The Lure of the Mechanical
A Poem a Day for the month of August, 2022
by
Michael H. Payne
August 2022
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1. The Lure of the Mechanical
11. The Machine's Fourth Poem: Stretching Exercises
21. The Machine's Seventh Poem: Respectful Defiance
2. Setting the Plot in Motion
12. It's All Just a Joke! Really!
22. La, La, La, La, La!
3. The Machine's First Poem: Aghast
13.The Machine's Fifth Poem: Clichés
23. The Machine's Eighth Poem: Fear
4. Shocked
14. Taking Charge
24. A Modest Proposal
5. The Machine's Second Poem: Catching a Bullet
15: Oh, Who Am I Kidding?
25. Round and Round
6. An Invitation to Dialogue
16. Brace for Impact
26. The Machine's Ninth Poem: Don't Think and Drive
7. An Adversarial Villanelle
17. The Machine's Sixth Poem: You're Soaking in It
27. A Sudden Realization
8. An Entirely Reasonable Response
18. What?
What?
28. We'll Make This Quick
9. The Machine's Third Poem: Dig Deeper
19. My Method and My Madness
29. A Conversational Villanelle
10. Another Entirely Reasonable Response
20. Rhapsodic
30. A Meeting of the Minds?
31. Such Sweet Poison