Sherry Ramsey, fearless, interim, co-leader of our online, Second Life writing group affectionately known as The Quillians, issued a writing challenge last week. We were to write an “anti-Valentine” poem.
Here’s my tongue-in-cheek, bumpity-thumpity response:
heart words: an anti-valentine poem
february 14, 2011
thump
beat beat-beat-beat
heart beat-beat-beat
up beat-beat-beat
thump lump skippity-beat
beat thump red hot
sweet date
pump fate
lub-dub respirate
pump bump thumpity-hump
breast beat chest bump
in-flate
vibrate
pump-pump circulate
up beat pumpity-pump
ping pang pittery-pat
in-spire chest fire
thump-thump-thump desire
bump breast ache beat
stiff beat hump bump
soul white heat mate
pulsate
palpate
bump-bump procreate
pump pump pumpity-hump
mate thump thumpity-hump
beat beat-beat-beat
beat beat-beat-beat
off beat-beat-beat
red vein fake feign
spit spat pittery-pat
blood bleat vain cheat
stalemate
ingrate
bleed thump violate
lub dub thumpity-pump
trump beat off dump
beat down break up
ache beat bleed deep
thump dump slump chump
pump dump bumpity-lump
pang ache jumpity-jump
ping pain pulse rate
prostrate
deadweight
thump-bump defibrillate
beat beat skippity-beat
beat beat-beat-beat
soft beat-beat-beat
pump red heart hate
sensate
oxygenate
hate hate hate hate
thump bump thumpity-pump
beat bleed beat beat
heart beat-beat-beat
thump
Thanks Luta for a fun exercise!
Other entries from the group:
Gary Henderson
Nancy writes speculative and mainstream fiction. She's one of the three founders and editors of Third Person Press. She also enjoys photography and art and designed, writes for and maintains her creativity webzine, The Practically Creative Quarter and epiccharity.com. Nancy grew up in Texas but now lives with her husband, Barry, in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. 
Thanks for the mention, Nancy. I linked back to this one from my own entry, as well.
I like your poem, and I think it’s best appreciated when read aloud, which I did.