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Blog in a Poem

Creation Saturday! You're all talented writers, of varying backgrounds and abilities. As we near the halfway point of the month, take some time to look back at your entries.

Create a poem inspired from your entries this month. Any style or form (or none at all). Pull lines from all of your entries thus far and see what happens. Obviously you're free to add/subtract words from lines that don't seem to fit the narrative you've come across when compiling your thoughts; this isn't meant to be a summary of the month to date, but a writing exercise.


Piano at four
No lessons at eleven
Accordion at lunchtimes
I loved it, learned fast
Music, solely enjoyment
Always learning

Going home is safe now
Not always the case
Once just a house
Memories blocked
What went on?
Behind closed doors

Deteriorating mind
Surgery needed
Rehabilitation
Away from home
Return to work
Return to Life

Short day trips to France
Then Paris via the tunnel
But places never to go
Japan, hunting whales
World War II we know
Needed for food, not now.

I felt I'd never be a writer
Or what I'm certain I could be
I was out of my depth
I couldn't do it, or can I?
When rejection comes
I'll face it with Grace

Walking through my Port
I was confused
By disorganisation
Now progress, evident
I've built on what's before
I now write in new ways

Now, New Year's Eve, I'm alone
So let's try something new.
Put our government
In Trafalgar Square
Filled with bird food
Send the pigeons there

Oh, I can't see it,
Our Wi Fi is down.
What am I going to do?
Reading, housework, games.
Just leave it all at home
Meet friends and family.

Travel by electric car
Perhaps completely clean
Only if powered
By renewable energy
Power today, pollution
Nuclear, Coal, the same you see.

How do I win this?
I'm not the sort to cheat
I am competitive.
I could say it's moved
I could change my name
Give me less competition.