Some days writing feels hard. Even when there is an interesting prompt, there are days when the words seem to be hiding. This has been one of those days for me.

With Angie’s invitation at #verselove, I used Clint Smith’s poem, No More Elegies Today to frame my poem, to get me started. Maybe this is one of those pieces I will return to on another day and find my way to another place with it.

Today I will Write a Poem

Today I will write a poem about writing

It will not dwell in the challenges of deciding on a topic

or the many chores that suddenly need my attention (instead of writing)

It will not illuminate the scribbled out words

or the dead end paths started but not followed

Instead

It will be a poem about how writing can be

the rainbow that colored my way to work this morning

reframing a Monday with scarlets, tangerines, indigos, and violets

It will use words as shovels and hoes

digging up the rich loam of meaning

sowing the possibility of a seed taking root

It will take me out of my writing funk long enough

so that

Today I will write a poem