source: Transforming a Fake Reality into Real Drama
Fireflies light up the meadows, transforming
Fields into a galaxy hugging the earth, where a
Constellation mirrors Orion, luring owls in their hunt to fake
Nests where sleeping mice feel safe in reality.
Ferrets, sloths, pangolins wander lighted grass streets into
A confusing dreamland where prey hide in real
Time, welcoming an escape from life or death drama.
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I’m continuing to use Terrance Hayes’s Golden Shovel poem format, as proposed by the Sunday New York Times "At Home" section, for 30 Poems in 30 Days during National Poetry Month.
Take a newspaper headline that attracts you.
Use each word in the line as the end word for each line in your poem.
Keep the end words in order.
Describe the story that the headline is for.
The poem does not have to be about the same subject as the headline that creates the end words.
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