Day 30 - here it is, NaPoWriMo done and dusted for 2013, over, complete, reached its terminus. Thanks to the admins for the inspiring prompts - I've thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and am pleased to have managed a poem for each, not to mention having my offering for Day 21 featured on the NaPoWriMo webpage - yay! The last prompt is to rewrite
an existing shortish poem by changing words to their opposites and tweaking as
necessary. I’ve gone for Stevie Smith’s Not Waving But Drowning.
Both still and surfacing
Everyone saw her, the woman who
survived,
No more would she stand
stoically:
You are no nearer than their
imaginings
Both still and surfacing.
Fortunate lass, she never minded
quietude
Later, as then, she’ll remain
alive,
It will be warm enough for her, her
heart will keep beating,
No-one will see.
Yes, yes, thrice yes, it will never
be too cold
(The survivor will flee
silently)
You’ll never be quite near
enough
Both still and surfacing.
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