Apr 23, 2009

Poem #22 and #23, PAD Challenge 2009

Prompt #22 is to write a work-related poem. If I had to count how many of my poems already deal with work, we'd be here for centuries...OK, that's an exaggeration. But for this, I took a different perspective.

Summer Heat

My arm is burning.
The lactic acid builds in my muscles
as they contract and release
with the circular motion of my hand,
washing away the caked on blood.

Its dark red, dried, nearly brown.
Days have passed since you left,
wheeled out the door
on a makeshift gurney
into the back of an ambulance.

Scrubbing this floor
is the least of my worries.
There are still dishes
with crusted cheese and grime
blanketing the counters.

The dust bunnies and dirt flakes
are piled high in the corner
by the fridge, sweating
in this summer heat,
making mud pies on linoleum.

Prompt #23 is to write a poem about regret or in which regret occurs. I was losing steam when I wrote this one.

Abandonment

Regret fills my waking hours,
wondering why I left you.
The middle of night was calm.
I was not.
I snatched up my purse from the bedside chair,
crept into your room,
kissed your forehead.

What did you write today?

For more information about the challenge, go here.


***Giveaway Reminder***

Don't forget to enter the Keeper of Light and Dust giveaway, here and here. Deadline is April 28 at 11:59 PM EST.


There's a giveaway for 5 copies of Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch, here; deadline is April 29, 2009, 11:59 PM EST.

4 comments:

Anna said...

I think these are good. As for you losing steam, I think you're doing great keeping up with the challenge. I would've lost interest after the first few days. LOL But that's just me, and I don't write poetry anymore so there is that.

--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric

Serena said...

I may not write every day, but I am writing the ones I miss and making sure I catch up. Its been a fun exercise for me...and I have a lot of great rough drafts.

Ladytink_534 said...

I kind of like the last stanza of Summer Heat!

Serena said...

Ladytink: That's the stanza I like as well.