Day 28 ... NaPoWriMo / Poem-a-Day 2015

Day Twenty-Eight. At the end of this day, exactly four weeks — 7 x 4 — of National Poetry Month will have passed. And two days left in which to write poems for NaPoWriMo or PAD. Maureen Thorson's NaPoWriMo prompt: "write a poem about bridges. A bridge is a powerful metaphor, and when you start looking for bridges in poems, you find them everywhere. Your poem could be about a real bridge or an imaginary or ideal bridge. It could be one you cross every day, or one that simply seems to stand for something larger — for the idea of connection or distance, for the idea of movement and travel and new horizons." Robert Lee Brewer's PAD prompt: the last "Two for Tuesday" Poem-a-Day prompt till next year: "(1) Write a matter poem" and/or "(2) Write an anti-matter poem." Probably no surprise I'm attempting to meld all three prompts: bridge, matter, anti-matter. Poem                           — for Kathleen Ann Lawrence Kathy, you are my bridge between what matters and what doesn't matter. My very own Golden Gate Bridge. What matters: flesh and bone. What doesn’t . . . well, wait. Everything matters. Spring blossoms. Alices and Mad Hatters. Octopi. A fallen ice cream cone. The child crying from dropping that ice cream cone. Flags of countries, brand new or in tatters. Kathy, you are my bridge . . . let me start over. You connect me to the finest version of myself. You are my moonbow, my sun dogs. You are the cloud of quicksilver shooting stars. You are the rhyme with orange. Lawrence. See? You are the whole poem. A to Z. Infinity. —Draft by Vince Gotera    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] Friends, I've always kinda thought it was silly of poets to title a poem "Poem" but I find myself in that very situation. And it's not silly — it's frustrating. Any help you can provide with this quandary I'd appreciate very much. P O E M   R E M O V E D while being submitted for publication.   Please come back later. The poem may return at some time in the future. Thank you!       Great job with the blank verse, Alan. Also I love the specifics of the fish fry, especially the "grease [that] traces shiny spots / where we have touched the tablecloth to wipe / our hands just clean enough." Well-lived, well-observed details. Friends, won't you comment, please? Love to know what you're thinking. To comment, look for a red line below that starts Posted by, then click once on the word comments in that line. If you don't find the word "comments" in that line, then look for a blue link below that says Post a comment and click it once. Thanks! Ingat, everyone.  ヅ

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