Saturday November 20th, 2021

The exercise:

Write a four line poem that has something to do with feeling: uneasy.

2 comments:

Greg said...

OK, this works I think. It deals with where we need to get to, and how, and shouldn't drop the tension for a couple more verses. The prompt inspired how the narrator is feeling after this verse :)

Feeling uneasy
This abhorrent nation reaches a crescendo
And as silence falls, the song expended, the boy holds out his arm.
Tattooed there on welted skin are lines that form a map --
To Al-Amrit, I'm sure. "Take me there," he whispers.

Marc said...

Greg - it is also how I am feeling after reading your intro and before reading your verse...

Uh, yup. I could see how your narrator would feel uneasy at this point.