NaPoWriMo prompt for day 8 asks us to peruse the work of one or more of these twitter bots, and use a line or two, or a phrase or even a word that stands out, as the seed for our own poem
The Sylvia Plath Bot, as you might expect, tweets snippets of Plath. @PercyBotShelley tweets Shelley, @ruefle_exe tweets bits of Mary Ruefle’s poems, and @carsonbot and @sikenpoems send into the world small fragments of the work of Anne Carson and Richard Siken.
I used the tweet of Mary Ruefle and chose the following line:
So far away are now the distances.
I took the challenge further by using prompt of another poetry forum called ArtoonsInn that required us to start today’s poem by using “If only I could”
If only I could
If only I could be a little more carefree
I would not delve into the meaning of those silent words
If only I could tell the genuine from fake and lies
I wouldn’t have intoxicated my life with tears and expectations
If only I could see the man behind the mask
If only I could know what’s truly in people’s heart
If only I could believe what I believe is truly believable
If only I could know why chasing happiness seems unfeasible
If only I could soar to attain my interminable dreams
If only I could have answers to all idiosyncrasies
If only I could live my life on my terms
If only I could trust my wisdom to be my armor
If only our relationships were not so fragile and intricate
If only love was prime and love steered our fate
If only I could have time machine for a little time
I would seal the past in past and not let future entwine
So complex are our lives, a constant haste to achieve
So far away are now the distances, so distant is own heartbeat
©Vandana Bhasin
08.04.2020
If only I could have time machine for a little time
I would seal the past in past and not let future entwine
I never read something so beautiful….❤️
That’s such a generous compliment. Thank you so much my dear. ❤️❤️
How I wish to be that carefree as a free spirited dandelion !!
I know! How have you been Akhila! Long time…hope all well
I’m good vanadana.. hope you and your surroundings are safe and doing great dear
All well Akhila. Hope the same for you
You definitely ought to wear your wisdom as your armour, come what may! No ifs.
Grab sometime under a starry night to listen to your heart- a treat from you to yourself!!
I suppose we all wish for “if only.” I particularly like the final couplet.
“If only I could live my life on my terms
If only I could trust my wisdom to be my armor”
Preach, sister! Your words are deeply felt.