Mercury Retrograde Sucks
Full Moon in Pisces Poetry Slam August 30, 2023
Good morning, friends!
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:50 Mercury Retrograde Sucks—read by AstroMommy
2:00 thank you
Before I read my poem, here are some important reminders:
You can find word list #16 for this poem here if you’d like to write one, too! Remember this is not a poem about full moons it’s just a poem using the words in the list in the order they are in. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, please read this post that explains what a “word poem” is and the directions for how to participate.
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Okay, here goes….
Mercury Retrograde Sucks
By AstroMommy
I’m feeling backward, like a bonehead: confused
Like a doppelganger, a ghostly double of myself: bemused
My shadow is pointing the wrong way: denied
Like a roast charred and black; raw and bloody on the inside
I’m feeling upside down, like a magician: restrained
Like eyeglasses that keep fogging up: unexplained
My salad is plain, unremarkable: tasteless
Like this poem, empty and dull; lacking crunch; wordless
I’m feeling powerless, like a stopped train: stuck
Like dripping super glue on your hands: oh fuck!
My gong is not tuned and is gigantic
Like a large balloon full of bees: chaotic
I’m feeling afraid of conception: realistic
Like a coded nuance: real specific
My eggplant is rotting on the counter
Like a tumult of geese flying south for Winter
I’m feeling like a tomato in the fruit basket: unused
Like a sewing pattern, unopened; refused
My leftovers in the fridge have been forgotten
Like this wordlist…
Mercury retrograde sucks
Previous word lists can be found in this master post.
Previous Word Poems by AstroMommy:
You Are A Mirror (Word Poem #1—1st poem-New Moon in Taurus/Full in Scorpio)
My Eggs Are Perfect (Word Poem #1—2nd poem-New Moon in Taurus/Full in Scorpio)
The Biggest Hill (Word Poem #2—New Moon in Gemini/Full in Sag)
You, Up? (Word Poem #3-New Moon in Cancer/Full in Capricorn)
How Do The Stars Speak? (Word Poem #4-New Moon in Leo/Full in Aquarius)
On The Beach In Fall (Word poem #5—New Moon in Virgo/Full in Pisces)
I Smell Like Peppermint (poetry/free write in place of a word poem for New Moon in Libra/Full Moon in Aries)
Terrible Poem (Word poem #6—New Moon in Scorpio/Full Moon in Taurus)
Broken Thoughts Spew Across The Page (Word poem #6, again…)
I did not post any poems for lists 7,8, or 9.
The Dream Garden (Word poem #10—New Moon in Pisces/Full Moon in Virgo)
beyond the wall, a torch burns brightly (Word poem #11—New Moon in Aries/Full Moon in Libra)
The Spider On The Gatepost (Word poem #12—Hybrid Solar Eclipse in Aries/Full Moon in Scorpio)
The Devil In My Dreams (word poem #13—Full Moon in Sagittarius)
To Be More (word poem #14—Full Moon in Capricorn)
Sometimes A Phrase Can Get To You (word poem #15—Full Moon in Aquarius)
Thank you for listening to this month’s Lunar Poetry Ritual word poem.
Until the next Full Moon,
AstroMommy