Poem of 2024
Let’s see if we can keep this going throughout 2024 and by the end have a complete poem, however long. Each entry you make can be as long or short as you wish. It can be a single full stop, an emoji, a few lines of verse, or a full blown sonnet cycle. It can be prose, if you want, or a photograph you’ve taken. Just keep it going. I’ll start:
The day began with icy roads,
and squatting on each soul
the January toads.
The day began with icy roads,
and squatting on each soul
the January toads.
It was icy and frigid cold
The move was brave and astoundingly bold
Alas the sweet desire to break free
Mortality reeled him back to warm bed to glee
The work mind took over again
The sorry self-painted its decree
But one thing new materialized
He took his first step to break the ice
The move was brave and astoundingly bold
Alas the sweet desire to break free
Mortality reeled him back to warm bed to glee
The work mind took over again
The sorry self-painted its decree
But one thing new materialized
He took his first step to break the ice
'Ah! Chestnuts,' he sighed,
remembering the carefree days
when he was wont to roast his nuts
in front of a roaring fire.
'Munching chestnuts
is something of which I shall never tire.
Nurse! Nurse!
Fetch me my chestnuts
and play me a song on your lyre!'
remembering the carefree days
when he was wont to roast his nuts
in front of a roaring fire.
'Munching chestnuts
is something of which I shall never tire.
Nurse! Nurse!
Fetch me my chestnuts
and play me a song on your lyre!'
she smiled as she looked down
at the man who gazed at her lovingly
he extended his hands and held hers
'oh Evelyn, my love my life
what took you so long
to come for me...'
when he looked again he sighed
It was Nurse Clara
weeping silently for his pain
at the man who gazed at her lovingly
he extended his hands and held hers
'oh Evelyn, my love my life
what took you so long
to come for me...'
when he looked again he sighed
It was Nurse Clara
weeping silently for his pain
