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NaPoWriMo #8

In your poem for today, use a simple phrase repeatedly, and then make statements that invert or contradict that phrase.

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I was not the storm
I was the field it crossed
flattened corn
a bent fence post
a dead (drowned?) vole
the dog that wouldn’t come inside

I was not the storm
I was what it left
mud thick as argument
the oak split to its heartwood
a door hanging on one hinge

I was not the storm
I was the sky after
that particular blue
with no mercy in it

I was not the storm
just the year it changed everything
a window left open
water on every floor​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Prompt Inspiration

Via NaPoWriMo

In his poem, “Poet, No Thanks,” Jean D’Amérique repeats the phrase “I wasn’t a poet” multiple times, while describing other things that he instead claims to have been.

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