As with yesterday's prompt, the season begs for a poem about leaves. My 2-year-old son loves stomping through crunchy ones, of course. Once, a couple of years ago, I found a pink €50 note camouflaged in a pile of autumn leaves. Who doesn't love watching a leaf fall from the sky at this time of the year? And who doesn't feel slightly pained at the look of a pile of them squelched into mulch underfoot as the season wears on?
You could also write about sticky springtime leaves just beginning to bud, or glorious lushly green summer leaves at the peak of their existence.
But what struck me about this prompt is, again, the possibility for multiple meaning. "Leaves", of course, is also a present indicative verb. You might want to weave these two concepts together, or just stick with one. Either way, we look forward to seeing the results.
Word prompts
crisp
saffron
emerald
living
rasp
Remember, our prompts are only suggestions; you can find your inspiration wherever your muse leads you. Please visit the other participants' work, share the hashtag #OctPoWriMo on social media, and share your link in the comments below. Let us know how this journey into poetry is going for you.
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Today's poem If Umbrage Were an Umbrella
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Hi there, I've come via Punam and have responded to a couple of your prompts. Am totally enjoying it, thanks!
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I am very late in writing a lot of poems. I'm still working on them. Here is one that could fit this prompt, so I'm leaving it here. https://dawnsnight.wordpress.com/2021/10/17/autumn-4/
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