In the Zone
Day 5: 'start by taking a look at Alicia Ostriker’s poem, “The Blessing of the Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog.” Now try your hand at writing your own poem about how a pair or trio very different things would perceive of a blessing or, alternatively, how these very different things would think of something else (luck, grief, happiness, etc).'
For this one, I thought of three very different people - my husband, grandson and myself - and how each of us likes to spend our time, when we are most 'in the zone'. I love the rhythm of Ostriker’s poem, and tried to follow it for my own trio.
Happiness, said the angler
Is having a peg
Full of fish
So hungry for bait
They risk your hook
Each time it's cast.
Happiness, said the child
Is a room
Full of Lego
Of so many shapes and colours
You can build whatever
Your imagination designs.
Happiness, said the poet
Is a brain
Full of words
So varied and precise
The page can express
The fancies of your mind.
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