Tuesday, April 28, 2020

POETRY MONTH DAY # 28 — SANCTUARY

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Welcome to the world of Emily Dickinson! NaPoWriMo is digging around in our memories today.

"Martha Dickinson Bianchi’s description of her aunt’s cozy room, scented with hyacinths and a crackling stove, warmly recalls the setting decades later. Describe a bedroom from your past in a series of descriptive paragraphs or a poem. It could be your childhood room, your grandmother’s room, a college dormitory or another significant space from your life."


Sanctuary


Pale yellow walls


built in shelf

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OOPS!


April 30, 2020 — 

Last night I was reading this on my phone and saw a typo. Somehow I deleted most of the poem and I hadn't gotten around to saving it anywhere so it's gone. This may be a breakthrough—I really can get rid of everything! Anyway, Sanctuary is now a two-line poem. I thought of adding 'Ootpik' for a third and final line because I know one was mentioned in the original and how often am I likely to use it again?


This is writing and letting it go. The August PoPo Fest is about writing directly onto the card. First draft stuff. Quality varies greatly, but now and again you get a line or two. I wrote Santuary directly into my blog, likely quite late at night which is how this month of daily poeming has gone. 



Sanctuary


Pale yellow walls


built in shelf

Ootpik

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