Today I received a request to write a poem about “escape”. Initially I thought it would be an easy task… but it’s not. I have the halting starts of several possible poems, all narrative in nature. Narrative poetry is hard… or t least I find it difficult. It should be as easy as telling a story, right? Well… I had to restrict myself to a form to get it done, otherwise the project was taking on way too big a scope to tackle in a day.
I chose the pantoum because it is fairly straight forward and to the point.
So, for my friend who requested a poem about escape, here is the product from today. There may be others as well, but I’ll have to let you know when I finish those.
I go to the woods seeking an escape. Leaving my life behind for a moment at least. Seeking an escape... Down a forgotten dirt track. For a moment at least, I have only what lays ahead. Down a forgotten dirt track, where no one can find me, I have only what lays ahead up around the next bend. Leaving my life behind, I go to the woods Where no one can find me, Up around the next bend.
Cheers!
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