breakfast – shannon p. laws

Crafting Poetry from Everyday Moments

So you go home, jot down the first impressions in a free-form editor-off moment. Then the craft of poetry begins. Revisit that moment. I imagine a poet going at the rough draft like a sculptor chisels away at a block of marble. Of course not every poem is a master piece, however, I would argue that every poem is worth the experience of attempting to craft one.

Nosy Nostalgia

Typically I would find a booth, and hang out with a book, notepaper, and pen. Read, eat, and write. …and listen. My confession to the faithful 67 followers, I am nosy. I enjoy listening to the way people talk to each other, the rhythms, the tone. Two poems came out of this “hobby”. I’d like to share them with you today.

Day 47: Plague and Pestilence

https://youtu.be/jMLq2hSWpq8 Shower Thoughts: Vehicles today can surf the web, link to your phone, stream music and videos, etc.. but they still can’t perform a simple database lookup to tell you what the check engine light is on for. Good morning. How ya’ doing today? Are you up with the birds like me? If so imagineContinueContinue reading “Day 47: Plague and Pestilence”

Poem: Shelf

Shelf by Shannon P Laws bowl inside a bowl inside a bowl collects the flicks of dishwater shot by the sinks stiff brush scrub hard at a plate of Tuesdays dried oatmeal and today’s just-burnt eggs #

Poem: Just Dawn

Just Dawn My window blinds squint out a slit of light. No one can tell the view from here but me. I see the June cherry tree out there, on the other side holding bouncing chickadees that peck at branch aphids. I hear the roof-spine morning seagulls barking orders —when pushed off swiftly byContinueContinue reading “Poem: Just Dawn”

Breakfast at Harris’s

Happy moments. They show up in the most surprising places, such as a window seat Harris Avenue Café in Fairhaven. I’m an inventory taker. Every so often I take a look at my life and take inventory, see how I’m doing in relationship to my goals. The last two years have been disappointing on manyContinueContinue reading “Breakfast at Harris’s”