Poetry

Today's poem is a short, whimsical, two-pager about Summer and the  memories the season evokes. 

It's up on Zora as a content coin, which means you can trade it if you want (I'm only really sticking these up here now tom keep them all in one place, as a permanent online archive), but they are tradeable too, if that's your thing. 

If it's not, then you can read the poem as normal in the attached cast below. Read, copy, paste, share, devour, vomit, burn etc. Whatever you want.

I've also attached some lazy analysis from grok further down the thread because it's fun  to see this stuff analysed by AI. 

Hope you enjoy!

Today's poem is a short, whimsical, two-pager about Summer and the  memories the season evokes. 

It's up on Zora as a content coin, which means you can trade it if you want (I'm only really sticking these up here now tom keep them all in one place, as a permanent online archive), but they are tradeable too, if that's your thing. 

If it's not, then you can read the poem as normal in the attached cast below. Read, copy, paste, share, devour, vomit, burn etc. Whatever you want.

I've also attached some lazy analysis from grok further down the thread because it's fun  to see this stuff analysed by AI. 

Hope you enjoy!

https://zora.co/coin/base:0xb3e6aa694f7893fc243b5cd8ca2f7e7fe4aa844a

There is nothing more powerful in this world than words.

Tone: The tone is warm and nostalgic, blending the messiness of childhood with fond memories of carefree happiness.

The poem captures a fleeting yet cherished summer memory, blending the physical mess with emotional warmth.

And Grok's lazy analysis:

The poem paints a vivid, sensory-rich picture of a childhood summer moment centered around a melting ice cream cone. Here's a brief analysis:
Imagery and Sound: The opening lines ("A drip drop / Slip slopped") use onomatopoeia to mimic the sound and motion of melting ice cream, engaging the reader's senses. The "chocolate / gooey mess" and "criss-cross / crunchy biscuit" further enhance the tactile and visual experience, while "sticky fingers / Lazily wiped" adds a casual, carefree tone.

Structure: The poem is free-form, with short, fragmented lines that mirror the uneven drip of the ice cream. This structure reinforces the spontaneous, playful nature of the scene.

Theme: It evokes nostalgia for summer days filled with "sweltering heat," "swimming pools," and "sand," contrasting the messy ice cream with "smiles that never / slip slopped / Or drip dropped away." This suggests enduring joy amidst the impermanence of the moment.

A drip drop
Slip slopped
Off the side of the cone
A chocolate
gooey mess
Of melting ice cream
And criss-cross
crunchy biscuit
And sticky fingers
Lazily wiped 
Across an already 
Heavily stained
Handed down T

Reminded me
Of summer days
Sweltering heat 
And swimming pools
And sand
And smiles that never 
slip slopped
Or drip dropped away.