Friday, January 29, 2021

Growing Up

You join dots that glint like the tips of a tantrum

to form alphabets that are onesies dangling

from pink plastic clips of lisped words   

fluttering into sentences like shape shifting wind

settling into a sepia memory like winged butterflies

on a flower.

 

Can we spend some more time, here, together?


~ In response to the Peter's Prompt at dVerse

3 comments:

  1. Lovely first line Preeth 'tips of a tantrum' is so unexpected - I was intrigued - and what a delight to read on - alphabets of onesies; clips of lisped words; - and that final question - I was just reading up on caesura - pauses in a line - like the commas in that question - stretching it out, almost pleading. So good. Thanks so much for sharing this.

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  2. Thank you very much for those kind words, Peter. Your prompt was so enlightening. I did not know about one word poems. Got to read so many interesting poems not just as part of your post but also as part of responses to your post. Thank you!

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  3. I love how you used the imagery of children to create this vignette on how it can be to simply share a conversation.

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