You didn’t think I’d let more than a few days of National Poetry Month pass without comment, did you? I celebrated the first week by diving headfirst into Mary Oliver’s latest volume, Blue Horses, which I adored, and also I’m gearing up for leading my session “Found Narratives” at the Mass Poetry Fest in May. Finally, I’m doing my best to participate in the ‘poem a day’ challenge. While I have been taking some of my themes from the challenge they’re hosting at Writers’ Digest, I’ve also been going where my whimsy takes me, so here’s a piece I’m fairly happy with from this month’s early efforts:
Mill Brook, from the Mill Street Bridge, Arlington, MA. Photo by Meg Winikates
Mill Brook
By Meg Winikates, April 2015
Missing the ocean, I have decided
to adopt the brook.
It is not especially approachable,
high-banked and fenced,
a little cantankerous at times
with the culverts and cobblestones
the city has gifted it.
But I am determined
to love its brown burbling,
its occasional patient mallard,
as we all await
the timid spring.
Sea Dreams and Time Machines 
Good on you for doing a 30/30 project. It’s difficult. I’m taking this year off to just read poetry instead of writing it.
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Thanks! It’s both easier and harder than doing the NaNoWriMo 50K: fewer words, but they all need to mean more. Reading sounds like a perfectly delightful option to me–there’s a lot to be said for just taking the month to revel in words without worrying about them. Who are you reading at the moment?
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At the moment, I’m reading through Dylan Thomas, Anne Sexton, “The Making of a Poem” (edited by Mark Strand and Eavan Boland), Noel Crook, Traci Brimhall, and a friend of mine Tyree Daye. A good variety along with some flash fiction. 🙂
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Sounds like a good mixture!
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Absolutely love this poem! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you! 😀
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