Apr6Poetry - Ordinary Object

I'm trying something new, taking a risk this month - participating in
#VerseLove with Sarah Donovan,
hoping to write poetry every day this April.









Today's poetry idea was truly a challenge! Here, I thought of an ordinary object; I wrote down a list of 10-20 words about that object. These words were instantly OFF LIMITS for my poem! I had to write a poem using any/all poetic devices that interested me, I could write any style of poem, but I had to NOT use any of those ordinary descriptive words within the poem. Oh my!

Here's a little free verse, with a focus on alliteration...


Ordinary Object

When we were in Washington state
near the water
we waited with other worshipers
for mouth-watering Walleye on wheat
at a weird, wacky takeout window on a wooden boat.
We whispered and wondered

waiting in a winding line

whether it was wise or a waste;
wow, it was wonderful!

Then there's the time that
our toddler talked non-stop
of Thomas the Tank Engine,
so we kept tabs on toy stores, and
after a tip from a trendsetting talent,
traveled across town
for the tiny toy train.

Today's deeply desired delight
once deemed ordinary and dull
now has its due as
dainty, diaphanous, and divine,
the stuff of daydreams!
Its depletion so dire and
our deprivation so disastrous
it is documented in the daily news.
Darn it, what is the deal?!
I desperately need double-ply!