April 21st poems
Today’s prompt requires that you do a little snooping. That’s right: I want you to write a “snooping” poem today. Basically, you need to write a poem that incorporates a bit of overheard dialogue (can be in real life or off the television) or even a quote taken from a news story online (if you happen to be a hermit).
If you’re not a recluse, then venture out to places where people are: grocery stores, malls, college campuses, cinemas, airports, post offices, etc. This is the perfect excuse for you to be among the people. And once among the people, don’t worry about socializing; instead, listen until you have something that makes you want to write.
It’s Not Serious
It’s not serious, he says
standing beside her car
making chit-chat.
What’s not serious?
A dent to the fender?
The latest health scare?
Hunger in the Third World?
It’s not serious.
Great–if we’re talking tumors.
Bad if it’s romance.
I imagine a not-so young woman
freshly jilted,
waiting by the phone
for a call that will never come.
Devastating silence.
A hunger too real,
life threatening as cancer
but more survivable.
–Amy
I am different.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:37 amI live on a different plane.
My preferences do not reflect
Insensitivity to
The feelings of others.
On the contrary,
I feel deeply.
“Not that there’s anything wrong with that!”