Welcome April! My favorite month of the year when skies are blue, flowers are blooming, and poetry abounds!
I am committing myself to writing a poem a day this month, but I am not committing to a prompt. I will get inspiration from where ever the muse takes me. Last night as I was settling down for the night, I found NaPoWriMo. The early bird prompt posted on March 31st was to write about your favorite bird.
Here is my first draft:
A Prayer
Everyone was supposed to pray with the pope tonight,
but I got struck silent while watching
a hummingbird at the feeder
hovering as on angel wings
disappearing into the green like a spirit.Where does our spirit go when we die?
Does it hover like the hummer
watching and waiting
for the lift off?I wonder if the pope even knows?
Margaret Simon, 2020 draft
We pray what?
What should I say?
There is nothing to be done
but stare at the feeder
and wait for another sighting of wings.
The first line of the Kidlit Progressive Poem is a multiple choice from Donna Smith. The progression of the poem is in the side bar of my blog. Scroll down.
Reflections on the Teche 