Lines on Cabbage – NaPoWriMo 2017 – Day eight – prompt: a poem with lines that repeat

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Lines on Cabbage

 .

I do not know if I go on

as I have begun

as I have begun

go on

.

go on and on

I cannot

see the moon tonight

the moon tonight

I cannot see

 .

a blackbird

on the neighbour’s chimney

on the neighbour’s chimney

a blackbird

there was a blackbird

there was a blackbird

.

on the stove, I am cooking

onions noodles peas and carrots

onions noodles peas and carrots

and some cabbage

.

lines on cabbage

please do not repeat

.

Benita H. Kape © 8.4.2017

 Today’s prompt: And now for our (optional) prompt. Today I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that relies on repetition. It can be repetition of a phrase, or just a word.

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2 thoughts on “Lines on Cabbage – NaPoWriMo 2017 – Day eight – prompt: a poem with lines that repeat

  1. lunas994 says:

    This is so funny. A lovely description of the writing process and that moment when you don’t quite know what you are doing and where you are going, but you keep going anyway. And that last line is hilarious.

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