"What's good about my dolls' heads,"
she tells me gravely,
"is that I can rest my chin on them if I get sleepy
while I'm holding them."
What's good about this truck,
I think,
is that you sit right next to me on this bench seat,
your dolls in your lap.
What's good about late March
is that the cherry blossoms look lovely
even on a day as grey as today.
My daughter made this little comment while we were driving home today, and it sounded like the first line of a poem to me. So I tried to write the rest.
What's good about this slice is that you recognized a poetic inspiration and let it grow with your words.
ReplyDeleteCatching snippets of dialogue are great for inspiring writers. This is a great structure. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteIt’s awesome that you’ve been writing so much poetry lately. It’s been years since I’ve attempted to write any.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
This reminds me of The Important Book. I love that it began with your daughter's words. Fun!
ReplyDeleteLove how you took your daughter's innocent comment and turned it into a poem.
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