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 than 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.
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.
You may need to have a Gmail account to post in the comments section. Most 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 their in the world.
Today's poem or short story prompt is the word "Cancer"
Cancer
ReplyDeleteA little inside everyone
One cell happy
Eager to play outside
Run to the park
Ride on the swing
The sun warming your skin
Like the sun used to do many years ago
Before we knew its hurtful ways
How it could turn rabid
Wander sick through our alarmed town
While everyone waited for the sheriff
To put the poor thing down
Catherine Powers 3-28-13
Cancer
ReplyDeleteEverything is dark
The sounds are sharp and piercing
I want to find a warm bed
and curl up
for a long
long
time
Yesterday was brighter
There was a tiny thought in the back of my head
When I woke up
It grew
It grew
It spread
The dark thoughts consume the happy thoughts
No! Really!
Read this: http://phys.org/news202553643.html
The thing is
I wonder if
It works the other way too
Can I Reverse Warburg myself
Into being flooded
By happiness cells?
Your eyes on this
Might start the reaction
Stare harder
Please