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Prompt: Write a Poem
about Why We wrote
that very first poem.
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Accidental Poet
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I don’t remember
the first “real poem”
I wrote.
When I started writing,
at first it at was journal style,
and I would break the sentences
down poetry style
so I could edit them.
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They were unintentional
free form poems.
I have poems from the
mid-seventies,
that just popped
into my head
and I wrote them down.
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In school I must have had
some reference to poetry,
and I have a small collection
of poetry books
from over the years.
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In the mid-nineties
I met a man, a poet,
that taught at University.
To this day I can remember
thinking,
“What can he teach
…. what is there about poetry
that can be enough
to teach so someone
can get a PhD.”
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Along came a memoir class,
and I had gotten a computer.
I needed prompts/inspirations
and started Googling.
It was October
and there were
prompts
that filled my mind
to over flowing
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Along came dVerse
and
“Imaginary Toads”
THEN
I found out how a poet
must work, and sometimes
meet difficult standards
…. oh my goodness,
out of the dark gray matter,
I realize somewhere
…high school
or nursing school
I learned about
poetry rhyme and meter
and different styles.
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So my answer to
where do I get inspiration?
From the dear folks
on the poetry blogs.
It has opened
up a new world
for me…
thank goodness.
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The prompts
swirl around
in the subconscious
of my mind,
And all of a sudden,
a something I read,
see, hear, a news story,
starts the flow of words.
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I guess you can call me
an accidental poet.
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* There was a sister,
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