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Contests : Wergle Flomp Free Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2002 : Ryan Hoffmann
BOTTOMLESS PIT
Heaven sends manna in the famine season.
Boys discover themselves under willows and
in bathrooms, in the mirror. Something
deep within them pushes toward the edges of
the universe, pen in hand, the voice
calling:
"Young man, you have been misled. The
manna you consume is not from Heaven, but
from Stockton, California, and the poems
that flow from your lubricated palms are
not poems, but fuel for the flaming gas bag
that is poetry.com."
It's easy guys, just put a few words
together, sound like you know something:
Fire burns stomach inside out night swoops.
Raging terror lurks in shadows, I no longer
feel myself alone with the aching fever to
share with the world on nights when all
that is lost is right.
The blind can smile at darkness, can't you?
Sent as a joke to poetry.com,
this poem received an honorable mention in the 2002 Wergle Flomp parody poetry contest sponsored by Winning Writers.
About Ryan Hoffman
Mr. Hoffmann, age 27, originally from Seattle, resides in Los Angeles in hopes of becoming a Hollywood screenwriter.
Petting the Devil, a collection of his poetry, is available for representation. He writes, "I currently attend poetry slams at two locations in Los Angeles,
Da Poetry Lounge on Fairfax and Melrose, and Green at 12255 Venice Boulevard.
Stop on in for some of Los Angeles's hottest spoken word."
Mr. Hoffmann graduated Washington State University with a Bachelors in Psychology in 1998.
Pictured with him is friend Jacki LeClair. He can be contacted at Raffish11@hotmail.com.
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