For today's prompt, I want you to take the phrase "So we decided to (blank)" and fill in the blank. Make that your title and write a poem. Some possibilities include "So we decided to plant a tree" or "So we decided to burn a hole in the sky."
So we decided to head south
So we decided to head south
once for lunch in Panama
once down an amazon tributary in a hollowed out tree trunk
(though she was then 75 and couldn't swim)
Once we decided to head south
for the masks and the music
for the other grandmothers who (with what fingers remained)
lit the fireworks
right in the center of town
while everyone scattered
climbing over one another for dear life
with missiles flying overhead
Today we decided to head south
south
south and more south
keeping the impossible expanse of the Pacific
over our right shoulders
having a new conversation about
the perfect murder.
Complicated.
We decided to head further south and talk about
her mother's yellow wedding dress, trust, dairy farming,
jicama, Thoreau, and the surprising fates of grade school classmates.
We could drive to Cape Horn
and still be the best of friends.
4 comments:
I salute to your faithfulness. You caught up beautifully. But your writing is beginning to make me jealous. I shall continue to read faithfully in the hopes of gleaning some creativity from it all.
So we decided to forget
the way we used to live
After a while we decided to renew our relation the world
strage feelings
strange habits
but so familiar
cold, old, lonely - desparation
Finaly we decided to love again and
passed away
thanks, Beilezebub! Your encouragement has made me willful here.
And goldi - hi! i like it.
...who are you?
Who am I ?
That is a question for life !
You might know me - that's for sure
Read the signs and Your eyes will clear-
Who are You?
That's the other question!
I might know You - that I know
Reading cleared my eyes a little-
that is true!
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