For Day 9, I combine the two prompts I have been using:
The prompt provided by poet (and bookstore owner) Chris Jarmick on his blog, POETRYisEVERYTHING, calls for a poem that uses anaphora.
The napowromo.net prompt calls for ‘a Sei Shonagon-style list of “things”’.
(And I forgot to update the title of this post. It is fixed now. What will I do tomorrow? Stay tuned!)
1
When I think about love, I think about sunny afternoons, riding in the car with the windows down, turning up the music, and not caring about anything else in that moment.
When I think about love, I think about the thousands of miles travelled, and the familiar things left behind—because that’s what you do.
When I think about love, I think about the small moments: the smiles, the gestures, the little things we say.
When I think about love, I think about the feeling that always stays with me, even after she’s gone.
2
When I think about love, I don’t say much. So many of us desperately want to fall, but are afraid of the height.
When I think about love, I try not to think about the been, done, and gone. Long shadows bring no relief to the past.
When I think about love, I find that anticipation overpowers everything else, even desire.
When I think about love, I wonder why we put so much pressure on ourselves to find it, when we should just feel it.
3
When I think about love, I think about sappy love songs and tear-jerker movies.
When I think about love, I think about heroic gestures and noble sacrifices.
When I think about love, I think about great works of art.
When I think about love, I think about how nothing else motivates us the same way.
4
When I think about love, its possibility and promise seem so far away.
When I think about love, I wonder how it survives in a world that seems driven to destroy it by any means possible.
When I think about love, the logistics involved make it seem impossible. Logic makes it seem impossible.
When I think about love, I can’t think of anything more important.
(8 April 2019—posted April 9th)
I’m rarely into love poetry, but I sure am into this one!
Me not so much as well. But I was partly inspired by this poem on tumblr: https://lilysofthefield.tumblr.com/post/184046547870