Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Cento for NWCU

You are young, so young,
I can walk through lonely aisles
Always finding what I want in you.
The words aren’t right.
They never could be.
I held you too tight
And you slipped through my hands.
I poured myself into you.

Stroll with me in green -
Hard rain falls
Our twilight spins
Lost in constellation.
The fire whispers
Background jazz.
Pasts forgotten
I kiss you in your sleep.
Bright stars dimmer in the cold.


Prompt from Wednesday Wake-Up Call 26.12.12 Collage to Close the Year. We were challenged to create a work from other works throughout the year.  I chose to write a cento from my two collections, Night Poems and Haiku in the Night.

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  1. Wow Ben..what a wonderful collage of words from your own work. So beautiful!!

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    1. Thank you so much, Susie. I always feel honored when you like my poems.

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  2. Lovely words Ben! Thank you for being up for the challenge. :-)

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  3. This sounds like music rather than poetry. Good example of both!

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    1. Thanks, Heather! I often think of music and poetry as one in the same.

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  4. So Beautiful Ben... "stroll with me in green" ..... ahhhhh

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  5. When the cento uses lines from the same poet, especially yourself, it flows seamlessly.

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