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Poets on the Page December mini-challenge. Day 4

 

We are to write a poem that is a collage made up from other poems, a poetry form called a Cento. It can be made from lines from other poets' works.

"Either write some brand new lines of your own to weave among the other [poets'] lines or take lines you’ve written in your own poetry."

Mine is a collage from poems I've written this week, woven with new lines.

 

Progress

Stand up

And if you can’t

Rise tall

Step forward

Or feint sideways

Dig into the earth

With one elbow

Then the other

Drag yourself an inch or two ahead

Like the downed soldier you are

Whatever it takes

You know you are enough

Watch for the return of life

not as you once knew it

but new and good

and worth the effort

Baby steps

Or inch-by-inch

It’s all forward,

  Baby

Suckitup

From Poets on the Page. Day 3 of the December Mini-challenge

Today’s task is to write a poem of encouragement to continue.

Suckitup

It may not be fair

What happens

It may not be right

It may be the worst

It may be unspeakable

But we suck

it

up

Carry on

Do what we must

Keep ourselves going

Bounce back

Step forward

Feint sideways

Whatever it takes

Carry

on

Carry

On

People

Resilience

Today's prompt from Poets on the Page

If you wrote a poem yesterday, choose three lines that you feel are particularly well crafted AND they speak to you. Those lines you chose are now today’s poetry writing prompt.

Start with one of the lines or phrases and begin writing it over and over and over…After you have done that for a moment or two or five, other words will start pushing through. Allow them to push through. Allow them to take the lead. Right here is the raw material for your poem of new beginnings.

Resilience

and in the moment

when passion returns

overruns the heart hysteria

overtakes

the overclouded brain

you see the light

                             the path to acceptance

                             to peace

                             within yourself

                             you know you are enough

                             to overcome

                             whatever

                             comes