Swirling turmoil
Life as I know it is gone
Elemental loss
∞
A friend Memoirsofadragon, took a poetry workshop and had to write a poem in TWO minutes on the following topic:
When the air is unbreathable
And the water is undrinkable
And the land is intolerable, I will:
I decided that my life this week wasn’t stressful enough (LOL) and I should try this challenge. So I grabbed a timer, set my shoulders, and pressed the start button.
True to form, my philosophy of life kicked right in: When in doubt, FREAK OUT. Wow, I was stressed. Nothing. My head screamed “I’m in turmoil”!
A-ha. When in doubt, turn to haiku!
I am in turmoil
Now what? My head said, gracious, life as I know it is gone.
A-ha
Life as I know it is gone.
Then, nothing. Utter silence. The seconds ticked by. And finally, the following summery gracefully appeared in front of my eyes:
Elemental loss
Five seconds left and I switched the first line to “swirling” and viola! I am pretty happy with the results, it is raw and real and anguished. Something I would definitely feel if my world had just ended. And it mirrors my life right now, so I have a real connection to it.
Fantasies of a Forlorn Fairy 
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it is truly raw. i am glad you did not cook this.
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You are more cryptic than normal tonight…. 🙂 It was a two minute exercise, not a recipe! You should try it…
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no, not cryptic…wallowing in puns. too much Shakespeare today.
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The poems I did today I wrote in two minutes the both of them together. I sat down and they were just there. I’d read the challenge on Memoirs maybe I unconsciously participated lol That you did a haiku is really impressive those take me time the syllables
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So much harder than you think! I remember being VERY impressed with everyone who read theirs aloud that night too – there were about 16 of us there, all sweating bullets!
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I have written poems before in a few minutes, but it is only when I have a bug up my bootie or the “spirit moves” or I have a strong emotion. To write with no inclination, well, not something that ……flows! Im surprised that everyone had something written! You were with a talented group indeed, including yourself of course! 🙂
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I have never tried a two minute poem. I doubt I’d be successful! Especially, not with the finesse in which you wrote your Haiku or Memoirs of a Dragon wrote his!
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I don’t think I will do it again–THE PRESSURE! My heart was RACING! I am not at all competitive, but I felt like I needed to try this….once.
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