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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there in the world.
Today's poem or short story prompt is the word " button"
angry, happy, aroused
ReplyDeletei rarely open email
as soon as it shows up
in my IN box
my email reader lets me see
the first few words
a preview
a peek
a tease
i watch my reaction
as i scan the list
of partial messages
my imagination gives me
two chances to read the mail
the anticipation
the reality
the resolution
i often guess correctly
though i am usually more excited
when i don't
and the sender presses
different buttons than i'd expected
aha!
- Mike Fedel
May, 2013