POEM STARTER
Write a poem that begins with a focus on loss, and concludes with a focus on love.
Think about the sturctures and flows that you can use to change the focus from beginning to end.
Grief
When you first let grief out you have to let it have full reign
And it /will/ try all the doors
Look in all the nooks and crannies
Unearth everything
It takes a long long time but it will eventually settle down
It’ll find a room it likes where the sun shines in in the afternoon
And there’s a small ficus by the window
It’ll nap there
Sometimes it’ll get up stretch and move around
But for it to find the perfect room you have to let it out
And let it explore
No matter how painful it is
Because once it’s stopped trying doors you know generally what room it’s in
And you can continue cleaning the house or what have you more easily
It’ll become a part of you, just a part not the whole thing
And you’ll be free to try your own doors as you please
This was great, you really dove into a hard subject to write about and knocked it out of the park
This is beautiful, Trixie! And oh, so true. 💚 My favorite line is “And it will try all the doors” 💯
I think you may not have meant to double the word “in” around “the sun shines in the afternoon” 😉 I do that all the time!
