Prompt: Today I challenge you to write a palinode. And what’s that? It’s a poem in which the poet retracts a statement made in an earlier poem. You could take that route or, if you don’t have an actual poetically-expressed statement you want to retract, maybe you could write a poem in which you explain your reasons for changing your mind about something. It could be anything from how you decided that you like anchovies after all to how you decided that annoying girl was actually cool enough that you married her.
I should never have said
"that teenager deserved what they got"
I should never have said
"your baby looked "a little down's"
I should never have said
"if we stay together"
I should never have said
"you have a big butt but that's okay I have wide shoulders"
I should never have said
"just buck up and be a man"
I should never have said
"I'll try harder next time"
I should never have said
"I hated you"
I should never have said
"sticks and stones can break my bones"
but words CAN hurt!
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