Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you.
On safari
with my daughter
sharing the joy
of being together
the thrill of a rare siting
look
a leopard
lots of lions
look
a caracal
small cats are harder to see
mother
In Mother’s Room
I am in my mother’s room. It was the kitchen. Here she was the boss. The pots and pans were hers, the dishes, all the ingredients that fed the family. She kept us together with her mashed potatoes, green beans and meat loaf.
She nourished us with sweets made each Sunday. She poured the cereal of life into us each morning and sometimes when it was 20 below zero outside, she called from the kitchen, “Jane, French toast is ready.”
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dVerse prompt to write from a first line of a novel. I used Samuel Beckett’s “I am in my mother’s room.”
Staying Alive
Licking the batter bowl
mother didn’t know that it could kill us
sweet sugar egg flour
on our tongues
now verboten
she didn’t know those little pet turtles
(the ones in their plastic island paradise)
with salmonella all over their tiny prickly feet
could kill us
now verboten
mother didn’t know that our cotton pajamas
could kill us
when we fell into the fire
now verboten
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Dutch word verboten has such a nice sound to it. Verboten is German, verbose Afrikaans
Mother of Horses
Oh my mother
mother of permanence
mother of mothers
mine is equestrial
run out there & today gentle
mother ///// mother
you are not the mother negated
ride ///// prance ///// divine
content & discontent
with me ///// with Him
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NaPoWriMo prompt to use a poem from a different language and write a poem based on its sound and rhythm (not a translation). I used a poem from the Portuguese poet Florbela Espanca.
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