Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 333

For today’s prompt, write an exhaustion poem. Luckily, I set my prompts for the rest of the year a while back, because today I really have been exhausted (two naps already). But don’t leave exhaustion to sleepiness; there’s also exhausting all your options and car exhaust. And I’m sure something else.

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Here’s my attempt at an Exhaustion poem:

“as the storm rages”

the wren fights the wind
to the porch railing
as if life depends
on finding somewhere
to grasp and hold tight
until the winds have
exhausted themselves

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