To get started with today’s prompt, first read Walter de la Mare’s poem “A Song of Enchantment.” Then, John Berryman’s poem “Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Before the Wood.” Both poems work very differently, yet leave you with a sense of the near-fantastical possibilities of the landscapes they describe. Try your hand today at writing your own poem about a remembered, cherished landscape. It could be your grandmother’s backyard, your schoolyard basketball court, or a tiny strip of woods near the railroad tracks. At some point in the poem, include language or phrasing that would be unusual in normal, spoken speech – like a rhyme, or syntax that feels old-fashioned or high-toned.
Happy writing!
Arunachal
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If it weren't for the turn to warm, I'd drift off in that sweet green mossy dream-- and not want to wake up either.
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ReplyDeleteOh, Arti... I was right there with you and wished to stay. This is my favourite so far of your workings... YAM xx
Oh wow!!! The segue into war, the wet moss that I can feel and the neem in prayer... gorgeous!!!
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