LOST IN CYBERSPACE and other found poems: OULIPOST#30: YOLO Mother

Dedication

DEDICATION

To RKS
you were my first
you could have been my last
you are my lost

And to YHWH
You are my first
You are my last
I'm no longer lost
Isaiah 61:1-3
"...beauty for ashes..."

- Mildred Achoch, 4th September, 2011

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A big thank you to David Citino and his amazing, inspirational book "Paperwork", for reminding me that poems - and poets - are worth something.

Many thanks to my namesake "Mimi" Mik for taking the time to read my crazy poems, and for giving me her invaluable feedback. You rock!

Asante sana to Murfy's Flaw for being one of the coolest and 'down-to-earthest' Kenyan rock bands! And for allowing their awesome song "In Silence" to be part of the soundtrack of this book of poems.

I salute the prolific poet Phatalvision for reading ALL my poems! By the way sir, "old school" is "gold 'n' cool" :-)

I am very thankful to my mum, dad and sister, for putting up with me all these years. I love you!

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

OULIPOST#30: YOLO Mother

OULIPOST #30: PATCHWORK QUILT
Conclude the project by writing a poem that incorporates words and lines from all of your past 29 poems.

Click on a word, group of words, line or group of lines to see the original poem from which it/they originate.
This poem is for my late Mother. Rest in Peace Mummy. I miss you.

YOLO Mother
You Live, Only.
JESUS
he spur you up
he keep you fresh
in rooms, massive.
[There, there are]
No months, No minutes,
No trouble outside hell.

We watched in six-inch eyes,
All eyes,
[as] Biological Mother
[was] laid [in] the ground.
burial,
wound, flesh, pus, family, blood.

Multi-million mother
You are a parent, woman,
celebrated, authentic, true
[with] exquisite gradient.
The sun did not know
[I] get mixed up, misplaced, lost.
[I] have to figure things out,
Where and how to reap big from your
Mother's Breast.