PAD Day 21: Guncalyspe

 Today's prompt from Write Better Poetry is to write a poem using at least three of the following six words:

bow

lean

park

saw

tear

wound

NaPoWriMo's prompt is: "Begin by reading Sarah Gambito’s poem “Grace.” Now, choose an abstract noun from the list below, and then use that as the title for a poem that contains very short lines, and at least one invented word."

Glory
Courage
Anxiety
Failure
Defeat
Delight
Confusion
Calm
Belief
Cleverness
Despair
Honesty
Deceit
Strength

Robert in Write Better Poetry says, "Also, feel free to try actually writing a six-word poem if you want (no need to use any of the above words if you go this route, though you could go nuclear and write six six-word poems, each using one of the above words. Any takers?). 

Well, well, well. This perfect storm of prompts practically invites me to write in one of my favorite forms, the Hay(na)ku. Six words, short lines, six-words poems - it's on! I've sung the praises of the hay(na)ku and shared many of them on this blog before (and I have a published chapbook of them, Knit Our Broken Bones), but if you are not familiar with the form, read an explanation from its creator, Eileen Tabios, here.

So here is my "hay(na)ku chain" which combines all of the prompts. Each individual hay(na)ku contains one of Robert's prompt words. The title, the short lines and invented word for Maureen's NaPoWriMo prompt are all there too.

Strength
 
child
last night
shot on Park
 
his
mother can't
kiss his wounds
 
she
saw blood
on the concrete
 
she
leaned against
her sister's shoulder
 
she
won't bow
to this guncalypse
 
dew
morning tears
on her lawn