Saturday, November 7, 2020

November Chapbook Challenge Day 6: In Media Res

 Today's prompt from Robert Lee Brewer: Write an "in media res" poem - in other words, a poem that begins in the mddle of something like an action, conversation, etc. I tweaked the prompt a little and wrote about someone pausing in the middle of their action to appreciate something.


Smell the Roses
 
making
my connection
near New Haven
 
hear
electric piano
play Ain't Misbehavin'
 
busker
in concourse
playing his heart
 
slowing
my bustling -
pause for art
 
love Fats Waller -
leave a dollar

1 comment:

Vince Gotera said...

Cool soundplay (alliteration and rhyme) with "busking" and "bustling."