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Raymh

@rayhourigan.bsky.social

Public servant, Writer of poetry, Tinkerer of collages, Mostly writing haiku these days, 🇮🇪 living in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Quill of Mnemosyne@sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 2d ago

I decided to make a contribution to this #OddChallenge (love the concept, sad I missed the last one) This is a poem I wrote to vent some of my frustrations as a substitute teacher 😂 #SupplyTeacher #poetry #teacher #classroom #blueskypoetry #amwriting

I can't teach French! I can’t speak French. There's only so far A language dictionary Can go. I don’t know How to form A sentence That’s structured With verbs And nouns, Can’t wrap My head around Gendered words Or find the past Participles of verbs. How absurd To expect A lesson To teach a classroom The language When I Don’t know A word.
Mike O’Brien@zoomburst.substack.com · 3d ago

After the success of the first Odd Challenge on poems in the future tense, here is a second one - John Keats did it with "La Belle Dame sans Merci", as did Wilfred Owen with "Dulce et Decorum Est". Can you write a poem with a title in another language? Tag them #OddChallenge, and share the prompt.

Two phrenology heads in conversation, one speaking in English, the other in French - it can only herald an Odd Challenge
Prue Paimon@pruepaimon.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Convenience Store of People The lights never go out. Someone is always stocking the shelves with fresh faces, straightening smiles, pulling the lonely to the front before they expire marked down and labeled special. #poetry #poem

The Convenience Store of People The lights never go out. Someone is always stocking the shelves with fresh faces, straightening smiles, pulling the lonely to the front before they expire marked down and labeled special. The aisles are narrow. Everything is designed for impulse not intent. There are loyalty cards for those who return but those cards carry promises In the fine print that no one ever reads. Some people are seasonal others are clearance, their labels peeling, priced low enough to justify taking them home for a night. No refunds. The automatic doors open for everyone. They never ask whether you came to find someone, or simply needed something to get you through until morning.