Composed 5/12/13
Description: I recently stumbled across another poetry contest that really sparked my interest with its prompt. The post described a study that found that “twenty-three words still in use today have survived mostly unchanged from the end of the last ice age.” The blogger then went onto list these words: I, we, thou, ye, who, this, that, what, mother, male/man, not, old, black, worm, bark, hand, ashes, fire, to give, to pull, to spit, to flow, and to hear. The challenge was to create a poem using at least fifteen of these words in less than 12 lines. It sounded fun, so I gave it a shot! I hope you like the results.
Also, be sure to check out the contest and poemelf’s awesome blog! She has such a cool project, and, if you like poetry, I’m sure you’ll love her blog.
I hear those folks who say
My man’s heart is old and black
That it burned out in the fire
And all that’s left of it is ash
But I know what his heart’s like
Because he gave me that warm hand
And asked me not to leave him
When I said “I understand”
He just needed me to pull
His heart strings soft like this
To let his love-song flow
To grant my one true wish
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