Today’s host for the last day of the July Open Write is Mike Dombrowski of Michigan. You can read his full prompt here, along with the poems and responses of others. Today, Mike inspires us to write a poem about a time we experienced anxiety, and to include how we overcame it if possible. I chose to write about my mother’s last breath.
Christ Church Cemetery plot shopping
My brother’s cell phone rang. “Hurry.”
We sped, cried, dodging traffic ~
Would we make it in time?
Each second mattered.
Through the front door
To her room
Three last
breaths
Common Threads 