherku: Cayce Pollard

In her solitude
Cayce pronounced as ‘case’
Slips on a shrunken
Boys t-shirt



What is a sherku?


In response to @mywordwizard prompt of “in her solitude”
while starting to re-read William Gibson's "Pattern Recognition"

sherku: she runs

That is the second
Woman out running
In her new gear
On Christmas morning


What is a sherku?

sherku: framed moon

We could always rely
On tree branches
To frame the moon
Reflecting sun light



What is a sherku?

Tweeted Saturday, 12/18/10 in response to a prompt from @mywordwizard


@mywordwizard sherku: we could always rely/ on tree branches/ to frame the moon/ reflecting sun light// http://twitpic.com/3h7oid

Sherku: closing

Lights laughter music
numbers run down
Dutchman's secret only
Margaret knows



What is a sherku?


Originally tweeted on 12/11/10 and then posted at
http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2010/12/east-of-shirley-evening-by-sherku.html

Sherku: Lydia

too many stories
over hot chocolate
Lydia sings of
faithless love



What is a sherku?


Originally tweeted on 12/11/10 and then posted at
http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2010/12/east-of-shirley-evening-by-sherku.html

Sherku: Harvest café

Harvest cafe
Harpoon winter warmer
East of Shirley
let the music flow


What is a sherku?


Originally tweeted on 12/11/10 and then posted at
http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2010/12/east-of-shirley-evening-by-sherku.html

sherku: Winter run

it was biting cold
but we felt
so good heading home
with the wind
at our backs


What is a sherku?


Originally tweeted on 12/11/10 and then posted at
http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2010/12/east-of-shirley-evening-by-sherku.html

Sherku: still cooking

Longhorn exhales
into the night
grey on grey
I guess not
all are abed



What is a sherku?


Originally tweeted on 12/11/10 and then posted at
http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2010/12/east-of-shirley-evening-by-sherku.html

sherku: slippery slope

Discourse
Degenerates
Into deep divide
Not going down that
Slippery slope



What is a sherku?

sherku: dissipation

Harry’s world
Dissipates as we
Leave the theater
Burst into
Sunny blue sky


What is a sherku?

sherku: November view

Leaves blown away
Solid rocks
Stand amongst
Trees leaning
Upon one another



What is a sherku?

Sherku: simple pleasure

great fresh and crunchy
even better later
when the frosted
graham gets happy

#140poets 

#twitpoem

What is a sherku?

Sherku: burst

cold morning
running the hill
reach the peak

so happy to see
trees in color

Originally tweeted as:

Sherku: burst - cold morning/ running the hill/ reach the peak/ so happy to see/ trees in color// #140poets  http://twitpic.com/386r6w


What is a sherku?

sherku: mistake

Someone makes
A mistake
Others pay for it
Sitting, waiting
For it to clear


What is a sherku?

sherku: signs of life

Branches reaching
Roots digging
There’s life in the trunk
We’ll see signs of
Come spring


What is a sherku?

sherku: inviting

Smelling the wood fire
Seeing breath
The neighbors
House lights are
More inviting


What is a sherku?

sherku: Droid

My poor Droid’s
Battery was taxed
Needs to charge
Pen and paper
Capture thoughts now


What is a sherku?

sherku: doneness

Grilling pork
Tenderloin
In the dark
Thermometer
Will be my
Doneness test


What is a sherku?

sherku: masquerade

With the leaves down
A chill in the air
The rain clouds can
Masquerade
As snow clouds


What is a sherku?

sherku: woodpecker

That pesky woodpecker
Is back again
Trying to make
His home in my house


What is a sherku?

Sherku: loving you

There are times
When it all
Comes so easy
Running sweat
Breathing deep
Loving you


for Dolores


What is a sherku?

sherku: lunch

There is much joy 
In a fluffernutter 
Sandwich this 
Saturday afternoon

What is a sherku?

sherku: new airport

Should I be concerned
our destination
is not shown
on cocktail
napkin map

What is a sherku?

sherku: growing old

Gray hair, salt and
pepper beard
Grayness moving
Down the body
Arms, chest, oh my!


What is a sherku?

sherku: flying

Flying to Florida
Book’s got me
Rummaging amongst
A kicked bees nest


What is a sherku?

sherku: shedding

Pine cones, acorns
Pine needles and leaves
Natures sheds to renew
What about you?





What is a sherku?

sherku: molly

Moving and beeping
On the line
Lines so straight
Lines so worn
You do stop and watch


What is a sherku?




In honor of Molly, the automated mail cart (likely a distant cousin of HAL).

sherku: Exercise time

When the lights go out 
Roll your chair back 
Raise arms and stretch 
To get the lights back on


What is a sherku?

sherku: Knowing III

Don’t worry about
What you could have known
Go on with knowing
What you know now

sherku: Knowing II

There is comfort 
In not knowing 
Until you find out 
Something you should have known

sherku: Knowing 1

I know that
I don't know all
I need to explore
what I don't know
and should know

Originally posted to Twitter and tagged as #140poets #twitpoem

sherku: mist defying

backpacks swaying
ears plugged elsewhere
apparitions
gather on the corner

originally Tweeted and tagged as #140poets

sherku: be distinct

Take the ball 
Share something 
You have learned 
With someone 
In a way that matters

sherku: remember the pan

What’s so 
Important to 
Interrupt when 
Brushing my teeth? 
The pan on the stove

sherku: September

Alarmed with
Slumbering news
Coffee, shower
Dressing for school
Day starts anew


originally posted to Twitter as "Sherku: September - alarmed with/ slumbering news/ coffee, shower/ dressing the/ school day starts anew// #140poets #twitpoem"
for Dolores

sherku: remembering

The rains came
For so long
Now chased by the sun
Will I remember
How to grill?

sherku: all for you

Did my writing 
To clear my head 
Did my running 
To clear my legs 
All for you

composed on the run, Sunday 8/22/10

sherku: in the moment

In the moment
Running, sweating
In the rain
I pray to be
One with the world


composed on the run, Sunday 8/22/10

sherku: the issue

Channels, content 
creation, ownership 
it comes down to 
eyeballs and funding




Originally tweeted as a summary of the first session at PubCampBOS on Saturday, August 21.


