I’ve been reading Kyle Vaughn’s Lightning Paths: 75 Poetry Writing Exercises, (available on Amazon, linked on title or here on NCTE), which inspired me to delve into another book study of poetry forms and responses. I’ll be making my way through the exercises and prompts between now and the end of the year.
56 -Year-Old's Dream Weekend
Smooth cotton pajamas
the stretchy kind
Fresh, clean sheets
air-dried on the breeze
Soap-scented showered
softness,
fluffy-towel-dried and
wrapped in a
Warm, fleecy blanket
still, relaxed breathing
drifting off to sleep
dog snuggled close
no worries
no alarm set
for tomorrow
Common Threads 