On Pens & Ideas for Poems

NaPoWriMo 5 April: “…write a poem in which you talk about disliking something – particularly something utterly innocuous, like clover. Be over the top! Be a bit silly and overdramatic.”

 My thoughts, upon reading today’s prompt: “Silly? Overdramatic? I thought she’d never ask…”

On Pens & Ideas for Poems, by Elizabeth Boquet

You know how pens just laze around,
but when you need them, can’t be found?
Without a pen, thoughts hop and skip,
like rocks across a pond that dip,
and try to swim around—but drown,
since nobody can write them down.