outside is a tree in which the birds hide
hide from cats and other such things outside
inside is a room where I can hide
hide from the outside world here inside
room like a womb and sometimes a tomb
tomb for lost dreams in my head and my room
notes
I don't have my tree up and it isn't snowing right now. The image is from December 2020. It's kind of blurry so I don't know why you'd want to use it, but if you do, please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl.
Here's today's prompt:
Describe what you see out the window. Now, go outside and describe what you see looking in through that window. Write a poem about the similarities and differences.
The Mirror Sestet might work well with this prompt.
The Mirror Sestet, created by Shelley A. Cephas, is a poem that can be written in one or more stanzas of 6 lines each. The specific guidelines for this form are as follows:
The first word of line 1 rhymes with the last word of line 1.
The first word of line 2 is the last word of line 1
and the last word of line 2 is the 1st word of line 1.
The first word of line 3 rhymes with the last word of line 3.
The first word of line 4 is the last word of line 3
and the last word of line 4 is the 1st word of line 3.
The first word of line 5 rhymes with the last word of line 5.
The first word of line 6 is the last word of line 5
and the last word of line 6 is the 1st word of line 5.
The Mirror Sestet can also be written in non-rhyme.
All rules must be followed except there is no 1st and last word rhyming.
I feel like I'm fighting off a cold. I'm betting my blood sugar will be a bit high when I do my morning fasting glucose reading. Nothing alarming, probably somewhere in the high 130s to 150s. It usually runs a little high when I'm fighting an infection. Also, I had snot dripping in my CPAP mask. Very lovely.
~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~
Image by koniciva2011 from Pixabay
Ornery Owl wishes she were better at sleeping.
Here's some soothing Halloween music. Don't say I never gave you nothing.
