a season of gaping wounds
cotton on the tongue with closed eyes
long winding ripples of regret
the soft screams of surrender
digging out the soul with bloodied hands
an unbroken heart beating beneath ribs
Day 2 of #NaPoWriMo
I absolutely adored today’s prompt!
Based on the Romanian-born poet Paul Celan who once wrote a series of surrealist questions and answers.
- select 5-10 words from the prompt list
- write a question for each word you’ve selected
- write a one-line answer—try to make the answer an image
- place all the answers on a new page and create a poem
My words:
- fog
- river
- salt
- thunder
- longing
- song
My questions/answers:
- What is fog? Cotton on the tongue with closed eyes.
- What is a river? Long winding ripples of regret.
- What is salt? A season of gaping wounds.
- What is thunder? An unbroken heart beating beneath ribs.
- What is longing? Digging out the soul with bloodied hands.
- What is a song? The soft screams of surrender.
