Mood:
happyNow Playing: The Lady and the Unicorn - audiobook
Topic: poetry
After an April Rain
water filled gullies
mining long finished
my heart laid open
discarded the same way
the men walked miles
to find themselves in the desert
along the Platte river
flowing north then east
the coarse line of the Mosquito Range
like the pattern of their wanderings
in search of earth’s promise
their histories washed away
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I had to do some research for this one. Inspiration was sparked by readwritepoem's random word generator. The word was discard. I did a free write for a few minutes and then my thoughts came together. I wanted to write about the rain and use the word "gully." Of course, I looked it up just to make sure it was a real word! That lead me down a whole path about mining and Colorado. I was reminded of the movie There Will Be Blood and the cold, rugged nature of the work and landscape. I hope all of that came through, or at least the piece makes some sense. Well, I have some catching up to do for NaPoWriMo... but this is a good start!