Sherku: the issue - Channels, content/ creation, ownership/ it comes down to/ eyeballs and funding// #140poets #pubcampbos

sherku: happy anniversary

Let’s get a card 

That says it well 

For both of us 

Twenty eight years 

After all

What is a sherku? 

For Dolores

sherku: special ingredient

Carefully
Puckering
Our lips when
Spooning batter
Into muffin pans

Sherku: De Temps Antan

don't understand 
the lyrics 
doesn't matter 
the beat's got my 
French blood going


Originally composed and tweeted from the Lowell Folk Festival at Boarding House Park
 #lff #140poets #twitpoem

Information on the group, De Temps Antan can be found on their MySpace page here

Lowell Folk Festival - 2

CVS sunscreen
smells like bubblegum
harkens me
back to the day
of pops


Originally composed and tweeted from the Lowell Folk Festival at Boarding House Park
 #lff  #140poets  #twitpoem

Lowell Folk Festival - 1

Sound checks, sunscreen
chair placements
lots of looking
around at the
gathering crowd




Originally composed and tweeted from the Lowell Folk Festival at Boarding House Park.
 #lff #140poets #twitpoem

sherku: after networking

Half moon in
A wispy shawl
Next to stacked
Clouds putting on
Quite a light show


This was composed after the New Prosperity Initiative's Social Changeup4, while driving home heading due west on the MA Turnpike into and then under this scene.

sherku: fetal position

Police found
The two bodies
In a fetal
Position facing
Each other


This is a 'found' poem. The text was contained in the news article picked up by the Boston Globe about an elderly couple who were found dead in their Florida home. The elevator had been stuck between floors.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/07/17/elderly_couple_doomed_when_elevator_stuck/

sherku: creativity

In the space
between
anxiety
and boredom
creativity
flourished

This is a 'found' poem. I found and slightly manipulated the text to fit the sherku format. The original text can be found in the Newsweek article here: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html

sherku: house rules

The fact that 
you do worry 
about being 
a good mom 
means that 
you are one 


A 'found' sherku. The text was found in Jodi Picoult's House Rules and modified to become a sherku.

sherku: driving

Cloud bridge - i84 in CT
Originally uploaded by shersteve

new growth trees
ribboned highway
under the bridge
of clouds into
the blue beyond

this was originally posted to twitter #140poets #twitpoem

midsummer heat

I was cool 
In the pool 
Now hot on the spot 
Will I cope 
On the heat tightrope

sherku: candle light

Candle light

Walking the track 

Under the lights 

Relay for life 

Mother’s birthday 

sherku: refreshing

Water is to 

The body 

As education 

Is to your life 

Refreshing

Monday Morning Memo

Rhinestone cowboy

Rhiannon

Rhombus Rhodes

Rhetorical

morning rhapsody

What is a sherku? 


This was inspired by the MondayMorningMemo by RH Williams on 2/22/10

Poem on the Range

An email from the Academy of American Poets reveals:

Take some poetic license and hit the road in 2010. During National Poetry Month, also known as April, the Academy of American Poets will launch a collaborative multimedia-mapping project—Poem on the Range.

The Academy is calling on bookworms, road-trippers, and literary wayfarers to help picture poetry in place by submitting footage of poetic landmarks, cities, dwellings, streets, roadside ephemera, and other places immortalized by iconic poems.

Share footage from a poetic pilgrimage, or go the extra mile by capturing the experience on video while you read the poem on location. Tag submissions with a short note on what the poem, place, or poet means to you, and upload geotagged content to the Academy's Poem on the Range group page on Flickr or the Academy's Facebook Page, add it to the "Poem on the Range" Google Map, or email your videos or photos to OntheRange@poets.org.

Entries received by April 21, 2010, will be considered for a special National Poetry Month feature on Poets.org, and top entries will be thanked with enough poetry goods to keep you well-versed for all those miles to go.

Need poems to roam by? Get started with a selection of poems about place by visiting www.poets.org/ontherange.

Rules of the Road (a.k.a. Guidelines):

1. Submit your videos or pictures (with a brief description) to Flickr, Facebook, Google Maps, or via email to OntheRange@poets.org by April 21, 2010.

2. Tag all content with the poet's name, poem title, and location (please do not submit content featuring your own poetry).

sherku: super bowl ads

super bowl ads

come from a real

teenage wasteland

as old guys sing

who are you

What is a sherku?



originally posted to Twitter and tagged with   #140poets #twitpoem

dirty secret

Dirty secret
Of social media
Is how laborious
It all is




What is a sherku? 


This is a "found poem" in that it came from a line that @julespieri spoke during a panel discussion during the LaunchCamp on Thursday 2/4/10. 

This was tweeted and tagged as #140poets #launchcamp #twitpoem

Andrea Gibson - "say yes"

From Patti Digh, I get introduced to Andrea Gibson:

Happy birthday, Galway

Galway Kinnell's birthday is today.

Click through to the Poetry Foundation to read and hear some of his works.

morning light

I give thanks
morning light
reveals
joy amongst friends
continuing to learn


What is a sherku? 


This was prompted by the news that the Joyful Jubilant Learning blog is ending