Kudos to all the poets out there, hanging in on the 22nd day and Earth Day at that! Also, thanks to the poetry appreciators for reading, commenting, and liking the work!
So, here we go: “And now for our prompt (optional, as always). In honor of today’s being the 22nd day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2022, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that uses repetition. You can repeat a sound, a word, a phrase, or an image, or any combination of things” (compliments of https://www.napowrimo.net/, also known Na/GloPoWriMo.)
Yellow & Blue
California poppies flutter yellow on the hill,
wave like golden sun in sky blue.
Ukraine’s flag, yellow & blue,
billows in the saffron sun,
floats in sapphire sky,
tatters in the fire & smoke.
California poppies flutter free,
a yellow flag of nature in blue sky.
Lemons, yellow on the tree, in the bowl,
in lemonade, a glass of sunshine
on a cerulean day. Cadmium yellow
lemon in a bowl, a blue vase of poppies
doused in yellow light.
Candle—yellow—cobalt votive
vigil for Ukraine. California
poppies flutter free.
Jacquelyn Markham (4/22/2022)
photo credit: https://www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/california-poppy-and-desert-bluebell-flowers-antelope-valley-california,mp176989/
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