Preposition Poem At the Junkyard

On one sultry August day
In a clearing in the woods
Within a long delay
for salvaged auto goods
Amid decaying vans, under glaring sun
High above one ant, homebound, on the run...
   Along a rugged trail
   of micro hill and dale
   Between pebbles and sprigs
   Over shards and twigs
   For seconds brief, beneath a leaf
   ‘Round a rock, willy nilly
   Root outcrop, dilly dally;
   Up the maple, fast
   With head-on-haul in grasp
   In and out of bark
   Inside crevice, dark
   Astride the edge, at last
   Across a lichen patch
   Behind broad leaves of dark green hue —
To my chagrin, beyond my view;
Out from under the shade
Into the open glade
Within the reflective collage
of glinting metals and shards
Beneath the tranquil sky — recharged!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Watt Avatar
November 23, 2021 at 10:55 PM
Hannah, you must have put a lot of time into this one, it's like a Wikipedia of prepositions describing the ant's long journey home. I just love how you start each line with one and even have others midline. Enjoyed this very much, and shall return when I need some preposition inspiration.
Borke Avatar
June 10, 2022 at 8:58 AM
Thanks for your comment. I just noticed it now. And you are correct; I labored over it.
Gauthier Avatar
November 10, 2019 at 3:09 PM
A pleasure to read, Hannah.
Borke Avatar
November 10, 2019 at 4:04 PM
Special thanks. This poem is the result of years of continuous editing.
Dietrich Avatar
March 23, 2018 at 5:45 PM
Thanks for your sweet comment on my recent poetry. I can't find one of yours I have not seen. Came to your second best one at Soup and found I already visited this one before as well. HOpe to see a new one from you soon!
Dietrich Avatar
October 20, 2017 at 7:50 PM
AHA!! Very smartly done. AS a grammar and ESL teacher , I can very much appreciate this one and also its descriptiveness.
Borke Avatar
October 21, 2017 at 9:06 PM
I worked so so so hard on this to make it work. When all is said and done, it's a boring poem, and needs improvement. Thanks for commenting.
Schiavina Avatar
August 15, 2017 at 1:39 PM
Inspiring! You make the usual sound great and how well it rhymes.
Borke Avatar
August 15, 2017 at 1:50 PM
Sometimes we give comments in order to get comments. Not in this case. I'm truly enamored by your talent. (Remember for my future compliments to you -- you don't owe me one for one.)
Raynes Avatar
August 7, 2017 at 8:47 AM
This is such a nice poem, got the feels heaps, thanks, I might try writing like this too.
Borke Avatar
August 7, 2017 at 8:54 AM
Thanks. I especially appreciate the compliment because this poem didn't come easy.
Flats Avatar
July 20, 2017 at 7:56 PM
Otay, I think I'm catching on to the the prep thing. I'm dense, but I do so like the willy nilly dilly dally things. Plus, I owned a salvage yard once so I felt right at home here;-) Yer taxin' my ventricles kid, but it sure is fun!
Borke Avatar
July 23, 2017 at 3:52 PM
Well, it got fixin! (And limericks got nixen - for being silly more than funny)
Flats Avatar
July 20, 2017 at 9:18 PM
Poem don't need fixin! I's kidding about the prepositions & propositions. Please, don't take much I say seriously, 'cept when I say I like something or when I say I'm having fun!
Borke Avatar
July 20, 2017 at 8:31 PM
You're right. This poem is forced and compact. I'll try to fix it one day
Swartz Avatar
July 16, 2017 at 11:17 PM
I really like this one. You have a unique talent and a special voice. You don't need to be college educated to write (i dropped out). You just need your words to tell your story and all of your poems are wonderful. Please keep writing and keep sharing with us.
Borke Avatar
July 17, 2017 at 10:22 AM
Thank you for being so encouraging!
Turner Avatar
June 15, 2017 at 4:28 PM
Your words carry a natural flow, Hannah. Another enjoyable read.
Borke Avatar
June 15, 2017 at 5:30 PM
That is actually amazing, because it belies how unnatural it was. I toiled over this one.
Medders Tobechi Avatar
June 12, 2017 at 12:58 PM
I like the meter of this poem. Well written. I don;t know what poem you feel was my inspiration, your new one? Blessings, Janis.
Borke Avatar
June 12, 2017 at 1:07 PM
I was referring to my poem "Selfie Querie", posted yesterday (originally titled 'Be At It Like an Addict), in which I compared the unwritten poem to a soul not born, etc; which is the same concept as your, "The Poem I Lost".
Sands Avatar
May 25, 2017 at 7:50 AM
Wow this one is amazing. Well done Hannah :)
Hauser  Avatar
May 16, 2017 at 6:27 PM
I think this is a great poem! The way your rhymes flow is impressive....please keep writing .
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