Online Open Mic -2021
Scott Thomas Outlar takes a look in the direction of the existential with his enjoyable word play. Check out his work below!
My favorite line, “Love is a blank check/an IOU theory, centered in zeroes, bundled in pairs, soon cashed, when cards, start crumbling.”
Universal Discretion
grappling with ghosts
elusive shadows
phosphorescent fingers
grasp at halos
rings of smoke
and sacrifice
keep signaling back
to the starting gun
began with a bang
now begging for whispers
whimper into the void
and sigh
groveling with gusto
ecstatic eyes
holy at the center
caramel and crimson
feast of queens
and folly
fools over time
become wise or winos
end with a flourish
bone dry and thirsty
Scattered Ages
Snapshots of mood & emotion
The mouth of death
and its inevitable yawn
Plagues throughout time
our emergent rise from the muck & mud
My ancestors didn’t starve in the cold
before passing on their swagger
and neither should I
succumb to a sin not my own
nor suffer the karma
that’s been cleansed from my soul
I caught 18 falling leaves this autumn
each one blessed with a wish still to make
Every yesterday failed to dig my grave
tomorrow remains a promise of the wind
Of Crystal Castles and Crashing Waves
Into the breach!
(even if an abyss)
march, hut, two
x 4 x 6 [+] 64
God is an equation/a flux in the field
scattered about
slung throughout
yet unified
somewhere safe
behind the scenes
Whether your answers
arrive
or not
Whether your prayers
find promise
or go up in smoke
as signals dispersed
by the sands of…
Time out!
(space shift)
calm, breathe, sigh
x siren x stargaze [-] confusion
Love is a blank check/an IOU theory
centered in zeroes
bundled in pairs
soon cashed
when cards
start crumbling
Artist:
Scott Thomas Outlar lives and writes in the suburbs outside of Atlanta, Georgia. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He guest-edited the 2019 and 2020 Western Voices editions of Setu Mag. Selections of his poetry have been translated into Afrikaans, Albanian, Bengali, Dutch, French, Italian, Kurdish, Malayalam, Persian, Serbian, and Spanish. His sixth book, Of Sand and Sugar, was released in 2019. His podcast, Songs of Selah, airs weekly on 17Numa Radio and features interviews with contemporary poets, artists, musicians, and health advocates.
Follow: More about Outlar’s work can be found at 17Numa.com.
