Day 4: National Poetry Month
See Apricots: a Tanka Encompassing Three Prompts for the prompts I’ll be using (if I use any at all) this month. To the extent possible, I’m determined to combine all three, plus the Blogging A to Z Challenge, each day. That said, I reserve the right not to – despite my conviction that creativity thrives when challenged to overcome constraints.
I recommend reading the daily posts at each of these sites to get a fuller picture of the prompts, though I will summarize them here so you get the general idea:
Be sure to check out some of the Blogging A to Z blogs here, too! And do leave comments – seriously, don’t be shy. Real people who still blog still love to get comments! Egg ’em on! I’m number 81 of 133 on the list, this year.
Looking for more prompts? How about these Poetry Prompts: 100+ Ideas to Inspire Your Next Poem?
Dive
Can you teach a fish to SCUBA dive?
To wear a weighted belt of rocks
tied tight with kelp, and rubber shoes
to cover fins? Can you teach a whale
not to leap for shimmering joy,
breaking surface tension,
making waves, to splash
her sons and daughters –
would you say
it wasn’t “seemly” to be seen
to play, to ride the Gulf Stream
drafting in the wake of ocean liners?
Can you wear your sleek
skinsuit, drink moonlight, dive
and savor saltwater, fresh
and frigid, bioluminescent,
wearing nothing but the weight
of your own thoughts,
tangled in your seaweed hair,
toes’ unfettered fluttering
sending you down, down, down
into a dark, watery embrace?
Inspiration
I’ve tried SCUBA diving. I’m bad at it. I love snorkeling, though. Last time, I even (grudgingly) accepted the requirement and rationale of wearing flippers. Once I got used to them, I really could swim faster and easier with them than without. But that weight belt? I sink like a rock or pop up like a rocket. I cannot maintain equilibrium, so I won’t SCUBA dive lest I take out a coral reef single footedly. Unfortunately, that means I’ll never get to fully explore this amazing, indoor pool: Deep Dive Dubai: Scuba Diving, Freediving, & Snorkelling
Other National Poetry Month Posts
- National Poetry Month, Texas Style!
- Apricots: a Tanka Encompassing Three Prompts
- Bee Sting: Day 2 of National Poetry Month
- Cacophony and CBD: Day 3 in Nonsense Verse and Found Poetry
- Technically, a Writer: Day 3 of National Poetry Month
- Dive: Day 4 of National Poetry Month
- Storm Front: Day 4 of National Poetry Month
- Energized: Day 5 of National Poetry Month
- Grump: Day 5 ½ of National Poetry Month
- Future Frittered Away: Day 6 of National Poetry Month
- Hell, Hell, Hell: Day 7 (More or Less) of National Poetry Month
- Insomnia: Day 8 of National Poetry Month
- Juxtaposition: Day 9 of National Poetry Month
- Knife Edge: Day 10 of National Poetry Month
- Lost a Day: Day 11 of National Poetry Month
- Many Definitions: Day 12 of National Poetry Month
- New Form – Quadrille Quaiku: Day 13 of National Poetry Month
- Ode to Imagination: Day 14 of National Poetry Month
- Pixellated People: Day 15 of National Poetry Month
- Quintessential, Querulous Quintet: Day 16/17 of National Poetry Month
- Renewal: Day 18 of National Poetry Month
- Secrets of the Terrarium: Day 19 of National Poetry Month
- Tenacious: Day 20 of National Poetry Month
- Unruly: Day 21 of National Poetry Month
- Villainous Villanelle: Day 22 of National Poetry Month
- Waiting for the Chimes: Day 23 of National Poetry Month
- X: Day 24 of National Poetry Month
- You Are Here: Day 25 of National Poetry Month
- Z to A, a Reverse Abecedarian: Day 26 of National Poetry Month
Your Turn!
Do you like to dive? Diving board, free dive, snorkeling, SCUBA?
Have you ever gone swimming with dolphins or whales?
As always, I love to get your comments on this blog, provided you’re a kind human and not a spambot or troll!
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