Day 2 ... NaPoWriMo / Poem-a-Day 2024

Day 2. Lots of "two-ness" today: April 2 and also a 2-for-Tuesday PAD opportunity. Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day suggestion: “For today's prompt, we have our first two-for-Tuesday prompt, which means you get two prompts. . . . 1) Write a happy poem, and/or . . .   2) Write a sad poem.  Two sides of the same emotional coin.” Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “[W]rite a platonic love poem. In other words, a poem not about a romantic partner, but some other kind of love – your love for your sister, or a friend, or even your love for a really good Chicago deep dish pizza. The poem should be written directly to the object of your affections (like a letter is written to 'you'), and should describe at least three memories of you engaging with that person/thing.” Here goes, melding all three prompts — ain't Tuesday grand — plus the three memories Maureen prompted.  Bass Love I first saw you, EB-3 knockoff bass, blank headstock (probably made by Global), on my birthday in 1986, as a gift from Mary Ann. A beautiful Heritage Cherry red finish, silver hardware. I remember learning the theme of Barney Miller for a video Mary Ann shot for a class . . . what a sweet bassline! I played you every week in church, double- horn body and all. You recall that picture where you posed with Amanda, three years old? Well, I’m sad I’ve had you disassembled for 15 years, your repair and refinish undone. But happy to restart work. We'll play again soon! —Draft by Vince Gotera    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] A slant-rhymed Shakespearan sonnet with an ending couplet of alexandrines. Also, there's the photo mentioned in the poem of my oldest daughter with the bass, probably from 1990, in Arcata, California. (Click on the photo above to see it enlarged.) Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Thanks! Ingat, everyone.  ヅ

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