Tuesday 30 April 2013

NaPoWriMo day 30



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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