Time for Change
a blitz poem
One life to live
One step at a time
Time waits for no one
Time to move on
On the wrong track
On a dead run
Run-away child
Run for your life
Life in the fast lane
Life is too short
Short-cut to hell
Short time to get there
There lies the problem
There in your mind
Mind is a trap
Mind over matter
Matter of fact
Matter of trust
Trust in the light
Trust not the darkness
Darkness imprisons
Darkness blinds all
All hell breaks loose
All honor is going
Going away
Going nowhere
Nowhere to hide
Nowhere to run
Run from the shadows
Run far and long
Long is the road
Long way to go
Go to the light
Go it alone
Alone in your skin
Alone you can think
Think for yourself
Think when in doubt
Doubt not the truth
Doubt not your step
Step on the right track
Step out in the open
Open arms wide
Open your eyes
Eyes on the future
Eyes seek out change
Change what you will
Change and be free
Free
Will
The Blitz Poem, a poetry form created by Robert Keim.
It’s a stream of short phrases and images with repetition and rapid flow.How to write a Blitz Poem
Begin with one short phrase, it can be a cliché. Begin the next line with another phrase that begins with the same first word as line 1. The first 48 lines should be short, but at least two words.
The third and fourth lines are phrases that begin with the last word of the 2nd phrase, the 5th and 6th lines begin with the last word of the 4th line, and so on, continuing, with each subsequent pair beginning with the last word of the line above them, which establishes a pattern of repetition.
Continue for 48 total lines with this pattern.
The last two lines repeat the last word of line 48, then the last word of line 47.The title must be only three words, with some sort of preposition or conjunction joining the first word from the third line to the first word from the 47th line, in that order.
There should be no punctuation. When reading a BLITZ, it is read very quickly, pausing only to breathe.
