mamma mia! was it my idea to take up a challenge to write a poem a day for the WHOLE month of april?? yoiks! i must be crazy, i mean, i know i am ... crazy, what i mean is crazier than usual. i have reached my boredom threshold, the thought of writing another poem to order ... ughhh.
poetry should flow from the mind, the heart, the soul,the very fibre of one's being.it should flow, not be pumped out, day after day.
at times i have such a need to write, to empty my head of the words which assail me. those times, i will write poem after poem until i am satiated.
sometimes i will not write for weeks or months!
no matter - a challenge is a challenge - so be it! a poem a day until april's end.
For today's prompt, I want you to pick a color, make that the title of your poem, and write a poem that is inspired by that color.
pink
remember summer
the almost endless days
hot sun skin, prickly pink
slow and lazy with the heat
sipping a glass of white grenache
sweetly pink and cold as ice
the crimson sun falls
into the darkness
the sky hums pink
the dying light's bequest
Copyright © 2009 by Eryll Oellermann
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1 comment:
Well, this one just goes to show that the quality isn't being sacrificed to your boredom.
Think of it as poetic calisthenics!
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