In The Desert
(based on animated version
of “Seductive Fantasy” by
Sun Ra and his Arkestra)
round the moon
in any shape
or
colour
blowing apart
nothing
comes
back in its
original
form
each note
each beat
the
rythm
going on
multi-tasking
round the moon
multi-dimensional
a raindrop
in the desert
from a corner
I’ve never been
to
or
for
round the moon
and more
in so many many many
shapes shapes shapes
and colours colours colours
Benita H. Kape (c) 1.4.2021
Notes: And without further ado, our daily prompt (optional, as always)! Sometimes, writing poetry is a matter of getting outside of your own head, and learning to see the world in a new way. To an extent, you have to “derange” yourself – make the world strange, and see it as a stranger might. To help you do that, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem inspired by this animated version of “Seductive Fantasy” by Sun Ra and his Arkestra. If you don’t feel after watching it a little bit like the top of your head’s been taken off, and your thoughts given a good stir – well, maybe you are already living in a state of heightened poetic awareness!
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