Tuesday Poem

Tuesday Poem communal poem into its third week

So far 11 poets from four countries have posted 11 stanzas on the NZ-based Tuesday Poem's 3rd birthday poem. And there are 7 more to go. Australia's Catherine Bateson has posted the 11th stanza and stanza 12 is due today from New Zealander Alicia Ponder. 

 

The poem's been touted as a kind of jazz poem with rhythm and repetition and riffs playing through and between stanzas Here's one of the stanzas from T Clear of Seattle. 

 

Miss Lily's a teaser
Miss Lily's a cat
don't try to appease her
she'll disappear fast —

But is she a cat, really? Check out the poem to see.