Fareeha, I Cannot Hear You

Fareeha,

I cannot hear you

My volume is too low

by

Blaine Arcade

A micro-collection of poetry crafted from intentionally mishearing the hard work of the delightful streamer and musician Fareeha.

Audio Log of Firewood

(source video: How TOTK’s Rito Village Breaks Your Heart)

This is a recording,
let’s dig in—

We hear of enrichment
as our ears clock how much
we reach survivorhood.
The town gives its all,
working to the bone
of the blessing oak
I’m tempted to recall
as their blade articulations
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Grotto Beats (Jerma985 found poetry)

Grotto Beats

a micro-collection of experimental ‘found poetry’ from the materials of Jeremy Elbertson (Jerma985)

compiled and slightly altered by

Blaine Arcade

We’re the Rats

Rats,
we’re rats;
we’re the rats-

We prey at night,
we stalk at night,
we’re   the   rats!

I’m the giant rat
that makes all   of   the   rules;
let’s see what kind of trouble we
can get ourselves into…

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Twitch Stream Story: The Stitching Stanzas

Prompt: A poet pixie has to use her writing to save the world, but she only speaks in haiku.

It was the darkest place she’d ever been, and it wasn’t until that point that she truly understood what darkness was. Before, up in the forests, it was just like the weather, coming and going and never taking up all the air. There was always something to break it up: fireflies, the moon, the stars, the distant glow of human villages… Continue reading