Perhaps you have someone who you love like a mother. Maybe there’s someone who chides you like a mother. Did that soccer-mom-save on you when you got in that car accident.
Aunts often love you like a mother. Older siblings too.
Or maybe you got an injury that hurts like a mother …!
Today’s prompt is “like a mother”.
My poem today became a checklist poem as I was composing today’s entry …
Not sure if I should just shorten the title to “checklist: momming” …
What do you think? Let me know.
Want to look up a past prompt? Maybe one of my past Pinterest “Ariel’s List”?
I’ve made it easy for you. You can find them in my archive on my Poetry Prompts page.
Took a couple of pages out of CC Willlow’s play book … started loading my poetry memes onto RedBubble (as ArielPacNWpoet) & ShopVida (poet-ariel).
I identify myself as a Pacific Northwest poet. I have been writing poetry since 1976- and yes - I have been using the pen-name Ariel all this time! I can often be found writing in the Willamette Valley, in Pacific forests or along the Coastlines on Oregon.
Let me know what you think ...