In the month of May, author Kaitlin Curtice hosted a poetry challenge on her blog, asking readers to write a poem a day based on a prompt word. Here are some of my favorites that I wrote that month.
May poem day 20: Liminal
the gold on the edge of sunset clouds
the pause between the mockingbird’s songs
the shift in the air before the tornado sirens go off
the last day of Lent and the first day of May
— — —
I like life to be one thing or the other
not the uncomfortable in-between
“Tell me your name!” I’m forever saying.
“Let me put you in a box!”
May poem day 24: Bliss
A dozen Voodoo Donuts
with a dozen friends
at the Skidmore Fountain
at three in the morning.
Sweaty from the concert,
giddy with exhaustion,
tossing stories and maple bars from one person to another.
Tolkien poetry in the trailer afterward—
“I will not say the day is done,
nor bid the stars farewell “—
curled up on the couch
knowing belonging
feeling that life is a wide-open landscape of possibilities.
When memory fades, I hope this is the last one that remains.
When memory fades, I hope this is the last one that remains.
May poem day 25: Terror
In my tent
Under stars
Quivering legs
So exhausted
But what if there
is a bear outside
who’ll tear into our tent
and crush our skulls?
Or perhaps a saber-toothed tiger
or even a mammoth
casually trampling?
I’m too terrified to sleep out here
night after night,
month after month,
Yet I do.
Each night I face my primal fears
and lay down under the ripstop plastic
and trust.
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