It’s the reason I’m broke
she says
as she makes another purchase.
I’m the one that got swept away
she says
as she mans the sale but buys herself.
But of those who spent and gone,
myself I gave
and given the choice, again I will.
NaPoWriMo 2023. Overheard language.
This prompt challenges you to play around with the idea of overheard language. First, take a look at Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “One Boy Told Me.” It’s delightfully quirky, and reads as a list, more or less, of things that she’s heard the boy of the title – her son, perhaps? – say. Now, write a poem that takes as its starting point something overheard that made you laugh, or something someone told you once that struck you as funny.
NaPoWriMo Day Eleven Prompt
Flipped Serendipity 