a poem from 3 book titles
Asteroid 2020 LD, with an estimated diameter of 120 metres, passed within the moon's distance on June 5 but was not actually discovered until Jun 7 because the sun's glare masked its approach.
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a poem from 3 book titles
baby.
one last good kiss
these final minutes
on this river of stones,
of dancing waters, of golden
light through the tall trees,
this last planet we will meet,
amongst the willows, the songs
of birds, the wing beats of dragonflies,
and the silence of regrets
before
we
go
burning in water drowning in flames
as the asteroid breaches the stratosphere.
written : 05/04/2011
revised : 13/07/2020
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This was a prompt from the 2011 edition of NaPoWriMo. The first prompt, in fact. It wanted us to "write a poem that incorporates the titles of three books you have in your house."
Going through the shelves, I randomly took out 3 books :
1. The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley
2. Burning In Water Drowing In Flames by Charles Bukowski
3. pay attention: a river of stones edited by Fiona Robyn and Kaspalita
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2020
a poem from 3 book titles
baby.
one last good kiss
these final minutes
on this river of stones,
of dancing waters, of golden
light through the tall trees,
this last planet we will meet,
amongst the willows, the songs
of birds, the wing beats of dragonflies,
and the silence of regrets
before
we
go
burning in water drowning in flames
as the asteroid breaches the stratosphere.
written : 05/04/2011
revised : 13/07/2020
*****************
This was a prompt from the 2011 edition of NaPoWriMo. The first prompt, in fact. It wanted us to "write a poem that incorporates the titles of three books you have in your house."
Going through the shelves, I randomly took out 3 books :
1. The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley
2. Burning In Water Drowing In Flames by Charles Bukowski
3. pay attention: a river of stones edited by Fiona Robyn and Kaspalita
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2020
Labels: apocalypse, challenge, fantasy, prompt, shape poetry
posted by dsnake1 at 9:22 PM
18 Comments:
Good job, i am unfamiliar with all three books so i'm glad you noted them.
Enjoyed your poem
Thanks for dropping by my sumie Sunday today, Cheong Lee san
Much💜love
A kiss is the best way to go!
I feel that doomed destiny. Crash. Love the tree.
Effervescent write and great flight of fancy that takes us where we need to be - at the point of origin!
"the silence of regrets
before
we
go"
Oh, dear Lee San, those lines stick. They have the feel of a haiku, too.
The shaping of this is quite clever! And it still reads so smoothly, like that last kiss, that last look in a lover's eyes, before oblivion... really nicely done.
That is stunning. The images (trees, sunlight, stones) bring the globe within the compass of imagination before the shock of the last lines.
An interesting challenge of using book titles, accomplished seamlessly! Congratulations, as well, for mastering the new Blogger (or Wordpress) and creating the shape of your poem!
What a wonderful poem you made from all this! I love it much, for its language and images, even while appreciating the end-of-the-world implications.
Gillena,
thank you! :)
Teacher,
i think so too. :)
Colleen,
glad you liked the 'tree'. :)
Scott,
thank you! :)
Magaly,
haha! the feel of a haiku.
Thank you! :)
Rommy,
i like to do shape poetry once a while. In fact, the revision is to rearrange the lines into the shape of a tree (or the cloud of a blast).
Chrissa,
Thank you! :)
Beverly,
the 'new' Blogger is a pain. don't know why they go and fix something that is not broken. the shape, i have to go in and write some HTML. :(
Rosemary,
Thank you!
keeping in line with the 'Ominous Times' theme? though this was written some time ago. :)
Clever use of the book titles.I think we will be long gone before the asteroid hits.
Thanks, Rallentanda.
yes, the chances of a large object collision is very unlikely. :)
You've described a place that I want to escape to, filled with bird songs and trees to rest under.
I did?
Thank you for the visit. :)
Nice poem
Ashok, thank you! :)
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