Real Poetry

[alonso ramoran]

Real Poetry

does not come from the heart
but instead the stomach.

I give flavor
to the bland
and check

the expiration date
on this alphabet soup.

-Alex Orande
10/22/2018

[billy]

i've just eaten a sonnet of a meat pie for lunch

[rowens]

You talking about the manipura chakra? In a way it does. Or the one right above. My poetry comes from the lower ones. I told somebody once the soul was in the stomach. He didn't believe me. But I feel it there. And below. My heart mostly gives me heartburn. Which isn't the same thing as heartache. Heartache, I feel lower.

[Tiger the Lion]

Always love poems about poetry - esp. when intended as fun. "Alphabet Soup" reminds me of an infinite number of monkeys on an infinite number of typewriters. 

Real Poetry

does not come from the heart
but instead the stomach.

I give flavor
to the bland
and check

the expiration date
on this alphabet soup.

-Alex Orande
10/22/2018

Real Poetry

does not come from the heart
but instead the stomach.

I bewitch the broth and fudge

the expiration date
on this alphabet soup.

[RiverNotch]

Kinda like it -- feels like it would be more of a zinger though if the last three lines were cut out.