Day 2 prompt is based on this poem by Claire Wahmanholm, which transforms the natural world into an unsettled dream-place. One way it does this is by asking questions – literally. The poem not only contains questions, but ends on a question. Today, we have been challenged to write a poem that similarly resists closure by ending on a question, inviting the reader to continue the process of reading (and, in some ways, writing) the poem even after the poem ends.
Here’s my poem that revolves around questions 🙂
Poem: A hundred and one
A hundred and one reasons
Didn’t you say you have…to love me?
A hundred and one excuses
Didn’t I feel you have…to walk away from me?
A hundred and one explanations
Didn’t you give…for your insolence?
A hundred and one misconceptions
Didn’t we have…to split our relationship?
A hundred and one grounds
Didn’t we have…to be always upset?
A hundred and one emotions
Didn’t you evoke…all those years?
A hundred and one expectations
Didn’t we always have…from each other?
A hundred and one challenges
Didn’t we face…together in those times?
A hundred and one smiles
Didn’t we share…when we were together?
A hundred and one milestones
Didn’t we plan…to achieve as a couple?
A hundred and one time
Didn’t we regret… and feel apologetic?
A hundred and one chances
Didn’t life give us…to squeeze happiness?
A hundred and one motives
Can’t we find…to be again together?
©Vandana Bhasin
Nice. A good reminder to be an active participant in relationships you want to grow.
Thanks for reading and commenting Maggie. Certain things we take for granted in every relationship and they tend to cost us a lot at times.
A positive relationship goals poem by you Vandana.
Thanks dear Preeti. We always need to work on our relationships for a happy life, don’t we 🙂
I loved the flow of this poem and the theme – a reminder to value and nurture our relationships.
I’m glad it spoke to you 🙂 Thanks for reading and commenting
I’m glad you liked it Sunaina. I wish too that there were hundred and one reasons for everyone to be happy all the time 🙂 Thanks for reading and commenting.
Yes..I wish the same thing…but sadly we don’t have!!… I liked this post of urs!!. ☺️☺️