Friday, April 7, 2023

PAD Day 7: A Short List

 Today's prompts from NaPoWriMo and Write Better Poetry: (1) Write a list poem, and (2) write a "small" poem (as in a small/short poem, or about something small.) I combined all of this and write a short-ish poem with a list of "small things" that most of us would never miss:


Little Things We Could Do Without
 
mosquitoes, splinters,
that Lego under a bare foot
 
hangnails, junk mail,
apostrophes in the wrong places
 
bedbugs, kidney stones,
that troll who insulted you on Facebook
 
yellowjackets, viruses,
that guy that cut you off at the light
 
bullets

 

 


2 comments:

Vince Gotera said...

Bruce ... wow, that last line. That's a kicker, fasure. Great work again. I think you should do a collection of April poems like mine. I'm thinking I may soon have a book of curtal sonnets.

Manja Mexi said...

Co-signed.