Today’s host for the Open Write at http://www.ethicalela.com is Angie Braaten, who inspires us to write On Turning….poems, modeling verse about a particular age after Billy Collins’ On Turning Ten, and then to take it a step further by trying to connect form choice to the foused age. I chose a nonet since I chose to write about turning nine. You can read her full prompt here.
Karma Clogs
When I was nine years old, I wore clogs.
Chocolate brown leather ones, stamped
with daisies. With wooden soles.
I kicked the class bully.
Fourth grade girl drama
met its match with
those weapons!
Karma
clogs.
Common Threads 