Poetry Sisters Look Back

It's another looking back month in our year of hindsight/foresight. I chose to revisit a poem from April 2019.  While I didn't revise or talk back to that poem, I did take another stab at the form. In that challenge, we wrote anagram poems. The challenge was inspired by the poem A Garden to Gander, written by Linda Baie of Teacher Dance. Linda's poem included two anagrams in each line. I wanted to play with this idea a bit more. Instead of using words as I did the first time around, my new poem largely uses phrases.

Thoughts on a Sleepless Night 

I went to bed dreaming of 

poems, words, anagrams  

I woke with questions ...

   Is the astronomer just a moon starer? 

   In a cat's dream, are there rats and mice? 

   Is a gentleman always an elegant man? 

   Will asteroid threats be a disaster to Earth? 

   When the eyes are closed, what do they see? 

   When voices rant on in conversation, 

        must you be silent and listen? 

  Are election results lies? (Let's recount!)

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2020. All rights reserved.

You can read the pieces written by my Poetry Sisters at the links below. As usual, life has gotten in the way for some folks, but they'll be back for other challenges. 

• Tanita Davis
• Rebecca Holmes
• Sara Lewis Holmes
• Kelly Ramsdell
• Laura Purdie Salas
• Liz Garton Scanlon
• Andi Sibley

I do hope you'll take some time to check out all the wonderful poetic things being shared and collected today by Carol of Carol's Corner. Happy poetry Friday friends!