Feathery fern leaf
It is dead and can not grow
Stem pluck for pleasure
Eccentric sight in a gust
Beauty echos to lives on
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Author Notes
NaPoWriMo, April 2021 Writing Prompt, Day 8 - Spoon River Anthology, and then write your own poem in the form of a monologue delivered by someone who is dead.
NOTE: I read the "Spoon River Anthology" for an acting class. And I didn't like that it was poems written from the perspective of people as ghosts or in the spirit world at a cemetary. However, I do have a few favorites, because they seemed to have relatable lives and I even memorized one of the poems as a personal monologue. That aside, my mother's sister was buried in Tampa, Florida last Tuesday. So, I do not feel it appropriate for me to follow the daily prompt for napowrimo day 8. A tanka will have to be suffice as my poem entry/submission for the day. Thank you for understanding.
REFERENCES:
1) National Poetry Writing Month, April 2021 - https://www.napowrimo.net/
2) Poetry Dances, Tanka - https://www.poetrydances.com/tanka.php
3) How Many Syllables - https://www.howmanysyllables.com/
4) Rhyme Zone - https://www.rhymezone.com/
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