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Poetic Bloomings had an interesting challenge for us today. I’ve done a similar thing before–but with a twist. Prompt #95 instructed us to take the title of an article in a newspaper or magazine and make it the title of our poem. We were to write a new poem that correlates with the title and then name the source of the title.
I had plenty to choose from this morning, since I’d already gone through the New York Times as I do each day. Oh, don’t get scared. I scan the paper, looking for things of interest that I can use later or which touch on things near and dear. After seeing this title, I knew it would have to be the one I used for a poem.
Enjoy!
Going With the Flow
An old phrase,
With old meaning
For those past forty;
Tubing on the river,
Watching summer skies
Pass overhead with clouds;
Living to another’s tune,
The better to keep peace;
Making no waves by
Holding one’s own
Opinion of world and life;
Going with the flow
Finds alternatives,
Which make life quieter,
Which works to maintain
Quo’s status, forevermore.
Title comes from an article in today’s New York Times–the Arts Section.
Related articles
- The Buried Life (thearnoldianproject.wordpress.com)
- Debut Poetry Collection Coming From James Franco (artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com)
- Granny Apple Publishing Announces New Book of Poetry, “I Sing in Silence,” by Young MS Sufferer Robyn Taradash (prweb.com)
- A Great Many Plathitudes: The Doom Myth Of Sylvia Plath (thequietus.com)
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