This
blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're starting with poets
from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit, Grand Rapids,
Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too.
Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy. Just put your poem or short story in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem. It is there on another page.
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of you do have Gmail, but for those of you that don't it's extremely
worthwhile to open up one now! That way you've got a chance to get your
work out there in the world.
Today's poem or short story prompt is the word "birthday"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LISA
ReplyDeleteDid I really
use "birthday"
as today's prompt
just so I could
say
"happy birthday"
to my daughter?
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yep
- Mike Fedel
April, 2013
No Card This Year
ReplyDeleteOn my birthday
I disowned him as a father
I had plans that involved
Getting rid of him
Once and for all
Though once is probably enough but
If I could kill him seven ways
Over seven days
You get the point
I'm angry I am
Open the Sunday paper
See his name
Then Dearly Departed
It is short
To the point
As they charge for each word
I will look sad
Wear black
Dress shoes and stockings
Deliver a years in the making
Memorable and heart-felt eulogy
It's a farce
That's my secret
Light camera action
Fade in
Fade out
End a fift seven year long scene
Someone as practiced as me
Could have been a serial killer
Instead
I grew up
One superb actress
Catherine Powers
April 27, 2013
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