I’ve recently discovered the huge community of blogger-poets, many of whom make creative use of\u00a0poetry prompts. Basically,\u00a0inspirational poetry prompts are posted at a regular time and place, giving whoever chooses to use them a jumping off point for\u00a0… whatever.<\/p>\n
The prompt can be just about anything — a word or three or five, a photo, or even another poem.\u00a0 And it’s often fascinating to see where any given prompt takes twenty, thirty or even several dozen individual\u00a0poets.<\/p>\n
I tend to post the fruit of those prompts on my non-political humor blog.<\/a> But my latest\u00a0haiku, inspired by\u00a0the prompt “closeness”<\/a> is way too political to land anywhere but here.\u00a0 (Needless to say, my fellow poets took their verse in a rather less cynical direction.)\u00a0<\/p>\n “It’s too close to call,” (If you’re interested in poetry prompts, here are some\u00a0blogs that regularly post them:\u00a0Blog Friday<\/a>; Haiku: One Deep Breath<\/a>; Inspire Me Thursday<\/a>; Little Nibbler<\/a>; Miss Rumphius Effect<\/a>; Poefusion<\/a>; Poetic Asides<\/a>; Sunday Scribblings<\/a>; Totally Optional Prompts<\/a>; and Weekend Wordsmith<\/a>.)<\/p>\n
\nWhen said of elections, means
\n“Close enough to steal.”<\/p>\n