Showing posts with label death poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death poetry. Show all posts

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Fatal (a Poem for Day Eighteen of PAD)

I'm posting late because I was so tired last night that I couldn't keep my eyes open. I went to bed and had a dream visit from my dad. That hasn't happened in a long time, so it was extra nice. 

The prompt for day eighteen is as follows: For today’s prompt, pick 2 vowels and write a poem using words that only contain one or both of those vowels. For instance, write a poem with words that only have a “u” and “o.” Also, the letter “y” is wild–so the words “my” and “gypsy” are freebies. And I’ll allow text-speak (or maybe I should say “txt spk”).

I planned to write a haiku, but as you will see there is an extra syllable in the third line. I'm still happy with it though.  

 
Photo by Torvald Lekvam
A Last Gasp

Fatal

In distant land, light 
rainfall drips, six skylarks sing, 
dying dads pass away. 

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