Prompt: Today’s prompt is a poem of negation – yes (or maybe, no), I challenge
you to write a poem that involves describing something in terms of what
it is not, or not like. For example, if you chose a whale as the topic
of your poem, you might have lines like “It does not settle down in
trees at night, cooing/Nor will it fit in your hand.” Happy writing!
It’s never away from a child's mind.
It doesn't move in next door and play drums.
Do not mistake it for thirst: a bad sign.
Warm stones do not fill it. A long face
stares out through the curtain. Do not forget!
Or send your cans, packs, bags or bins away-
Not all of it! Empty, none, zilch...regret.
Third world, that world, not this (our world) we say.
Absent, vacant, lonely cupboards are bare.
Poor Jack Sprat; he wasn't alone. Can't chew
gum - that poor substitute, unworthy fare.
The whole hole of my belly, only fume.
Food doesn't pay the rent or cut or hit.
It will not punish or hate...Don't you see?
Many mouths have nothing to show for it.
Life ain't so peachy when you're hungry.
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