Tuesday, April 10, 2012

"Dry" (poem)

The Missouri Review and textBOX announced the results of the Art of Omission contest.  Congratulations to the winners!  SURPRISE: I am not among them :-)  I did participate though!  We were asked to write a very short story or a poem - 50 words or fewer - using only the words contained in an excerpt from an essay.  (A task similar to The Sunday Whirl's challenge.)  Here's my poem:

~ Dry ~
 
A
Girl and
A boy measure
Time
In dreams -
A currency, taken
For
Granted. Their
Black eyes connect,
Over
Old stones
A new road
Unwinds, 
Leading to
Heaven. The child's
Song
Is meaningless
To me. My
Garden
Is dry.
 Smoke from burning
Past. 



to read the winning entries and the excerpt from Reesa Grushka’s essay "Arieh."


Live for the Love of it,
The Happy Amateur

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