This week let’s write a new poem— a poem about the state of newness. And it should also be a new poem, don’t just pull one from the archives. That’s the whole point of the Monday Poetry Prompt, after all. Post your newest in the comments below.
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Monday Poetry Prompt: New
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I pulled the tightly-stretched protective plastic off
thick and clear
with no air pockets anywhere
the display
four lines by 32 characters
monochrome letters on the film
rich black against a perfectly empty gray background
now revealed
stark and transparent
I look at this
the of smell of plastic
and cleaned circuit board
It is mine now
I plug the cord into the wall
and wait with anticipation
for something to come up on the screen
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Posted by Chris Clarke | December 28, 2020, 8:50 PMAh! The good ole days. Nice work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 28, 2020, 9:06 PMSuch anticipation! Well done.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | December 28, 2020, 10:13 PMJust posted my poem, https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2020/12/28/prescription/
Let’s rip the foil off this new year
like an unopened bottle of pills…
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 28, 2020, 8:36 PMBrand New
I decided to go one day, this day, without thinking, “What If?”
My high expectations led me to imagined assumptions.
My imagined assumptions led me to real disappointments.
I mean so what the guy I adored from a distance didn’t take the nonverbal hint?
So what I didn’t find a bag of money lying around?
And so what I didn’t get the one phone call that would change my life?
No, those things didn’t happen for me in the past days,
But they will happen for me one day.
As far as this day goes, I’m gonna let it finally be a new one.
#OWL’S ORB
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Posted by Mia J | December 28, 2020, 3:57 PMVery nice. Excellent last line! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 28, 2020, 5:25 PMThank you so much!
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Posted by Mia J | December 28, 2020, 5:38 PMa new ones are good.
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Posted by purplestoneblog | December 28, 2020, 6:21 PMYes, each day brings new possibilities.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | December 28, 2020, 10:14 PMNew money coming
or so they would have you think
getting stimulus
in my world, means squirreling
putting away for a rainy day
then again, it’s looking cloudy.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | December 28, 2020, 9:19 AMif you save for a rainy day, you will get rainy days….if you save for something fun or good, you will get something fun or good. honest. it’s true.
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Posted by purplestoneblog | December 28, 2020, 9:50 AMGood points!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | December 28, 2020, 10:16 PMVery nice. It’s been a cloudy year, hasn’t it?
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 28, 2020, 5:23 PMThe Newness of a Year
Friday brings the newness of year 2021
like the babe depicts in many comments
so young to have shoes on the feet
so young to see what is ahead for us
so young to even make predictions
the scent of newness fills the room
like the interior of a brand new car
smelling like no other I’ve owned
making promises of a safe road ahead
but can it deliver, can this year deliver?
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Posted by purplestoneblog | December 28, 2020, 7:57 AMGreat point! It will be interesting to see what this year delivers One thing I know is that it will deliver more poetry inspirations, no matter what.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | December 28, 2020, 9:17 AMLove the new car smell image!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 28, 2020, 5:21 PM