Day 2 prompt is based on this poem by Claire Wahmanholm, which transforms the natural world into an unsettled dream-place. One way it does this is by asking questions – literally. The poem not only contains questions, but ends on a question. Today, we have been challenged to write a poem that similarly resists closure by ending on a question, inviting the reader to continue the process of reading (and, in some ways, writing) the poem even after the poem ends.

Here’s my poem that revolves around questions 🙂

 

 

Poem: A hundred and one

A hundred and one reasons

Didn’t you say you have…to love me?

 

A hundred and one excuses

Didn’t I feel you have…to walk away from me?

 

A hundred and one explanations

Didn’t you give…for your insolence?

 

A hundred and one misconceptions

Didn’t we have…to split our relationship?

 

A hundred and one grounds

Didn’t we have…to be always upset?

 

A hundred and one emotions

Didn’t you evoke…all those years?

 

A hundred and one expectations

Didn’t we always have…from each other?

 

A hundred and one challenges

Didn’t we face…together in those times?

 

A hundred and one smiles

Didn’t we share…when we were together?

 

A hundred and one milestones

Didn’t we plan…to achieve as a couple?

 

A hundred and one time

Didn’t we regret… and feel apologetic?

 

A hundred and one chances

Didn’t life give us…to squeeze happiness?

 

A hundred and one motives

Can’t we find…to be again together?

 

©Vandana Bhasin

 

 

 

 

 

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