Today’s poem inspired by a prompt from facebook poetry group ‘The Dirty Thirty Challenge’ – one poem a day for the thirty days of April.
Each day the facilitators of the group offer a prompt, today’s prompt was:
Grab the closest book on your shelf/desk/bed. Go to page 7.
Write down 5 words that stand out to you, and use at least 3 of those words in a poem
My response:
From page 7 of ‘Improvisation: The Guide’ by Lyn Pierse
The five words were: judged, panel, risk, crafted, spectators
Spectators:
The panel nests in song.
Strong.
Strong.
Their silence a gift.
A gift,
crafted in eyes and sighs.
A risk.
A risk forgiven.
A risk forgotten.
A risk, no more.
creating art in the desert 