Historic Persona

From Linda: 

Write a poem in the voice of an historic person. Ancient history, or recent history it doesn't matter.

Happy Holidays

OMG, it's my turn for the prompt again and I forgot yesterday. But then I didn't realize this Thu is Thanksgiving until just a few days ago. I keep joking about my inability to read a calendar.

So for this week's prompt, write a holiday poem. It doesn't have to be Thanksgiving, Christmas, Yule, Hanukkah, New Years, or any of the ones coming soonest. It could be Valentine's Day or the 4th of July. Or even St. Swithin's Day, which I had always thought was St. Swiven's until I looked it up to see if it was a real holiday. My second husband Chuck always used it as sarcasm about when something would be done. Turns out it's not only a real holiday, but Jane Austen already wrote a verse about it:

St Swithin’s day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St Swithun’s day if thou be fair
For forty days ’twill rain na mair

Group Poem

“O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?” Answer. That you are here – that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be? Walt Whitman

I want to try something different and see if we can write a group poem each adding our own verse. What will your verse be?

Everyone write their verse and at the end of the week I will put them all together as one poem… I’ve done this at open mic’s and it’s fun and produces some interesting poems. When you post your verse DO NOT read the other verses before or after yours. We can make comments when the poem is posted in completion. I will credit each verse to the person who wrote it. I will wait and post my verse after at least one other verse has been posted.

Guaranteed

Post courtesy of Tad. 

Guaranteed. Something guaranteed. And it can’t be love.