So here is my response to NaPoWriMo's prompt to base a poem on something from Thomas R.Henry's collection of weird nature facts, The Strangest Things in the World World. It makes for fascinating reading (although Henry had a penchant for hyperbole), and I spent a fair amount of time perusing it, but the only poem to result was a single haiku based on his entry about a species of glow worm that lives in a grotto in New Zealand. The imagery really stuck with me.
on the grotto’s dome
glow worms mimic the night sky
they will never see
glow worms mimic the night sky
they will never see
1 comment:
Wow, that's quite a kicker in the last line. You should try to publish that, though the 5-7-5 might throw some editors.
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