This poem is part of the NaPoWriMo 2024 challenge to write a poem a day in April. This is the prompt for April 2.
Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a platonic love poem. In other words, a poem not about a romantic partner, but some other kind of love – your love for your sister, or a friend, or even your love for a really good Chicago deep dish pizza. The poem should be written directly to the object of your affections (like a letter is written to “you”), and should describe at least three memories of you engaging with that person/thing.
Nose on high alert, sniffing every nook, A furry detective on a mission. This happens most Saturdays at the lake. Then, I sit on a bench, you at my feet. We watch the geese clack their beaks, stretch their wings, Waddle out of the water with their young Following close behind with squeaks and grunts; Mother goose with loving side-eye glances. Another day, trouble found you ready, Disguised as a nest of fluffy rabbits. You …