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Saturday, July 23, 2011

3/30 Poetry Challenge

Day 3: Find the nearest book (of any kind). Turn to page 8. Use the first ten full words on the page in a poem. You may use them in any order, anywhere in the poem.

John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath "the motor roared up for a moment, the gears clicked"

Suck. Squeeze. Bang. Blow.
Four-stroke ignition 101
Strapped in and surrounded by steel
roll bars overhead
The motor roared with the
pounding in his chest

The moment the flag was dropped,
gears clicked and adrenaline
flooded his veins like nitrous. 
Up ahead the finish line drew near.
For 7.82 seconds there was a feeling
of overwhelming invincibility.



Okay... I think maybe I shouldn't do these in the morning...

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