what prompted this?
walking away not
looking back poked
prodded these words so
much I couldn’t start
a fire in a can of gasoline
this scene is rubbing the words
raw rubbing me raw
robbing me of any
desire to write them
down on cue
or otherwise lies
I tell myself to motivate
instigate navigate my way
onto the page engage myself
with a process that should need
no prompts just be what it is
Well, I guess I got that out of my system. If this means I’m writing, I’ll take it.
Day 15, National/Global Poetry Writing Month
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“I couldn’t start a fire in a can of gasoline”
.
I like that/this metaphor – it echoes
with frustration and exasperation
.
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Thanks, Daniel.
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You is writin, Bro. Keep it up
I, too, swooned for the gas-fire image! H.O.T stuff.
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Thanks! 😀
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I feel the frustration–then again, this made me think of Bruce Springsteen, “Dancing in the Dark,” so I guess you did the prompt. 😉
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Thanks. I’ll take that. 🙂
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Prompts are meant to nudge one’s thoughts, loosen ’em enough that they spill out. Thing is, what spills may and may not seem to an observer (reader) connected to the prompt – the degree of correlation perhaps staggering the responder.
I am comforted by your stance here … lots of gaps between phrases … as I struggle to respond to a different sort of writing prompt w/o feeling compromised. Maybe I’ll insert empty space between bits of what fits and what feels foreign – corral the diverse bits and let them mingle.
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I want my spillways
to overflow, wipe out
any imposition, my rendition
realigning, redefining
my response, the old washed
away, a channel for a new way
😉
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Yes! (Does that fit today’s NaPoWriMo prompt by any chance?)
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Let me know if you find any music that fits. 😉
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You could make that into a rap, easy. Good subject for it too…(K)
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I see what you mean. Thank you., Kerfe. 🙂
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Well, I just like it. And it’s great to read out loud.
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🙂 Thank you.
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You’re writing for sure :))
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Indeed. Thanks!
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