Thirsty — after Jo Dee Messina, Bring on the Rain (a golden shovel poem)

I am tired of fighting tomorrow’s 

battles, today, of thinking too long on another

possible outcome for conflict, I need a day 

of white flags, doused in gasoline and 

excuses piled up, set ablaze. I’m 

not ready to lay down tonight, too thirsty 

to swallow more words — can’t sleep anyway. 

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POETIC FORM

golden shovel – Take a line (or lines) from a poem you like. Use each word as an end word in your poem. Keep the end words in order. Credit the original poet, ie. “-after (poet)”.

POEM A DAY NOVEMBER 2015 – PROMPT:

For today’s prompt, write a submerged poem.

For more information, check out– http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2015-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-8.