Painted Desert Memory
The painted desert glowed rose red in the sunset
when we drove west & you were so young
with your auburn hair.
Jacquelyn Markham (4/11/2024)
Today, Day 11 of the poem-a-day challenge in honor of National Poetry Month, 2024, we were encouraged by Napowrimo.net to write a one line poem: “our optional prompt for the day honors the “ones” in the number 11.”
Maureen Thorsen writes: “Today, we’d like to challenge you to write either a monostich, which is a one-line poem, or a poem made up of one-liner style jokes/sentiments.” This prompt sends us to Writer’s Digest where we find a different prompt and an example of monostich (a one line poem) by Robert Lee Brewer.
Regret
by Robert Lee Brewer
I hold a chip bag that only holds crumbs.
That’s a sad story, Robert, but I think mine is even sadder or at least nostalgic!
By the way, if you want to check out the prompts at Writer’s Digest, curated by Robert Lee Brewer, you can find them here:
Robert’s prompt for today is: “For today’s prompt, write a memory poem. The poem could conjure up an actual memory that you have from your childhood, or last week, or earlier this morning. Or the memory could be made up. Or the memory is just a starting point for a completely different poem. Your memories, your poems.”
I combined the two prompts for a one-liner memory poem. Hope you like it!
Jacquelyn Markham, poet & writer, author of Rainbow Warrior, Finishing Line Press (2023), Peering Into the Iris: An Ancestral Journey and China Baby, among other titles.
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