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Call and Response Poetry Spares
I quite enjoyed writing these two line poems for the Bantu contest - the idea of the call and response with two different statements but the same sensory response to each line. A bit like a game of Mallets Mallet (for those that remember the 1980s/1990s word association game for children :)
So here are the spare ones I didn't enter
Sparkling spider web on the branches
The sun in my eyes
The howl of the wolf
The descent into dreams
Ladybird on the stem
Polka dot dress
Star strewn night sky
Visits from dearly departed
Wind whips and wails
Busy head can't keep up
Newly planted trees
My children's children's shade
Pain from a sprained ankle
Stretched elastic
Tired eyes closing
Graceful birds fly overhead
Splay fingers of hand
Tree root steps on hillside
Plates stacked for washing
Clock has stopped
Chairs in disarray
Fence fallen down
Empty boxes of cereal
Echoes in the arches
Swing as high as the sky
Daisy chain falls to the ground
Swim to the shore
Reach for your hand
Drink from the bottle
Tilt head back and laugh
Chandelier above me
The tears of the stoic
A warm breeze
A faded memory
Distant thunder rumbles
Cooking pot needs turning down
Coat hanger absent of clothes
Collar bone awaiting necklace
Mirror faces the wall, no reflection
Cry out in empty house
Long grass on third dry day
Feathers float to earth
Fractals on puddles
Child's drawings
Old newspapers folded and stacked
First pancake on Shrove Tuesday
Handlebars of bicycle
Jolt in dreams first moment
Wallpaper repeating pattern
Scanning the crowd for familiar face
Boot stuck in the mud
Indecision
Wind whistling in trees
Chatter before the show starts
Spotting a door ajar
Your name heard on the breeze
Diving into a pool
The last moments of a nightmare
Broken piece of tree bark
Hair tangled from the pool
Wearing new shoes
Being amongst back stabbers
A pot of cold custard
Remembering a mistake
Washing your hands
Stones at the base of a waterfall
Opening a tin
A lurch in your stomach from a bad memory
Walking on new carpet with bare feet
Hesitation choosing a cake
Smoke from a chimney
November 6th
Tweeting birds in the morning
Finishing a payphone conversation before the beep
Creating a hashtag
Writing a Bantu
Viewing a sunset
Hearing you got the grades
Viewing a sculpture
Hands placed on shoulders
Viewing a new painting you like
Magic carpet ride
Chopping onions
Dashing for the train
Opening a pistachio nut
Putting on the snitch (door lock)
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