I learned about an Elfchen poem from Donnetta Norris this past week. Here is one about walking from the last hour’s prompt.
Stride
to find
all the hopes
promised in arriving ready
Strong
24 Poems ~ 24 Hours
I learned about an Elfchen poem from Donnetta Norris this past week. Here is one about walking from the last hour’s prompt.
Stride
to find
all the hopes
promised in arriving ready
Strong
The “random” prompt brought me to this poem, and I’m so glad it did! I had not heard of this form before, and I appreciate the forced brevity of this. So often, we have the luxury of words, but when forced to distill a thought or feeling or experience down to its core, it can be both a challenge and a great reward. I. Love. This. I appreciate the sound repetition between Stride and Strong – the str- can be tough to match without slipping into cliche, and you completely bypassed that. Lovely. There is also something really catching in the “arriving ready” – I don’t fully know what it ‘means,’ but I like the sense it gives me reading it. This is almost like a mantra or motivation. Thank you random poem selector! Thank you Denise~!
Thank you, Denise, for your kind words. I am going to check out that random poem selector. I have a hard time knowing where to go to read more poems from the marathon.