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 Poems for years 4 and 5 of the Promptly Poetry Challenge. |
| A year's worth of poems, every week for 52 weeks, spanning 2023 and 2024, plus the year following, from August 2024 to August 2025 (provided I live that long, of course). |
| Waiting Room Choose a seat and sit down back against the wall defensive the waiting room earns its name and now you’re caught unknown forces debate your fate and you await the call. Look around but never linger don’t stare at others waiting glances must not meet watch the clock ceilings are good especially if panelled there’s silence there a place to rest the eye. A clock on the wall with second hand ticking through the moments identical its circular journey excuse to stare long after noting the time. Just as the hands need placement so the eyes move on you know the scene you check your fellow sufferers as the summoned depart suddenly energised with fresh hope a subtle countdown to hasten your turn. You’re a fortress isolate upon a peak distant, unmoved, bearing the weight of time unaffected by the world while your mind seeks change anything that moves and still you’re still defenses up and fortified against eternal time slowing to a crawl. Line count: 40 Free verse For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 46 Prompt: Write about the feelings you experience or things you notice while waiting for something. |
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