Hello 🙂
It is apparently National/Global poetry writing month in April (!) so I thought I would write a poem today using the prompt from the corresponding site: ‘a secret shame or pleasure’.
Here is what I came up with:
THE BIRTHDAY GIFT
As I read all her ideas
I balked at the choice
Of those expensive red shoes
(In my big girl voice)
But those Mary Jane buckles
Worked their magic on me:
In the night I was dreaming
Of my primary…
I used to own patents
In burgundy, and
Was so very proud of
My sweet feet in the sand!
There, in my memory,
Bold as can be –
Were little (red-ish) Mary-Janes
Modelled by ME!
So! I boxed up my objections,
Gift-wrapped, used bows;
And presented those pretties
To my daughter (composed).
Thanks for the nudge, Jennifer!
(Check out her [un-prompted] first #NaPoWriMo offering of the year here – and be sure to keep following her progress because she’s hella talented)
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April 1st, 2018 at 10:51 pm
Yay! I’m glad you’re participating. Happy writing!
April 2nd, 2018 at 8:01 am
Same to you, hun 😉
April 7th, 2018 at 6:40 am
Very nice, moving poem