Sunday 9 May 2021

5 rules

  1. generate a 5 letter random noun - this is the title
  2. write a 5 line acrostic poem (each line starting with one of the 5 letters)
  3. the entire poem should employ only one human sense (taste, smell etc)
  4. there should be one household object
  5. there should be one number
 
hotel

how the wind tastes
on the balcony of every Comfort Inn - five
times have I sighed tonight into my cup of
evening literature,
longing for more


river

reeking of 
incense-holders and ash,
violet flowers bob like
empty fishes in the ganges seven days a week -
residual life 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Death? Can you make it sound lighter than it is?

Bug said...

despite seven years of practice,
every evening I think my grandfather just
a long distance phone call away
there is no acceptance from afar - you need to
have felt the cold in your fingertips

Anonymous said...

That brings back memories….