The prompt for Day 3 was to write about our initiation into poetry.
Ear-tuned by childhood rhymes
Youth-born smart-ass limericks
Adulthood wash of grief, confusion, anger
Wise woman’s introspection
Celebration, exploration, meditation
Dive in
to the heart
Somehow we both wrote of beginnings and that long journey to today, hopefully now wise women. I love that last line: "Dive in to the heart" for so your poem invites me in to enjoy every poem written for this month of poems.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Beth. Let's hear it for the wise women! xoA
ReplyDeleteI love how you've pared down an entire lifetime of poetry into seven short lines and yet it is so complete. Enjoying this journey with you!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your encouraging comment and for taking the journey, too. xoA
DeleteWhen I was spending time in contemplation before responding to day 3's prompt, I remembered the first time I was shamed for writing poetry. I was writing wise ass limericks about my classmates and submitting them, over and over into the poetry box that was for whatever reason in our homeroom. This was the third grade and I remember being tssskked tssssked about it. While I was never outwardly disciplined for writing these limericks, all it took was that one teacher's nasty expression and shaking her head. This is very uncommon for goody two shoes girls like me. Your poem was oh-so-relatable.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, you have the wise-woman nailed!
Oh, Julie. What a story you have. I'm always amazed at how some teachers can squash a child's creativity. But, you, my friend, did not let her keep you down. 'Atta girl. Thanks for sharing. xoA
DeleteI have a very hard time imagining you producing those wise-ass limericks...probably because you'd moved on to wise woman before I met you. But I love it...very clean poem, powerful. That last line really does bring it home. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting, Anna. I played around with that line: Do I put punctuation or not? Then I decided to leave it alone and let each reader put it in.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, dear. I have been known to be a wise-ass in my younger days. That was before I discovered the "velvet hammer." xoA
wise lines. Haven't we all been there, in those gushing stages :)
ReplyDeleteWe have. Thank you. xoA
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