And happy first day of Poetry Month!
Over on Robert Brewer's Poetic Asides blog, the prompt for the day is to write a lonely poem.
Here is what I wrote:
Loneliness
Oh to be left alone
To my own devices and strategies!
To muse all the day
On wonders far away.
But alas, this must be an elegy:
My friend calls from her phone
Talking ‘bout schedules and neighborhood crime.
Pets need to be fed,
And my e-mails read.
And I am pledged to this thing called full-time.
From this I steal away,
Hiding myself in the nearest bathroom.
I whip out my phone
And through games I postpone
The end of lovely loneliness assumed.Feel free to post a lonely poem or a poem about loneliness in the comments below.
I would also add that if you feel like writing a poem about Maundy-Thursday, that would be great to see here as well.
My April 1st poem (rough copy):
ReplyDeleteHeld - Gracia Narveson
Wrap my arms around your neck.
Feel your breath.
Hold me tight.
Your chest across my chest.
Your arms around my back.
Hold me tight.
Cause I wanna feel held.
I wanna be held.
Your soft hair on my forehead.
I love your smell.
You smell great.
What are you thinking?
I think I love you.
My arms around your neck,
Feel your grip
And steady breath.
Can you hold me here forever?
Cause I wanna be held.
I wanna be in your arms.
Our bodies pressed together.
Our arms tangled around each other.
Won’t you hold me here forever?
Cause I wanna be held.
I wanna be held in your arms
Forever.