NaPoWriMo (Day 23): With time

 
For the month of April, I’m writing a poem a day from prompts on https://www.napowrimo.net. You can click on the headlines (Day One, etc) to view/add comments. There’s also a list of participants’ sites below the site header.

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And now for our daily (optional) prompt. Today I’d like to challenge you to write a poem in the style of Kay Ryan, whose poems tend to be short and snappy – with a lot of rhyme and soundplay. They also have a deceptive simplicity about them, like proverbs or aphorisms. Once you’ve read a few, you’ll see what I mean. Here’s her “Token Loss,” “Blue China Doorknob,” “Houdini,” and “Crustacean Island.”
 
 
With time
 
With time
we take a trip so shallow,
so deep, so rhythmical,
without pattern or scheme,
something unseen,
down, down, sinking in sand,
treading without knowing
into a trippy sleep
while waking,
not doing anything at all,
without consciousness
of being here,
but wily wishing on stars,
collecting shifting shapes,
a colourful coalescence
of smiles.
 
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, April 23, 2022