Saturday, November 20, 2010


For today's prompt, write a poem with a hole in it. The hole could be referenced in the poem, which could be about subjects such as hitting a golf ball in the hole, punching a hole in the wall, or even visiting a hole in the wall bar. Of course, with everyone flexing their concrete poetry skills lately, I'm sure at least a few poets might take a stab at writing a poem with an actual hole in the middle (maybe a doughnut-shaped poem?). Another possibility is to write a poem with a hole in its logic, but I'm sure you can find any number of loop-holes for attacking this prompt.
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It is not a poem
if it doesn't have a hole in it
or around it
If one can walk from end to end
and not possibly pass
like a neutrino
through the membrane of one's own skin
into a dimension
in which thought
words arranged arrive
underneath one
like a lucky stretching bridge
between the cells dividing
or between the stars extending
a place as true as any other

pass
with just the right amount of fear
not understanding,
even at that size,
what the space is that surrounds

we do know
there is a hole in that too

that even light
cannot survive

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