mooncity's wonderful poem from yesterday's prompt:
day 1 of napowrimo. mine with the prompt below
walls of the teeth
i remember the sweat and time
moving transcendent. our bodies swelling
clouds. bellies full of water and acid,
your hands tough and blisters full of
teeth. we rise like smoke, like vapor,
like ghosts without a tail, steam lifting
from a boil. mixing with air is
hard work. small
bits of dust get stuck in our teeth.
we rush for the sun only to be forced
back down toward the earth.
what’s that in your mouth, spit or sweat?
the walls of your teeth are sucking you
dry. keep your eyes on the ground.
aim for the river.For this exercise, resolve some writing demons by using the text of a poem you’ve been struggling with lately. To help explain directions, I’ll be using the lyrics from (Queen) Be(yonce)’s Superpower.
1) Make a Wordle from the text. It will look something like this:
2) Use …
