Kivas of Gran Quivira
Photo by New Mexico National Park Service
sometimes I sit alone and consider
family expeditions of spent years
thanks to a secret wanderlust within
my father liked to travel far and wide
once upon a time in New Mexico
he took us on a journey to a place
the Gran Quivira, home of a lost tribe
the Pueblo Indians of an era past
with the blink of eyes, now gone forever
seeing shadows of a time forgotten
contemplating the mournful, strangled farewell
of those whose light was dimmed, their words silenced
their sacred meeting place lay long-buried
deep beneath the mud upon the mesa
I can't recall my age, six or seven
on that day I gazed far into the past
without even a spyglass to aid me
without an easel to paint a picture
I took no sample when we beat it home
sometimes I sit in bed with all my books
sometimes tap out a rhythm on my desk
I miss you, Dad, but the lessons you taught
are forever within my mind and soul
~ornery owl~
prompts
Prompt: Write a poem about a memory. The poem should not be mournful like an elegy. If possible, write it in the blank verse form.
I did well adhering to ten syllables per line but my iambic pentameter may be shaky. It came to the point where it was all starting to sound like blah-blah-blah, so I just concentrated on getting the right number of syllables.
Poetry Soup's syllable counter has been given the sack. I discovered the following syllable counter while Poetry Soup's website was down and I greatly prefer it.
Prompt:
Write a nature poem. The Gran Quivira ruins show how the Pueblo Indians built their homes in harmony with nature.
Prompt Theme:
Explore
Prompt:
Light
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