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Cheesy Poetry

By Carma SpenceMay 9, 2011Poetry2011, cheese, haiku, limerick

brie My next speech for Toastmasters is “Speaking to Entertain” … I have to be humorous for 15-20 minutes. Ug.

Anyway, I thought I might do it on food, so was looking for some interesting quotes about food and found this:

“The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
G.K. Chesterton

Well, never one to back away from a writing challenge, I came up with one in about 5 minutes. Could it be the very first poem about cheese?

Ah, the joy of brie,
so good with a cup of tea
the flavor so smokey
…on toast? How hokey!
Yes, that’s the cheese for me!
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September Stone

By Carma SpenceMay 3, 2011Poetry1984, blue spinal, class ring

This poem was written in 1983, inspired by my senior ring, which had a blue spinal stone because my favorite color is blue. It was published in the Spring 1984 issue of Metanoia, the Montgomery High School creative writing magazine. Blue Spinal, Spiral me down, down to the depths of […]

God

By Carma SpenceApril 26, 2011Poetry1983, faith, God, religion

This poem was written in 1983 and published in the Spring 1984 issue of Metanoia, the Montgomery High School creative writing magazine. What colour is God? A child with milk mustache asks. Does God have a colour? Is the reply. Mother looks at her young offspring. A loving look met […]

Twin Fathers

By Carma SpenceApril 19, 2011Snippetsdifferent fathers, pregnant with twins, science fiction

There once was a time when there were too many people. It was a time when it wasn’t hard to have a baby. Nature tried to solve this problem. There was famine. Drought. Disease. But there were also too many doctors trying to save the babies; a noble, if not […]

Orgasm of One

By Carma SpenceApril 11, 2011Poetry1995, alone

I was cleaning out my fiction and poetry files this weekend in preparation of renewing my efforts and found this weird little poem I wrote on Oct. 16, 1995. In fact, I don’t remember writing it. It’s in my handwriting and I do remember the line about the streamers, but […]

Sitting on the Toilet with My Underwear On

By Carma SpenceApril 6, 2011Poetry1998, stress, toilet

This poem was written after a very stressful week in January 1998. Sitting on the toilet with my underwear on I wet my pants, but didn’t notice because of all the things that had distracted me from pulling down my knickers in the first place. It wasn’t until I went […]

The Good Samaritan Demon

By Carma SpenceApril 4, 2011Thoughtscats, demons

Early this morning, around 5 a.m. I was awoken by the strangest sound. An almost inhuman voice was calling out, “Hello! Hello! Hello!” At first I thought it might be a child. Then possibly an old lady. Then, after I’d woken up enough, I realized it was the call of […]

The Sorrow Beneath the Water

By Carma SpenceMarch 30, 2011Snippetshorror, miscarriage, sorrow

I was cleaning out some old boxes of documents and found this snippet. It is a fictionalized account of the day of my miscarriage. It needs some work, but I think it has potential as the kernel of a horror story (which is where I think I was going with […]

Christmas Story

By Carma SpenceMarch 1, 2011Short Stories, SnippetsChristmas, science fiction, time travel

I have this idea for a time travel Christmas story. It is still in the concept formation stages, but I have an opening I’d like to share with you …. Gabriel, the lead character, is obsessed with going back in time to see Christ’s birth in person. When he finally makes it, he discovers something that shatters his faith at first, but over the course of the story regains it with a deeper understanding of God and the Universe.

Nickel

By Carma SpenceFebruary 15, 2011Short Storiesfantasy, three wishes, wishing nickel

I was once challenged … either by a teacher or a contest, I can’t remember which … to write a three wishes story. This is what I came up with. I think it still needs a little work, but is a fun read anyway.

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