Monday, October 10, 2016

2016 OctPoWriMo – #9

Sunday Mornings

Sausage curls cascade
               from crown 
                         to shoulders.

Shiny black bouquet
Springy as a nest of Slinkys
A testament to the patience
A bow to the wills
of Black mamas bound for church.



Today’s prompt was "Spiral." Between a recent video I saw, and a line I used in a short memoir piece, this poem emerged.


You can find links to poems by the 75-plus fine poets from all over the world by going to the OctPoWriMo Link Up page at https://poetsonthepage.blogspot.com/p/link-up.html

3 comments:

  1. Springy as a nest of Slinkys..captured it in a line!
    Can see all those determined moms too!

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  2. Very nice! I can see the little girl looking beautiful in her Sunday bonnet.

    Cie from poetryofthenetherworld.blogspot.com

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  3. Love this one Annis, especially "A bow to the wills of Black mamas bound for church."

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