P - Prompts and Preludes

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P - Prompts and Preludes 

A common poetry prompt is to take a line from another poem and use it as inspiration for a new one. 

I chose the last line of T. S. Eliot's Preludes, making this a double P post.  Some of the words are taken from his The Waste Land, referenced in the last line.

Inspiration: Thoughts of a dry brain in a dry season.


My arid soul

cries out for moisture.

My heart,

a dry stone.


Unloved.

Unloving.

Withered.


I look for water

in sand and stone.


Too long I’ve been

without.


A Wasteland

©2024 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved


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  1. AnonymousApril 18, 2024 at 11:04 AM

    I like this prompt. I've used it several times.
    Jamie (jannghi.blogspot.com)

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  2. Ronel Janse van VuurenMay 2, 2024 at 6:27 AM

    Wow. That's all I can say... Wow.

    Ronel visiting for P: My Languishing TBR: P
    Gremlins

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