I’ve been playing with poetry and have dared to post some poems over on my other blog. I think it’s helping me to be more creative in fewer words.
Here are a couple of my recent attempts.
Friday Night Baseball
Another Friday night wrapped
in soft cool leather arms
that hold me as I scream
at a box safe and secure
with New York Life
get a life
and the moon peeks
through the branches
as fingers of a soft breeze
reach through the screen
to tousle my hair
while the fireflies applaud
another hit, another run
and the Tigers win
seven to one.
Note: The above poem is in response to a Random Acts of Poetry prompt, A Tablespoon of Summer, by L.L. Barkat at High Calling Blogs.
Decluttering
Clutter berry days
suck sweet juices from my spirit
leave me dry and fruitless
steal my soul blood
and I am not any more
the kind of woman
who will sit back and take it.
I grab a garbage bag.
Note: This poem was inspired by L.L. Barkat’s post, Julia Found Words for Me, and challenge to find words “around every corner, inside every ice cream cone.” I “stole” some lines from LL.
Can you find words in the everyday mundane?
Pen a poem about a simple object nearby?
Something about the photo above?
Incorporate one of my lines?
Try it and post it in the comments.
I dare you.
Copyright © 2010 by Sandra Heska King
L.L. Barkat says
Borrowed. 🙂 And that is something I've been known to do.
I love these. So glad you are playing with poetry. Yes, it will make you a better writer.
katdish says
"and I am not any more
the kind of woman
who will sit back and take it.
I grab a garbage bag."
Yesh! You go girl!
Karen Lange says
This is fun. Maybe I'll give it a try. Glad you shared these with us, thanks!
Have a great weekend!
Blessings,
Karen 🙂
JC Dude says
As a fan of baseball…I love it! Although I'm a NY mets fan!
Sandra Heska King says
@LL: Borrowed means I have to give it back. I don't want to.
@katdish: Garbage bags are us.
@Karen: Do!
@Jay: It's okay. Different league. At least you're not a Yankee.
n. davis rosback says
baseball and lightning bugs!
now that's summer.
Sandra Heska King says
@Nancy: And it's summer tonight, too. 🙂