Friday, November 15, 2013

(Week Twelve) Improvisation #1

of Mary Oliver's "Some Questions You Might Ask"

*It should be noted that I chose this poem more for its calisthenic context. The poem is great generative device/writing exercise.

My Improv':

Is the ocean full, like forests in summer?
Or is it stale and managed, like
the acorn trapped in winter. What of the body:
is it made of elastic, pliable and lithe, like air
across blades of grass? Or is it mere puddles
of rain drying under a cloud shaped like bones?

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