Hello All! A series of very long work days caught up with me, and derailed my Poetry Month posting. So here are 3 poems, to get me up to date.
April 21 – Delight
The prompt for the 21st, choose an abstract noun (from a list) to use as the title, and write a poem, with short lines, containing at least one made up word.
Delight Crotchety comes Crotchety goes But your smiles Always shine Through Your turn of phrase Your gift of gab All the jokes We had as We grew Fussing on car trips They ate my Snookeroo Now the finest Journeys certainly Include you Wedding look backs University woes We can laugh at Loony things We knew Counting the many Joys in my life My siblings Over sixty Are two
April 20 – Future Archeology
The prompt for today, to write about an object discovered by future archeologists. I have always wondered:
In 10,000 years what will they think of you? Toy or Idol? Icon or Over-Lord? My tiny R2D2
April 19 – A Myth from Childhood
The prompt for the 19th was to write about a myth from childhood, or horror, or fantasy, that has stuck with you through the years. Mine may be unlike any other, but it still with me, every time I drive under a railway bridge.
The railroad bridge looms All steal and angles and dark A heavy train approaches All smoke and wheels and noise They told me, I know it, I think I think I think The car slips under the bridge All chrome and 8 track and family My eyes are on the moving train All awe and wonder and thrill I know, someone told me I think, I think, I think The caboose is almost overhead All boxy and simple and red The car passes under the connection All train and linkage and caboose Does it happen? Is it free? Does some magic break the link? The car rolls on, the 8 track loops All Lerner and Lowe and Beetles I long to know if the caboose is free All slow and coasting and solo Someone told me, years ago I think I think I think
