Last month I missed our Poetry Sisters prompt because I was out in the wilderness.
Which, honestly, WAS poetry.
But, I’ve never missed one of our prompts before and I aim to make it up someday.
Here’s a picture of where I was in August so you can see that it was, indeed, an excused absence:
In the meantime, Sara Lewis Holmes was in charge of September’s assignment.
She offered up an image — this photo of inspirational rocks at the Highlights Foundation.
It’s a lovely image (the broken wish rock notwithstanding) so neither Sara nor Highlights nor the rocks will be blamed for the ensuing darkness! Sometimes a poem leads you down a garden path. Othertimes, well….
Oh, and it’s a pantoum, by the way. One of my favorite forms…
Your Mother is Afraid
By Liz Garton Scanlon
When she says be careful
what you wish for
she means make yourself small,
she means snuff out your own flame.
What you wish for –
it’s dangerous and bright as gold
she means, snuff out your own flame
she says, and cover your eyes.
It’s dangerous and bright as gold.
Shhh, be quiet and sit down
she says, and cover your eyes.
But you don’t. You see what she means.
Shhh, be quiet and sit down
(she means make yourself small).
But you don’t. You see what she means
when she says be careful.
Go see the other poems here:
Sara
Tanita
Kelly
Andi
Laura
Tricia
And Poetry Friday is being hosted here, at Kat’s Whiskers!
