Day 17 ... NaPoWriMo / Poem-a-Day 2024

Day 17. Today is National Haiku Day, but alas! not writing haiku today. Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “[W]rite a poem that is inspired by a piece of music, and that shares its title with that piece of music.” Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: “[T]ake the phrase ‘Not (blank),’ replace the blank with a new word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem.” Tall order today. In order to merge the prompts, I had to find a song title that begins with the word "not." Well, found one: "Not Fade Away." A triolet today playing with the original song lyrics as well as the bands and artists that have covered the song. The triolet is an 8-line form where the first and second lines come back at prescribed points in the poem, with only two rhymes. I cheat quite a bit in bringing back the lines as needed by altering them slightly and more than slightly. Not Fade Away You know my loving not fade away. My love bigger than a Cadillac. A song by Buddy Holly back in the day: Buddy forever — not fade away. Done by the Stones, the Dead, and hey, Some women: Tanya Tucker, all in black, Florence & the Machine. Not fade away. This song is bigger than a Cadillac. —Draft by Vince Gotera    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Thanks! Ingat, everyone.  ヅ

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