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Prompt: Epithalamium (Epithalamion) (now THAT’s a mouthful)
Breathe
If
You’re a little nervous
Like a gangly
Little teen,
Don’t
Think too much about it.
It will be what
It will be.
You’ve
seen him “in the flesh”; it’s
Nothing new,
Nothing pristine.
But,
Still, it’s somehow different
Now that you are
Wearing rings.
You
Just savor the moment,
Holding hands, and then
Just breathe.
©2012 yahneverknow
When I read the prompt, I immediately thought of a shivaree. If you’ve ever seen the musical Oklahoma, you’ve seen an American pioneer version, which is much less a punishment than a celebration through noisy gentle hazing. I tried to capture the pot-clanging whooping and hollering and teasing in a poem and failed miserably. Then this came out; it’s so quiet, quite the opposite.
Confusion: I really wanted to write teen as ‘teen, but I didn’t know why.
More info on NaPoWriMo2012
(National Poetry Writing Month 2012)
I didn’t have to read about the prompt. Sure I did.
I like it. You did good. It’s gentle.
Regards,
:)
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