Keepsakes like a breath
We Write Poems:
Write a poem out of nothing and everything. Keepsakes we keep of material things, reminding us of something else. So Gautami asked us to write a poem directly out of that memory, keeping out the material reminders.
Maybe this is another “tip of the iceberg”, that small visible face of something else far greater than what we more obviously see. Share with us now please how you found your path to address this poem prompt.
And thanks again to Gautami Tripathy for this fine prompt.
Don’t have a poem yet? Perhaps read a few done by others here, be inspired. There’s still plenty of time to discover a poem for yourself!
Leave the links to your poems in the comments of this post, then go visit your fellow writers’ sites and read their work. Remember to leave only positive comments in the spirit of sharing and not critiquing. We look forward to reading your poems!
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January 25, 2012 at 12:51 am
I’m not sure if I kept out the material things.
keepsakes like a breath
January 25, 2012 at 4:03 am
It’s not a keepsake, but it is a material thing that means something more, and triggers memories. I tried to allow it the minimum of space in the poem.
http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/fight.html
January 25, 2012 at 4:20 am
Sunday my darlin’ Luscious asked what my prompt was for this weeks We Write Poems. Thanks to Guatami I said it’s about keepsakes. She said you don’t have keepsakes all you have is junk. I have to admit I do pick up interesting rocks and such. But, being the loving man I am I responded:”well, I have you.” I did get to watch the playoffs in peace and quiet Sunday. That brings me to this weeks prompt and “A thought” in Sestina form. Keep those keepsakes coming, material or otherwise. Hugs and kisses everyone (except you guys then it’s just a manly hugs), wink, wink.
January 25, 2012 at 4:26 am
OOps, the above is the wrong keepsake. Sorry, I just got out of bed and have not had my first cup of coffee. Here’s the correct link to “A thought”.
January 25, 2012 at 4:31 am
Who will remember? It’s posted here http://bit.ly/xC3QKy. Enjoy.
January 25, 2012 at 5:46 am
Hi all! Here’s mine for this week: http://ablefires.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/the-persistence-of-memory/
January 25, 2012 at 5:49 am
Interesting prompt. I ended up with unexpected memories visiting me…
Pamela
A Fedora and A Three-Piece Suit
January 25, 2012 at 6:08 am
Ended up with a Bouquet
January 25, 2012 at 6:31 am
for the Love of Humanity
http://themslvh.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/for-the-love-of-humanity-redux/#comment-1635
January 25, 2012 at 6:43 am
Repeating that feat was difficult, even for me!
Here is mine:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2012/01/escape.html
January 25, 2012 at 6:48 am
I flubbed it. Utterly.
http://wp.me/pdTja-2Bo
January 25, 2012 at 7:07 am
Memory-provoking prompt!! Here is memory bin
January 25, 2012 at 8:35 am
Arlington
Gray is for granite, the color of sorrow -
assembled in waves – row upon row.
Today the sun has returned burning away
the mists of the morning
where spirits linger, silent as breath –
breahe deeply the breath of your fathers.
and their fathers before them wave after
wave and sorrow as deep as an ocean.
“No more, no more” breathes the sigh
through the grass
“Enough” grunts the stones in the silence..
January 25, 2012 at 12:01 pm
http://dannyearlsimmons.blogspot.com/2012/01/oregon.html
January 25, 2012 at 2:54 pm
I don’t know where my link went. Here it is again: http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/keepsakes-for-we-write-poems/
January 25, 2012 at 5:43 pm
The best keepsake are the intangibles that stay with you throughout your life; The lessons we learn.
http://wojisme.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/respect-given-and-earned/
January 25, 2012 at 8:41 pm
But sometimes, keepsakes are not enough to keep us from despair:
Into the Dark
http://thinkingcities.blogspot.com/2012/01/into-dark.html
January 25, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Great prompt. It’s been awhile. Thank you!
Mine is here:
http://whimsygizmo.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/of-shadowboxes-pockets/
January 26, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Here’s mine…
http://whenwordsescape.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/mementos-and-memories/
January 27, 2012 at 2:19 am
Mine became the material, but it was inspired by the prompt:
http://keepingsecrets-karen.blogspot.com/2012/01/weight-of-memory.html
January 29, 2012 at 1:14 pm
i know im late… always late…. but i so love this prompt, and every prompt… here’s mine… six more