Mike McGee ([info]mikemcgee) wrote,
@ 2008-09-21 14:52:00
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Current location:Worcester, Massachusetts
Current mood:creatively nugget-like
Current music:Sponge Bob(?) in the distance
Entry tags:001, group poem project

McGee's Group Poem Project #001 - "Loneliness"
Happy Last Day of Summer, my sweet collective of peeps, homies and poets – oh my!

This project is along the lines of what I posted about here, a suggestion by Alvin Lau some time ago.

McGee's GROUP POEM #001 (9/21/08)
Subject/Theme: Loneliness

Add a line or two to what I've written. It doesn't have to be humorous, but I think for this one, it could work well.

  • Submit your lines by commenting on this post and this post only.
  • It must be original; you must be the author of what you submit.
  • Submit as often as you like, but each submission must not exceed 50 words.
  • Deadline for submissions is October 1st. Later submissions will not be included.
  • Sign off on your submission.
I will edit the lines together. Some lines may get cut. Don't fret! Some of mine will be cut as well. In no way must you follow my style or pattern, just stick to the theme.

Once completed, I will post it here and on my website. I will end the poem with a list of credits. If you copy the poem, you must include the list of credits with it from here on out. Please sign off on your submission with the name you'd like to be credited with.

"Loneliness"
© 2008 Mike McGee and others TBA

Loneliness is the zucchini left in the vegetable party tray.
It is the guy high on coke in Utah.
It is the Australian forced to watch Crocodile Dundee 3.
It is seeing your mother in a Girls Gone Wild video.
It is loving creamed corn right out of the can.
Loneliness is really wanting to high five someone but you are having kinky sex and your hands are literally tied.

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[info]bwanageek
2008-09-21 08:24 pm UTC (link)
Loneliness is realizing you haven't showered in three days.
It is lolcats being the highlight of your day.

-Steve Sauvé

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[info]mikemcgee
2008-09-21 08:41 pm UTC (link)
Exactly, sir. I can't identify with lolcats – or at least – I feel I shouldn't identify with it.

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[info]scottwoods
2008-09-21 08:42 pm UTC (link)
It is sleeping when the sun sets so you won't see it.
It is watching the tree bark reclaim your carved graffiti heart.
It is finding ways to play Dungeons & Dragons in an empty room.
It is pretending to type on a laptop with a dead battery in a coffeeshop.
It is never being able to use the second Playstation controller.
Loneliness eats.
Loenliness chews.
Loneliness does not swallow. It likes the sound you make when you stick in its teeth.

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[info]mikemcgee
2008-09-22 08:43 pm UTC (link)
Amazing lines, Scott. Amazing.
Especially the Playstation and dead battery lines!

Whoa.

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[info]toangelblue
2008-09-21 08:42 pm UTC (link)
Paralysis climbing up the backs of your ankles, heavily perfumed with tomorrows.

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[info]bwanageek
2008-09-21 08:57 pm UTC (link)
Loneliness is yelling in an empty room.
It is mumbling when you are not alone.
It is looking forward to going to work.
It is swooning because the cute barrista kinda smiled at you.
Loneliness is never having to say "I'm sorry,"
Or "Excuse me," "You're welcome," or "Hello."

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[info]bilenski
2008-09-21 11:49 pm UTC (link)
Loneliness is wearing that thrift store sweater in august just because it smells like her.
It's a Yen at the bottom of a Louisiana wishing well.
Loneliness is a radio station that plays good music at reasonable hour.

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[info]bwanageek
2008-09-22 02:16 am UTC (link)
Loneliness is rereading a book you didn't like.
It is wearing a condom while you masturbate.
It is inviting Jehovah's Witnesses in for tea.
Loneliness, like war, is good for absolutely nothing.
It is the beginning and the end, and a good chunk of the in-between.

Wow, so much for writer's block. Maybe I just need to pick a theme and run with it if I want to write new stuff, 'cause I can't seen to shut up on this thread.

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from LV
[info]lv_prosewriter
2008-09-22 03:25 am UTC (link)
Loneliness is pacing the apartment on Friday night.
Loneliness is hovering on the edges of life.
Loneliness wonders when it's eavesdropping.
Loneliness is blogging to no one.

Loneliness is the tattoo of a girl's name you haven't heard in 20 years.
Loneliness is one tacky 1940's clip-on earring, one "pastie" losing its beads, the fox fur-piece in the thrift store that no one can bear to touch--the one with the glass eyes and all four feet.

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from Susan Cormier
[info]queenofcrows
2008-09-22 04:40 am UTC (link)
It's the sound of one hand....*




*(can be choreographed/mimed in a few different ways)

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[info]hawkdancer
2008-09-22 05:12 am UTC (link)
Loneliness is pretending to be busy tonight, just to avoid the awkwardness of not being invited.
Loneliness is hearing about a party the next day.
Loneliness is wondering when you started talking to housewares.
Loneliness is being perfectly consolable, but never consoled.
Loneliness is when even God gets bored with you and won't laugh at your jokes.
Loneliness is being the 9th kid on the list when the birthday boy's mom bought a pack of eight invitations.
Loneliness is the familiar face with no name.
Loneliness is losing your friends in the breakup.
Loneliness is having an abortion so you won't get kicked out of the private Christian school.

~ Jessica Nicholas

Edited at 2008-09-22 05:39 am UTC

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[info]needleinthehay6
2008-09-22 05:39 am UTC (link)
Loneliness is standing in the shower, trying to wash your own back.

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[info]hawkdancer
2008-09-22 05:52 am UTC (link)
HA HA Loneliness is listening to Spongebob in the distance!

I mean, it would appear...

Edited at 2008-09-22 05:53 am UTC

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[info]mongobear
2008-09-22 04:03 pm UTC (link)
Loneliness is wearing earbuds without an iPod
Loneliness is pretending to be deaf when the teacher calls on you
Loneliness is walking with a limp just to get noticed
Loneliness is when Larry King is your new best friend
Loneliness is staring at the back of a neck instead of the movie
Loneliness is a bare palm on a warm and vacated chair
Your cheek on a recently vacated pillow
Your lips on your clenched fist
dreaming it is a kiss

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[info]cherylmaddalena
2008-09-22 07:26 pm UTC (link)
Loneliness is turning to someone to say something, and realizing they don't want to hear it. Loneliness is the imprint of the furniture on the carpet after he moved out.

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[info]stefan11
2008-09-22 09:08 pm UTC (link)
walking on a vast empty beach
on the last day of Summer
watching a line of wild birds
headed South

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[info]mikemcgee
2008-10-01 09:37 pm UTC (link)
Group Poem Project #1 is now closed.

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