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The swarm of sounds tucks into bubbles, muffled echoes of their former selves. The volume lower, you can <i>hide</i> there.</p><p id="1628">You’ve traded the fingers in your ears for a periscope and bunker, and the quietude of</p><p id="1457"><i>alone</i>.</p><p id="2dcf">Even the whales come up for air, their siren-songs, ancient and pure, with tales of the cold down below — they rise up and meet the surface in bursts of white-tipped glory.</p><p id="71d9">I wish the same for you.</p><h2 id="4e9c">About this prompt:</h2><h2 id="75f2">April 11</h2><blockquote id="02f0"><p>National Submarine Day is on April 11 and it celebrates the purchase of the USS Holland, the first modern commissioned submarine. This day is important to the submarine community as it honors the US Navy’s purchase of their first modern submarine, but life underwater isn’t all that glamorous. Often, crews are out at sea for months at a time and return when food supplies run low. Subs can be cramped with te

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dious tasks to complete daily, and some might not always be the best of friends with everybody on board. It’s not just enemies and the sea they have to contend with. — <a href="https://nationaltoday.com/national">National Submarine Day</a></p></blockquote><p id="d705">Write a poem with “submarine” as a metaphor.</p><h2 id="dc46">View all the prompts:</h2><div id="4b79" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-month-long-writing-challenge-163a43c72d07"> <div> <div> <h2>A Month Long Writing Challenge</h2> <div><h3>For NatPoWriMo: The POM hosts a writing challenge for National Poetry Month</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*kDDRP88MSBqStw2DGB6Yug.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

POETRY

Submerge; a Poem for National Poetry Month

#NatPoWriMo, Day 11

Image by David Mark from Pixabay, with filter/adjustments by author

This poem is written as part of a larger effort to write a poem every day for National Poetry Month. Please enjoy this metaphorical, emotive poem.

Submerge

It must be so easy to slip down below, submerge yourself in cooler waters when the surface erupts in chips of white.

It is grayer below. The swarm of sounds tucks into bubbles, muffled echoes of their former selves. The volume lower, you can hide there.

You’ve traded the fingers in your ears for a periscope and bunker, and the quietude of

alone.

Even the whales come up for air, their siren-songs, ancient and pure, with tales of the cold down below — they rise up and meet the surface in bursts of white-tipped glory.

I wish the same for you.

About this prompt:

April 11

National Submarine Day is on April 11 and it celebrates the purchase of the USS Holland, the first modern commissioned submarine. This day is important to the submarine community as it honors the US Navy’s purchase of their first modern submarine, but life underwater isn’t all that glamorous. Often, crews are out at sea for months at a time and return when food supplies run low. Subs can be cramped with tedious tasks to complete daily, and some might not always be the best of friends with everybody on board. It’s not just enemies and the sea they have to contend with. — National Submarine Day