
Today’s Prompt: Choose an object to focus on and write a list describing it. Then compose a poem without using any words from that list. My object that I focused on and wrote about was Rain.
What I Want Is…
What I want is
To play in puddles
To kick and splash
Their bootless feet
To call five names
For running ahead of the group
What I want is
An umbrella for the world
To take shelter
Not in place
But in memories of this sacred space
Warm blankets to cover
People who sleep on the streets
With nothing to dry their freezing feet
What I want is
God to cleanse the earth
Wash away sickness
And nourish souls and soil
So sunshine can soothe
And seeds can sprout tall
And proud like my students
Who will lock arms and splash each other again.
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