Poem in Response to We Write Poems # 60

Broken Limbs

An ambulance hurtles
past, siren wailing
for broken limbs;

tossed to the side
of the road, a tangle
of loose limbs, broken:
an opossum;

in the bayous
half-drowned trees
lift broken limbs,
like Excalibur,
from watery depths.

 

This week we were asked to take our close observations further afield. I carry a notebook in the car whenever we go anywhere and this was something I noticed on a drive through East Texas. Thank you to We Write Poems and Pamela for both “observe more closely” prompts. Be sure and visit We Write Poems to read what others observed.

I would like to mention a new gathering place for writers of all genres. Elizabeth Crawford, whom many of you know, has started a blog devoted to topics concerning writers and the writing life. You can find it at Writers Speak. If you have a moment drop in and read her first post and first topic.

I shall see you tomorrow for an enjambment session; Friday for the week’s roundup of prompts and exercises; and next Tuesday for another open prompt.

Happy reading and writing, all.