daybreak in Beecher Town hills
begin a yawning flurry of aunt’s fluffy footsteps
they rattle on the kitchen parquet
the crisp cotton sheets that carried me
to lofty worlds in my sleep, lower me
gently into the cushiony daisy print
already the morning air carries the news
of the spicy berries – the pimento harvest
litters the sloped concrete slab to dry
sweet hot tea rinses the taste of night spittle
and warms away the chill of the light morning mist
in the day we walk with uncle on the homestead
then evenings in the country wind down
with salty cheeses on crackers
and a sherry glass filled with pimento dram*
Saffron – 3rd April 2021
*dram - a rum based liqueur
** words picked: pimento, crisp, cushion, spittle, cheese, salt
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Napowrimo Prompt Day 3:
I’d like to challenge you to make a “Personal Universal Deck,” and then to write a poem using it. The idea of the “Personal Universal Deck” originated with the poet and playwright Michael McClure, who gave the project of creating such decks to his students in a 1976 lecture at Naropa University. Basically, you will need 50 index cards or small pieces of paper, and on them, you will write 100 words (one on the front and one on the back of each card/paper) using the rules found here...
Don’t agonize over your word choices. Making the deck should be fun and revealing, as you generate words that sound “good” to you. The fact that the words are mainly divided among the five senses should be helpful in selecting words that you like the sound of, and that have some meaning personal to you.
Once you have your deck put together, shuffle it a few times. Now select a card or two, and use them as the basis for a new poem.