a poem with no 'E's

Some years back, at a local poetry forum where I used to hang out, there was a challenge to write a poem without the vowel 'E'. I thought, wow, it must be difficult. It was. But I managed to write one. I wasn't too satisfied with the original and did an edit on it. Below is the result.

I wonder if any of you have written a poem without 'E'. I am thinking of writing a poem each without an a, i , o and u, but the thought of writing one is already pretty scary. :)

image by dsnake1




coming home



midnight
at my corridor

i
thought i saw things
      unholy

a shadow
      gliding
at a lift landing

as a dog howls,
primordial,

distant

barking at

a sky of rusty slag
      bulging
with a storm

a wind mobilizing
X-wings
swooping in

on dim corridors
in
attack flights

as i turn
a lock
on my door

and walk 

into a warm room
to my child
hugging a pikachu

smiling
waiting
for daddy.



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08.07.05
revised 26.04.07
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"Not happy? Okay, stand up and fight!"

-- dsnake1, a quote with no 'E'.


Shared on Poetry Pantry #170 at Poets United

photo by dsnake1


Sherry, this is for you. The blue sky I mentioned in your comment. Taken near my home today. :)

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