Poem #22 – Discovery
Today’s prompt comes from Shanna, and is in recognition of Earth Day:
Today is Earth Day! Explore our complicated relationship to Mama Earth by recycling. Find an old poem or two that you’ve abandoned and find a line, a title or a concept that really grabs you. Now use those to start a new poem, going in a direction entirely different than the original.
I chose to recycle the title of the poem ‘Discovery’ on my blog.
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Discovery
I had to learn to navigate
this new territory
re-invent the wheel down to
the grooves.
This path was an erratic
flat ribbon
winding it’s way all the way
across the forty
eight. There were others
Each as varied
as the crystalline pattern of
snowflakes Idling down and
down
Urban transplants
molding light
in fields as wide open
as dreams
Black Satin 