It’s been a while since I’ve written a tritina
with all of its circular movements
that begs me a story.
Even when tongue tied, it drags out a story
from within me. How have you been, tritina?
Let’s play new movements
together. By song or dance, we’ll let movements
paint the world, and us, a new story.
Then we’ll know you, tritina.
Tritina, let’s dance to the movements in our story.
NaPoWriMo 2023. A poem addressing the poem.
some aspect of its self (i.e., “Dear Poem,” or “what are my quatrains up to?”; “Couplet, come with me . . .”) This might seem a little “meta” at first, or even kind of cheesy. But it can be a great way of interrogating (or at least, asking polite questions) of your own writing process and the motivations you have for writing, and the motivations you ascribe to your readers.
NaPoWriMo Day Twelve Prompt
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