Where is my home?
Outside, the evening snake is lit,
on right it’s filled with patches of white,
on left it’s a strawberry jam of red.
Wait, perhaps, it’s not a snake,
it is but, a curved paved skin of earth,
where tiny, tiny, earthlings who
think they own the world,
are scrambling inside their
wheeled machines who promised
to take them home.
Home.
Where is my home?
—
04.02.2019
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Today’s prompt (optional, as always) is based on this poem by Claire Wahmanholm, which transforms the natural world into an unsettled dream-place. One way it does this is by asking questions – literally. The poem not only contains questions, but ends on a question. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that similarly resists closure by ending on a question, inviting the reader to continue the process of reading (and, in some ways, writing) the poem even after the poem ends.
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I love the strawberry jam image. Well done here.
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Thanks a lot, Susan! 🙂
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The way your imagination works is simply out of this world! This is an impeccable painting of words of the view from y(our) window. I am left speechless. Indeed, they think they own the world. Way to go, my poetess, my maganda mahal ko 😉
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Oh dear. You are too cuuuute! Thank you so much for the love you shower for my words. 🤗
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Absolutely loved the imagery. The poem is the picture in words. The road will remind me of a ‘snake’ henceforth😊
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Ahh. Picture in words. That’s a beautiful phrase. Thank you! and that snake is slithering, well, honking. 😀
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I enjoyed the surreal yet tangible feel your poem evokes.
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ahh. Tangible. I am happy it felt like that. Thank you, Oloriel!
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Love the creativity in this profound little write.
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Haha. I agree. This one is a tiny poem. Thank you, Andrew!
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LOL
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HAHA!
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Well done – congratulations 🤗
I like the image you create, the disconnect.
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Thank you so much, Sarah! Glad to have you here.
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Oh wow, you write beautifully.
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oh how kind of you, Savannah. Thank you!
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Love the vivid images and movement you create with minimal words! The feeling of restlessness!
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yes, you felt it. thank you so much for reading!
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the question that answers itself by its sheer weight, so articulate Rosie
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ah. i am grateful you felt it dear Gina. Thank you!
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