Category Archives: Immediate Poetry

Little Nubbin. (8 lines)

Posted on 11/21/2011 by Jenni Chiu

* A series of 8 line posts because of this one >> 8 mm 

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Ten perfect fingers.

Ten… toes.

I caress you several times a day.

Can I draw a little face on you please?

Little nubbin…

I’m starting to love you.

Shoes are dumb anyway.  Read more...

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Dreaming. (8 lines)

Posted on 11/15/2011 by Jenni Chiu

* A Series of 8 line posts because of this one >> 8 mm.

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Hot and heavy with my husband…

The carnival hay is itchy.

Then a thief out to mug me.

I lift my shirt to expose my weapon…

and squirt the robber in the eye with breast milk.  Read more...

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My binky. (8 lines)

Posted on 11/08/2011 by Jenni Chiu

* 8 lines for a month because of this post >> 8 mm

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Everything is topsy turvy.

Exhaustion… sobbing.

Anxiety… hopelessness.

Fists clenched… veins popping.

I reach for it.

Soft… comforting…

I squeeze it in my hands on the exhale.

My husband’s ass is my binky.  Read more...

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Losing the race. (8 lines)

Posted on 11/04/2011 by Jenni Chiu

 

* 8 lines for a month because of this post >> 8 mm

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I lack the stamina.

I have ill fitting shoes.

I did not carbo-load.

I hobble along…

A wailing child clinging to me…

I pause to clean poop, and wipe baby vomit out of my eyes.  Read more...

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You don’t belong here. (8 lines)

Posted on 10/31/2011 by Jenni Chiu

* 8 lines for a month in honor of this >>  8 mm

 

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Baby crying…

a pitch that unravels the threads of my brain.

Stealing a guilty minute to pee.

The cold seat welcomes my bottom.

But I am unsettled.

I think, “You don’t belong here”.  Read more...

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Frankenpussy (8 lines)

Posted on 10/24/2011 by Jenni Chiu

* 8 lines because of this post >> 8 mm

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Frankenpussy, Frankenpussy -
So misunderstood.
You’ve been stretched.
You’ve been ripped apart,
Cut and stitched together.

You’re marred with badges if honor,
And stronger than any monster I know.

PS- You need a haircut.

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Feed feed feed (8 lines).

Posted on 10/21/2011 by Jenni Chiu

Nursing ’til the cows come home.

The cows need GPS.

Feed, sleep, cry… cry, cry, cry.

Mommy wants to satisfy.

Take the man made stuff away.

It’s a sleep deprivation marathon.

I met a guy with three nipples once.

Lucky bastard.

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Just to leave.

Posted on 09/15/2011 by Jenni Chiu

Tick tock tick tock

White rabbit has nothing on us

Let’s brush

pause pause

Let’s dress

pause cry pause cry

wrong socks

good socks

bad socks

Patience is a virtue -

I’m a jezebel

Tick tock tick tock

Throw the mouse at the clock  Read more...

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