A ‘puente’ poem
arose anxiously expecting to share her news flushed and anxious for ~Tonight, Tonight~ can't come soon enough expectations arouse him civilian life
W3 poetry prompt
This week’s W3 poetry prompt, hosted by Tanmay Philip, is to:
- Write a โPuenteโ poem;
- The middle stanza should contain the title of a song;
- You can add more words to the middle stanza if you wish.
I selected Smashing Pumpkin’s song ‘Tonight, Tonight’.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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That’s one smooth bridge, nary a bump between stanzas, between anxiousness and hopeful expectations.
๐ ๐๐ป Deanna ๐๐ป ๐ ~ thanks!
Love it! And yay for Smashing Pumpkins. ๐
๐ค๐๐ป Sarah ๐๐ป๐ค ~ they’re the best!
Short but full of noble thoughts. I like this.
๐๐๐ป Lamittan ๐๐ป๐ ~ thank you
~David
Feel most welcome ๐ค๐
Peace! ๐๐ป๐
๐ค๐๐ป Filipa ๐๐ป๐ค
โค โค โค
๐๐ป๐ค Ange ๐ค๐๐ป
Amazing poem, David๐
And that song๐
๐ค๐๐ป Vidah ๐๐ป๐ค ~ thanks, and I agree!
~David
I like the brevity of this. Of course I was thinking immediately of West Side Story, which would also apply. (K)
๐๐๐ป Kerfe ๐๐ป๐ ~ yep!
Wow! โCivilian life!โ Bring it on for all the worldโs combatants! โค
๐งก๐๐ป Cheryl ๐๐ป๐งก
Brilliant poem and choice of song sir! ๐๐๐๐โค๏ธโค๏ธ
๐๐๐ป Ken ๐๐ป๐
One of my favourite Smashing Pumpkins songs. ๐๐๐
Mine tooโฃ๏ธ
Hadn’t listened to it in years until you shared it there today.
I had the album – and I often heard the song on the radio on the way to and from school โค
Cool! ๐๐๐ Had the album too on those ancient devices called C. D’s. Haha! ๐๐
yep – mine was a CD set too! ๐
What nice scenes you showed us! The end of a war and the beginning of domestic bliss. Wonderfully penned, David.
Yes, indeed.
๐ โค Andrew ๐ โค
๐๐๐ป Tanmay ๐๐ป๐
Love how you sweated these thoughts
The embers never fade
Believe
Believe in me
Believe, believe
That life can change
That youโre not stuck in vain
Weโre not the same, weโre different
Tonight
Tonight
Excellent puente guided by captivating lyrics.
๐๐๐ป Abi ๐๐ป๐
๐๐, you are welcome Poet.
So well done David
๐๐๐ป Sadje ๐๐ป๐
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