2014 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 23
For today’s prompt, write an alone poem. Some people covet “alone time.” Others prefer not to be left alone. Many like a certain balance. But this doesn’t have to just…
For today's prompt, write an alone poem. Some people covet "alone time." Others prefer not to be left alone. Many like a certain balance. But this doesn't have to just be about people. Maybe a forest wishes to be left alone, or there is a product left alone on a store shelf (how the children's story "Corduroy" begins).
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Here's my attempt at an Alone poem:
"gadgets"
as long as I have my internet connection
& smart phone I have this feeling that I can't
possibly be alone. I consider going into hiding
until I remember my faith & the fact that even
before the internet I was never alone & ditching
all my gadgets & connections won't change that.
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