The Cedar (NaPoWriMo #0 – the early bird special)

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National Poetry Month is back! I’ll be selectively participating in a number of poetry prompts this month. Here is my entry for the ‘early bird’ prompt from napowrimo.net.

Pick a word from the list below and write poem titled either “A [the word]” or “The [the word]” in which you explore the meaning of the word, or some memory you have of it, as if you were writing an illustrative/alternative definition.

Cage, Ocean, Time, Cedar, Window, Sword, Flute

napowrimo.net

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The Cedar

Once tall and proud, now a creaky chest full of old, layered, memories all but forgotten. An old soccer uniform. A painted tee with a kindergartner’s hand print. A pair of odd gloves that long lost their mates, but seem to have come to accept their new partner. A bow tie and suspenders from a wedding already three decades passed. And a whole collection of clothes that grew too small or went out of style or were simply stored away for a season and forgotten. All preserved against moisture, and moths, and must, and all but the passing of time.

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Be well,

Monty

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