Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Trick or Poem by JM Scott FREE on Kindle Through Feb. 4, 2018

Hey all, Trick or Poem is FREE in all Kindle markets through Feb. 4, 2018. This book features 31 Halloween and/or Horror themed poems.

There are demented children, ghosts, a wendigo, a zombie, demons and so much more.

By the way, if you didn't know this photo is Egg Hill Church in Centre Hall, PA. I did some photo editing to make it extra creepy.

Enjoy this free sample from the book.



Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Feeling Rich

I waded through the rubble of the classy neighborhood to a massive home that was only half there. It looked as though something bit off a chunk from the front.  I invited myself in to find what I could find ( hopefully food, weapons, tampons).

In a back bedroom, I found a silver-framed picture. I wiped away the soot and ash; I recognized the smiling woman and man. They were on a house hunter show and bought this very house six years ago.

Now that she’s ash; I’m wearing her silky pink panties, sitting on her king size bed, feeling rich.

Saturday, January 20, 2018

And the Federal Government Closes Down

When I ask who is to blame, what is the answer?
The GOP?
The Dems?
Trump?

Actually, it is all of us. We put these fucktards in office. We don't vote out people who has been politics longer than the Price is Right. Most of us don't vote in the primaries. Most of us vote in party lines, always. Look who is putting party before country?

We voted people who do not work with a person with a different point of view. All I hear is whining and crying and carrying on- like a daycare.

So what are we going to do about? It is obvious neither party gives a shit about most of us. So why do we keep voting them in?

How about we vote in our respective primaries and vote out incumbents. And if you don't have a choice, then come November vote out incumbents- even if they are from a different party. I am tired old party politics from both sides. We need a government reset.

Till next time...

Friday, January 19, 2018

Get Out of Debt! Start a New Life! Easy Work! Call Now!

Two blocks from the house, Maryn  found the painted trash can. She opened the lid and pulled out the canvas bag. In the dim street light, she saw plenty of green. She walked five more blocks then kicked off her heels in the storm drain. Another block,  she peeled off her fishnet stockings and tossed them on a no smoking sign. Lighting a cigarette, she moved forward. No sirens.

Hailing a cab, she tossed the cigarette. One night of gross sex with a bloated senator and little cyanide equaled 100 thousand cash.  Not too bad for a mother of three.

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Resin Cast

drowned in moving amber
peevish grasshoppers jangle
through ascended flowers

seagulls rise and own the day
forsake the night song

In the sink,
kind feet airs
birdsong and pressed flowers
cast in resin



Source: “The Shepard Singing Ragtime” and “Skylark Noon.” from Shepard Singing Ragtime by Louis Golding. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/55963/55963-h/55963-h.htm


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Last summer, I thought it would be fun to cast things in resin. So, I bought resin and went to town. Then I had this awesome idea of making poems and then casting the poems in resin. I bought huge molds. Let's just say it was not a good idea- at least not right now. I do have another idea and that is to make a tanka, print on nice paper, modge podge it and then make a dreamcatcher. I haven't started that idea yet. I hope to soon and see how it goes. The words from this poem were collected from two poems; I used the Powerball feature on appliedpoetics.org. With some rearranging and some word additions, I had a poem.

I am sitting here wondering where January is going.

Until next time...

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Jet Star Jockey by JM Scott Free on Kindle Through January 15, 2018

Hey all, Jet Star Jockey  is FREE in all Kindle markets through January 15, 2018. This poetry collection contains 52 poetry collages.

This started as a poetry challenge for 2015. All in all, I love how most of the poems turned out. Of course, there are some that are not so great.  You can't always get perfection.



Enjoy this free sample from the collection.


Saturday, January 6, 2018

Into the Garden by JM Scott FREE on Kindle Through January 10, 2018

Hey all, Into the Garden: Acrostic Poetry Collection is FREE in all Kindle markets through January 10, 2018. As the title suggests it is a book filled with acrostic poems.  Each poem title is something you would find in a garden.

For those who don't know, an acrostic poem is a when a word is spelled down the (often) left margin, each letter of the word starts the line. You may have seen these around. I will admit, this one of my favorite form of poetry, right up there with Tanka and Haiku.

The free sample is "Apricot." If you look on the left and spell downward, you will see the word "apricot." I know the titles don't have much to do with the poem. I'm one of those odd balls that is in love with the idea that you, the reader, creates your own meaning or correlations.

Enjoy.... And if you like the poem, grab the whole book for a poetic ride, I hope you won't forget.