<![CDATA[NaPoWriMo: Day 9 – Calligram]]>[Our prompt for the day (optional, as always) plays of our resources. Today, I challenge you to write a visual poem. If that’s not specific enough, perhaps you can try your hand at a calligram? That’s a poem or other text in which the words are arranged into a specific shape or image.]
Waterless
a
drop
of water
might seem to be
inconsequential but in
these times of incessant drought
even one single solitary drop of water
might feel like a tsunamic wave to the
person who has not seen any sign
of liquid refreshment for weeks
especially if you offer to place
place said drop on
their tongue
[To continue to the next poem, an abecedarian, where each line starts with the next letter of the alphabet, click here]
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