POETRY

Year to Year

Sunrise, a new day begins- never-ending poem response

the work, by sunrise make it half-complete the feeding for sure, at the very least for nothing comes before the hungry

your body knows this crunching through hardened snow your body knows this dripping from leaking lofts and autumn darkness your body knows —

automatically scoops grains in buckets the right amount of supplements the hay through barn windows baskets, rusted spiders awaken by your gloved touch

mucking through stiff joints aged noticeably year to year both yours and the sleepy horses’.

© Samantha Lazar 2020

Thank you for reading. I’m a teaching and writing mom. I write poetry, fiction, and essays in celebration of being a Mom, Wife, Educator, Writer, & Lover of Life. ❤POM❤ Follow my 2020 Sky Collection Project!

Thank you to Lynne Nardizzi for her poetry prompt for the never-ending poem!

And now it’s my turn to invite 10 poets with a new prompt:

Running

Come and join the fun!

Jenny Justice Ashwini Dodani Erika Burkhalter Christina M. Ward Lora Lucente Priyanka Srivastava Shringi Kumari Anna Rozwadowska Tapan Avasthi guérin

This is how it works: write a poem on my theme of Running, and then come up with a new prompt and tag 10 poets and continue the Never-Ending Poem!