A Golden Shovel Poem
EACH WORD OF THE INSPIRATION POEM APPEARS
AT THE END OF EACH LINE OF THE POEM IT INSPIRES
IN LINE FOR THE LOTTERY
The old man smiled with his
numbers to play
As he slipped inside the liquor
store door he noticed your
List while you waited they listened to the busker’s guitar
“He’s gonna be a star I tell ya! Listen to that
boy!”
As the dreamers print their
combos putting money in the till
A richer tomorrow drowns
the sorrows that were yesterday’s
Harsh nightmare of never being
in the black
Choosing between buying new shoes
or feeding the cat
But no one sees the shoplifter as he suddenly runs
Into the street as the
officer pulls up and gets out
Of his squad car he sees
the promise of tomorrow’s
Youth disappear as quickly
as the robber with the back
Pack stuffed with stolen
snacks sirens blare rattling the door
As more hopeful gamblers
arrive at the store with numbers and
Big noble plans well in
hand Will a win exempt them from evil
Forever protecting their families when they have grown old
And grey? With the smallest
of wins life won’t be as hard
As it is today so for now
everyone wishes everybody else luck
Each lays down a buck
understanding the odds “I ain’t
never gonna win if I’m not in
this here line!" no
matter how poor our prospects we always want more
By Cheryl Crockett
By Cheryl Crockett
- 21 words in the inspiration poem will generate 21 lines which I might arrange in 7 stanzas of 3 lines each
- All words are right justified on my creative work space so I will write lines of poetry knowing with what word they will end
- Forgetting the message of the inspiration poem is necessary because the new poem will be on an entirely different subject (I may keep the theme)
- To justify certain words at the end of each line (so they do not appear forced) a strong rhythm may be required
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