NaPoWriMo Days 6 & 7

So much to do, so little time, racing to catch up …

The NaPoWriMo.net prompt for Day 6 was; a poem about food.

Such a huge subject that I didn’t know where to start. In the end, I thought about how different the food I eat today is from my childhood meals. When did ‘traditional British food’ start to change? A little trip down memory lane prompted this haiku:

Tradition destroyed

on the day Mum discovered

Vesta beef curry.

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Day 7’s prompt was: write a Tritina

It’s a poem with 3 x 3 line stanzas + 1 final line.
It doesn’t have to rhyme, but uses 3 repeating end words in the pattern ABC, CAB, BCA, with all 3 end words appearing in the final line.

It felt more like doing a word puzzle than writing a poem, which is probably why I enjoyed doing it!

Universal child

When you last looked out at the night sky

And tried to count all the twinkling stars

Did you wonder who might be looking at you?

Was it possible another you

Was gazing up at a different sky

Seeking a sign of life among distant stars?

How many planets orbit the stars?

A number so vast it will astound you.

Sextillions of worlds, each with its own sky.

You are unique under this sky, but remember you were made from the stars.

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