I don’t usually post twice a day, but after mulling over Rachael Harrie’s second campaigner challenge overnight, I came up with this:
Dreams
©Sue Ann Bowling
How did we come here, sheltering from the storm beneath a crumbling bridge,
leaning against its rusted girders?
Once we had dreams.
You kicked a soccer ball along this very bridge;
I yearned to hold the ocean in a wooden spoon.
Now your hair is wet with rain,
and my leg is cut to the bone by the trash we pick.
Our lives are no more than smoke.
But does not smoke make fantastic patterns in the air?
I was going to post this Thursday, but I have more than enough ice art photos for Thursday and Saturday both, so I’ll get my entry in now. See the original post for the prompts–and this is not my usual genre!
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I love this poetry. You’ve done a fine job. Thanks for entering! 😀
I agree – good poem – what is your usual genre?
#48
Science fiction.
Nice. I used to write poetry. I thought about it for this but couldn’t come up with anything. You did a good job.
I love your poem. Very interesting imagery, and I love freeverse, abstract poetry.
Phew! Nice work. Poetry is so beyond me so I’m totally impressed. Great use of the prompts!
Nice work. I like that you managed to seamlessly work in all of the prompts!
-The Literary Mom # 64
Such very vivid imagery. I loved it. +1 like from me.
Good job! You rock it!
That’s a wonderful poem! I really like the last line.
Very nice use of the prompts. Original.
Melissa Maygrove #14
Nice poem! Original take on the prompts!
Congratulations. You have moved on to Stage 2 of the Challenge.
Interesting take on the prompts! Love the imagery!
Congrats on moving to the second round! 🙂
Good poem!!
Hi Sue: You’ve been tagged for the Fourth Writer’s Campaign 7 Meme. I do not know what that means, but it was fun participating. This one was different. Go to my site http://kscollier1.blogspot.com and copy the rules and have fun.
It’s a great chance to get to know you better.
Kathy
Hi Sue: You can go a third of the way into a short story and pull out seven lines. You can still do it. I would love to see what you have.
Actually, my problem was that my WIP is a trilogy, and the pagination is not yet continuous–each chapter is its own file. I used page 7 of chapter 7 rather than trying to figure out what was page 77, and the post (seven paragraphs) will be up next Thursday. Sunday’s six sentence Sunday, Monday’s Alaskan weather, Tuesday I’m probably going to do something on my award, and Wednesday is identifying the quotes I’ve tweeted the past week.