Poetry Exercise
Here’s what you have to do:
Find an object or a few them you value.
Some tips for finding something of value: Where people come from, personal relationships, and a fraction/shard of who we are.
Make sure to use sensory details (sight, taste, smell, touch).
Choose one of the objects or use any you want.
Have the objects come to life. What scenarios come to mind? What type of stories would people tell about them?
Example for you:
Shepherd’s stick
Rubric Cube
Siberian wolf claw.
Objects of Our Lives
I gaze at the river below me
with my shepherd’s stick in hand.
The shepherd leading us says
we can’t stop now.
So we all head down the hill.
The guy in front of me has strapped
his stick to his bag.
I appear over his shoulder.
Idly. Idly, he’s playing with
a rubric cube.
I sigh, coming to a halt
at a slow river.
The shepherd picks up a smooth rock.
Splash, splash, splash.
It arches over the water,
sending ripples across.
He tells us to make a wish.
So I do.
I’m sitting around a campfire
as an ancient lady gestures wildly,
telling a story of the Siberian wolf claw.
Out in the distance,
leaves rustle, and a wolf howls.
(Drafted 2018)
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