Oh mannnnnn.......

I just discoved that the name flickrverse is quite common on the old internet. I Googled it and came up with more results than I wanted. What I thought was oh-so-clever has already been done and I am just co-opting it.

I would like to state, however, that I belive that I am the only one using it to mean 'flickr inspired poetry'. The others use it to mean the 'universe that is Flickr users'.

So, in some sense I guess I did have an original thought.

Feel free to prove me wrong.

I can take it.

Buddah Nature

the great buddha
Originally uploaded by lil aNNa.

When asked
"What is God?",
you can always get a
good laugh
or
a strange look
if your answer is
"You are".

It's even better
if you mean it.

Hindsight

Light Rest Light Breeze
Originally uploaded by Operation Slapstick.

Last summmer, I would say,
we stayed at home
or at least I couldn't remember anything
special.
The house was cold
and we never mowed the lawn.

My daughter is now 8 months old
and, of course,
she is the most beautiful.

I can look back now
and see.

This poem is a threat to the security of the United States

This shot is a threat to the security of the United States
Originally uploaded by Tampen.

This poem is a threat to the security of the United States

because it is free.

I give it away.
It is for you.

This poem is free
to make the kinds of mistakes
that make the good stuff.

We all can learn a lot from cosmic jokes and cosmic jokers.
We all need to laugh a lot more
and not at the bozos
but with them.

This poem is a threat to the security of the United States
not because it is big,
But because I give it to you

and they can
never
take
it
away.

dicks

dicks
Originally uploaded by formica.

On the ride home
the french fries
fall
bewteen
my legs
and are sucked into a void
that
lives
beneath
my seat

Allow me to introduce flickrverse

flickrverse is a personal project of mine that I have undertaken in an effort to get the old creative juices flowing. Here's the idea:

Everyday, I pick a theme. That theme is whatever I want it to be. Then, I go to www.flickr.com and search the photos there and look through the results until I find something that resonates with me. Then, I compose a poem, post it in the comments section, add the photo to my Favorites section, and then add it to this blog.

Feel free to critique what you read.

PS. I will probably also post other random stuff here, too.