poetry, daily: 2
A poem can be just a moment. It doesn't have to tell a grandiose story, or travel vast distances. Mostly the things close to home, the physical things we know and can touch, are what will touch others (and ourselves on rereading).
Ezra Pound: In a Station of the Métro
The apparition of these faces in the crowd:
Petals on a wet, black bough.
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Writing exercise:
Take public transport this weekend. While you're waiting for it (or while riding it, or after you alight), take note of the things you see. Write a short poem from this experience.
See you Monday!
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Labels: "poetry, "writing exercise", daily", Poem, Poetry, Teaching, Thinking
posted by Eireann at
2:11 PM
3 Comments:
i hope to try one of your exercises this month !
have a lovely weekend
Hey there, I posted up my effort (actually, it's the third, and by far the shortest, of my 3 very varied efforts!).
Thanks, Nà
I hope you can, too, Lisa!
Thanks, Nà.
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