The Poetry Stash: 8November2024

Morning Walk by Joyce Sutphen

Today’s selection is the poem, “Morning Walk” by Joyce Sutphen, film by Zack Grant from Motionpoems on Vimeo. To view the poem-video, click here.

Morning Walk by Joyce Sutphen

The air is fresh this morning—
and I am walking fast.

Hey listen! My bones are happy
inside my skin; my fingers

are snapping so I add
a step or two—a skip

step, step, and step aside.
I can almost forget

that I have what I have,
but I never do. I notice

the wind shaking hands
with the branches; the sky

threading blue through my
eyes. This is how I’d like

you to remember me: from
the inside out; back when

my heart was folded
so neatly under my ribs.

Uploaded on Jul 11, 2022 at 11:45 am by Motionpoems

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “Hey listen!”
2.	Begin with “I never do…”
3.	Go for a walk then immediately draft a poem.
4.	Pick a favorite poem or one of your own and make a video that is inspired by the poem. Add an audio track that includes you reciting the poem.

5. Photo by Eren Li via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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