Welcome to National Poetry Month! To kick off this month’s daily poetry prompts is this one:
#1 T.S Eliot wrote in “The Waste Land” that “April is the cruelest month.” Is it? The month where the death of winter meet the rebirth of spring. Think about this quote and write a response.
From “Pests”
Because I knew it would fall victim
to that same mistake again
soon enough
and I would be there to see it die.
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From “Eclipse”
Fragments of light,
love’s final words—
the space between.
From “Sleet”
Words ceased to leave mouths,
but fall
instead
with the sleet:
a state in between,
never committing
to one side
or the other
From “Tsunami”
Aftershocks remained
in glass fragments in the mind
that broke with each thought,
each glance
From “Earthquake”
Café patrons lock eyes.
Brief sips paused.
Getting ready to attend Michael Hague’s day-long presentation on crafting the best stories. One of Hollywood’s top coaches. Can’t wait !
From “Thunderstorm”
A beauty you dare not touch,
like the question that goes
unanswered between us
as the lines on the highway
and roadside weeds blur
with the rains that fall
J.L. Smith 