Thursday, April 28, 2011

Looking In

I found
a poem
that had

a mirror
in it
and that mirror

looked in
at a mirror
in me

that had
a poem
in it

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This poem was written in response to the mirror poem prompt at NaPoWriMo.

I wrote this one about a week and a half ago. I was in Barnes & Noble doing my usual evening writing. For National Poetry Month, I've been browsing their poetry section and looking at various books. That particular day, I had picked up Poetry in Motion: 100 Poems from the Subways and Buses, and I stumbled across a poem titled "Reflective" by A. R. Ammons. My poem is a mirror of his.

9 comments:

  1. Haha! I love this....I can see some of those poems in you.

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  2. Sheer brilliance. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this one.

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  3. One word - Quality!

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  4. This is brilliant, Mr. Walker. Love the last two stanzas.

    Pamela

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  5. I can see that mirror gleaming!

    well done!!

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  6. Mr. Walker, this is wonderful. I do think poems mirror ourselves. This says it much more eloquenty.

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  7. Thanks to all of you who commented. I'm glad you liked it. I have to give credit where it's due, and that's to the source poem, "Reflective" by A. R. Ammons. While I changed it enough that I don't think anyone would accuse me of plagiarism, especially since I clearly cited it as my inspiration and the source for the mirror poem, it also doesn't feel original (if that makes any sense).

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  8. Interesting take; yes we all are poetry in motion~ We can only reflect our thoughts, our prose~ Nicely Done

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  9. Ella, thanks for stopping by. I like how you said we're all poetry in motion. I hadn't thought of it quite that way, but I like it!

    Richard

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