The prompt for NaPoWriMo is a form prompt called “The Shapes a Bright Container Can Contain.” We are to emulate a poems shape/line lengths and use the same first letter of each line.
Over at the A to Z challenge there is a dice game of challenges and rewards. I’m enjoying their theme this year. I rolled two sixes, so my challenge is to visit 6 new blogs, and my reward it to take a nap! Looking forward to that.
Today’s Janus word is downhill. When referring to difficulty, it means “progressively easier”; but when referring to status or condition, it means “progressively worse.”
The April Poem-a-Day prompt is to title the poem “First (blank).” So talking about firsts today.
The poem I chose for the prompt is “When Love” by Alicia Ostriker which was the poem-a-day in my email from poets.org. For my title, I used my new Personal Universal Deck.
The First Gardenia Reverberates
When a favorite smell surprises
it reverberates
a memory
that invites the other senses
conspiring elation
askew reality
the true perception
revised
lifted and bright
the trigger of an avalanche
surging, downhill tumble
gracious grey matter
When a beloved smell bushwhacks
it bushwhacks
time and space
Bushwhack is one of my favorite words. I love the feeling of this piece.
Thank you. I don’t think I’ve used “bushwhack” in a poem or story before.
Love the imagery
Thank you.
Nice poem. I’m intrigued by the NaPoWriMo challenge. i would join in, but have committed my April to write a certain style of poetry.
You don’t have to write on prompt. The challenge is just to write a poem every day. You can share your ekphrastics on napowrimo.net if you want to.