Today’s Read Write Poem prompt was to select words, phrases, lines from five pieces and work them into a poem. I used these six.
Wendell Berry, How to Be a Poet: there are no unsaved spaces
ee cummings, 87: what a wonderful thing/is the end of a string
George Bilgere, Crusoe: the faintest signal, a line thrown
Mary Mackey, My Methodist Grandmother: sin comes into its own
Sharon Olds, Mrs. Kirkorian: she saved me
W.S. Merwin, The Pinnacle: and then where did she go
Lifeline
What a wonderful thing
is the end of a string.
The faintest signal, a line thrown
and sin comes into its own.
Are there unsaved spaces? No.
She saved me, but
then where did she go?
NaPoWriMo #22
Tags: NaPoWriMo · Poetry · Read Write Poem9 Comments
Ah ~ you worked these lines well!
Wow! This works really well.
oh, you used some wonderful lines…and they work so well together. Nice job!
This is such a lighthearted little poem. I really like it.
Wonderful. I like how you wove the bits together with few additions. It works very well.
This is surreal. I like it.
You pulled the pieces together very well! Great rhythm. Thank you for sharing!
Wow, excellent! The end of the string holds this poem together! Love it!
Now I like this a lot. You re-arranged well!
gyrating on its own steam of oath