Day 16 ... NaPoWriMo / Poem-a-Day 2018

Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: "write a poem that prominently features the idea of play. It could be a poem about a sport or game, a poem about people who play (or are playing a game), or even a poem in the form of the rules for a sport or game that you’ve just made up." Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: "For today’s prompt, write a favorite poem. Maybe that sounds a bit silly, but what I mean is to write a poem about something that’s your favorite. A favorite teacher. Favorite movie. Favorite ice cream flavor. I don’t know, because I have my own list of favorites. Only you can do you . . . and your favorites. Who knows? Maybe this will end up being your favorite prompt this month." Magic Horses As a child, I loved a favorite chess piece: The Knight. (Though really, The Horse, 'cause my dad's chess set had Knights carved to resemble actual horse heads.) And they were magic! The horses could jump over opposing pieces, though I imagined that they actually jumped between the pieces or even through them! Some kind of dimensional legerdemain or tour de force. Couldn't be held in or back. They were unstoppable djinns. Yes, at four I knew about djinns and lamps, Ali Baba's forty thieves, and especially, princes on flying stallions. Scheherazade's tales. Dad's chess set would fold into a box where the game pieces lived at night. In this dark corral, the four horses, black and white, would graze together, and talk of battles, of slipping through the warriors' maze and trapping kings. Sleeping, the horses dreamt of emerald pastures where they galloped, free, in thundering herds or alone, ranging far, wide, under a bright sun. —Draft by Vince Gotera    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] 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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