Posts Tagged ‘Contrasts’
And so, NaPoWriMo time again (cf. April 15, just below), or today’s poetry challenge had to do with contrasts. In short: Write a poem in which you closely describe an object or place, and then end with a much more abstract line that doesn’t seemingly have anything to do with that object or place, but which, of course, really does. That is, concrete vs. abstract, the example they gave concentrating on sharp, sensual images seen relaxing on a summer day, with an ending line on wasting one’s life.
Having relaxed too much, then, one supposes? The ideas are connected — if unexpected.
And so it came to me, having already used three or so prompts to write poems about my cat, why not (sigh) again. But this time a great ending line came to me too! Even if, perhaps, mildly repulsive, but that’s pets too, isn’t it — anyway, sometimes?
Thus, tipping one’s hat to the Goth Cat Triana (“black-cloud-over-snow cat” being, I understand, a Chinese term for this particular kind of cat):
TRIANA
The “Goth” cat, but graceful, too,
slinking, stalking,
brave and skilled huntress,
silent feet, tiptoes,
“black-cloud-over-snow” cat,
darker than coal, but
white chest, tummy, feet too,
dark and light face and chin.
Comical sometimes
but beautiful as she purrs,
yawns, gets up, saunters.
I wonder how mice taste.
jamesdorrwriter 