NaPoWriMo Day 26 :Bali, India, Dubai -with love

Creative Writing, Poetry 10 comments

And now for our prompt (optional, as always). This is one that we’ve used before, but one test of a  good prompt is that you can come back to it! For this prompt, you will need to fill out, in five minutes or less, the following “Almanac Questionnaire.” Then, use your responses as to basis for a poem.

Happy writing!

I’ve attached the Almanac questionnaire on which the poem was based below the poem. The poem’s based on my answers to the question.

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Bali, India, Dubai – with love
Summer time, cottages
bougainvillea, spider-lilies
Crashing waves, white foam
Swinging on the beach, my thoughts roam
The breeze- gentle, kisses my chiffon kimono
Green waters, white sands
A fallen tree in the sea
branches rotting, in the distance, I see
Salt in the air, tangles my hair
I walk to the waters, my kimono sticks
cool, laps my feet, licks
Coiled in the trunk
Something black
Gooey, striped, looks back
A sea-krait
‘Dareknesia’ painted on the wall
A sign
I run
A dream- it’s coming true
Its dark, I can’t see, I run
I fall, I faint
A village school, grandma’s home
Istanbul, a blue dome
Rajiv Gandhi speaking
Sriperumbudur, suicide bombing
There’s a theory- Sonia and LTTE
‘Kolkata woman dies after Oxford vaccine’
I’m scared of heights
Red carpet, the Oscars, I’ve won
‘Ugly Duckling’ turns a swan
“Surprise” I overhear them say
Confetti, lights, cheering all the way
A unicorn, pink and purple
Foxtails, petunias, I’m going in a circle
A gold coin fallen, embossed
A ‘dancing girl’ engraved
Mohenjo-daro, Harappa, Indus
The smell of citrus
A white Dior gown, flowing
George Clooney’s smiling
With love
On a camel, I’m flying high
Over the Burj Khalifa touching the sky
Its warm, its sunny
“Wake up, Honey”
Says, George Clooney
I open my eyes and see
Spectacles, ruffled hair
Eyes wide, stare
Its’ Hubby!
Where’s Clooney?
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Almanac Questionnaire

Weather: Summer
Flora: spider-lillies, foxtails
Architecture: Domes
Customs: Oscars – red carpet, gowns
Mammals/reptiles/fish: Snake
Childhood dream: Running in the dark from someone and falling
Found on the Street: A coin
Export: happiness
Graffiti: Dareknesia, I saw it on a wall in Bali
Lover: George Clooney
Conspiracy: Sonia Gandhi had a hand in killing her husband
Dress: Kimono
Hometown memory: Grandma’s home
Notable person: Rajiv Gandhi
Outside your window, you find: Blue dome
Today’s news headline: Kolkata woman dies of Oxford vaccine
Scrap from a letter: With love
Animal from a myth: Unicorn
Story read to children at night: Ugly Duckling
You walk three minutes down an alley and you find: Gold coin
You walk to the border and hear: ‘Surprise’
What you fear: Heights
Picture on your city’s postcard:  Burj Khalifa               

Today’s poetry resource is a series of videos being placed online by the organizers of the New Orleans Poetry Festival. While the festival was canceled this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, poets who planned to present and attend are creating video-poems in lieu of the in-person proceedings.

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10 comments

  3. Wow…a masterpiece Smitha ““Wake up, Honey”
    Says, George Clooney
    I open my eyes and see
    Spectacles, ruffled hair
    Eyes wide, stare
    Its’ Hubby!
    Where’s Clooney?”

    And this last verse is epic…..😁😁😁😁 i really didint expect it

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

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