Found
smooth eggshell blue pebbles
scooped from ground
repurposed
Pebbles plopped
into each wooden pit
Like eggs snuggled in a nest
waiting to be plucked an moved
strategically on the board
to another wooden pit
Mancala
One of the oldest games around
I love this – for this prompt I wrote a poem about Mancala as well but I did consider robin eggs – I love how you tied the two together. Well done.
Thanks! I just found your mancala poem and commented on it. Loved the direction you took with it!
Love the game mancala and how you used the prompt. I especially like your descriptions were consistent throughout the poem: “smooth eggshell blue pebbles” and “Like eggs snuggled in a nest // waiting to be plucked an moved”. Great job!