Part of the challenge is to write and publish a poem (or poem like thing) in the course of a day. It makes it much more difficult and the final product is often not exactly what I would want to be representative of the work I would expect of myself. The thing is, it is an exercise in discipline, pushing through to complete a task to which I have committed.
Writing in general and writing poems specifically is initially an act of control for me. Taking my thoughts and responding to them and through them, giving them form and perhaps substance. Much of what you will see here over the course of the month will be sloppy first or second drafts of poems that will possibly take shape over time to become finished products… I’m sharing them here now simply to have a reason to get something done each day.
So, here’s what I came up with…
Lost You wander in the morning light defy the night and never sleep secrets to keep. Your thoughts betray your lonely heart and from the start you kick and scream stuck in a dream. Your mind reels in the morning chill you feel him still although he’s gone the dream goes on.
A “minute poem” lives up to its name by being 60 syllables which means at one syllable per second it should only take a minute to read.
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