Prompted: Happy National Poet’s Day, Aug. 21, 2023

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Prompted

They stand in restless lengthy queues, awaiting their fate.
They’ve gone unused so many months. Perhaps it is too late.
Words that rhyme group up in pairs, trios or quartets.
Words with equal syllables cavort in minuets.

They cannot volunteer themselves but must wait to be chosen.
In lockstep, they march caught in place, thus sentenced to be frozen.
Meanwhile, her muse goes shopping for expressions unexpressed,
hoping that she’ll stumble on unique words lately pressed.

Thus are new poems stymied, waiting for inspiration,
hoping they’ll be given birth before their expiration.
And the poet gazes skyward, waiting for that zen
to deliver the first word to her, so she can begin.

Thanks to Martha Kennedy for pointing out that August 21 is National Poetry Day as well as RDP for inspiring this poem! FOR RDP: Queue

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My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

10 thoughts on “Prompted: Happy National Poet’s Day, Aug. 21, 2023”

  3. Sam's avatarSam

    SEE~! That is why I “do my own thing” and don’t pay attention to others~! That way I have pleased at least one person with what i have done, (ME~!)

    Spent another day doing lab work and have another one coming up on Thursday, The only thing positive I can say about these appointments is that I am getting a lot of reading done on books that I have neglected. Most of them go like: injection, sit, wait. Scan, sit, wait, do over, sit, wait, etc sit, wait, etc, etd.. Today left at 7:00 and got back at 4:15~!

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      Thanks, Wingman. I’ve cut back on doing prompts as I’m trying to get three books in print.. I like writing them.. just have a terrible time getting them out there. Much easier to just do a blog!!

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