Minute
Minute poem
This month's Writing magazine competition is to write a minute poem - this is a poem of exactly 60 syllables about a subject which usually would take a minute to occur. As luck would have it, something happened this morning which gave me the germ of an idea. As unusual subject for a poem, but it works!
A seed
Trapped in ageing close-crammed teeth
Eludes the probing, sucking tongue,
Evades the too-thick fingernail,
Dodges the rinsing water,
Until tracked down, evicted,
By the long, slender toothpick
Slipping easily inside the gap
As if made for the job.
© Copyright 2019. Chris Auger. All Rights Reserved
This month's Writing magazine competition is to write a minute poem - this is a poem of exactly 60 syllables about a subject which usually would take a minute to occur. As luck would have it, something happened this morning which gave me the germ of an idea. As unusual subject for a poem, but it works!
A seed
Trapped in ageing close-crammed teeth
Eludes the probing, sucking tongue,
Evades the too-thick fingernail,
Dodges the rinsing water,
Until tracked down, evicted,
By the long, slender toothpick
Slipping easily inside the gap
As if made for the job.
© Copyright 2019. Chris Auger. All Rights Reserved
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