How to Write
a Poem with Neither Time or Inspiration
Start with
what’s around you
to the
right (on an end table):
headphones
with travel bag,
glasses
cleaner and cloth,
an
insurance book you’ll never read,
a title
of a book you want to read,
the number
for the ER your son was in,
an empty
place for your computer,
(on the
floor) your ukulele in a black case,
a friend’s
wire trash can you didn’t want
that you
traded for one you had wanted to keep.
To your
left (on and end table),
a half
glass of water,
cold tea
in a big Scrabble mug,
a
children’s novel in verse
like you
want to write someday,
a Kindle
containing many books,
a hymn
book, a Bible reading chart,
a
Barnabas Aid newsletter,
a
catalog for college courses,
a study
on Ruth with a promise
to do
the lesson before Tuesday.
a cell
phone in a well-used cover.
So much can
be said
with what
you have around you.
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