Leigh Anne reading a poem on Accents Radio.
To start the week off proper, we thought it would be fun to have another writing challenge. Presenting today’s prompt is Kentucky native Leigh Anne Hornfeldt.
Write a poem from the perspective of a common, everyday object. What does the kitchen sink see? How does the dryer feel about being a dryer? What’s the mailbox got to say?
Post your attempt in the comments. And if today’s not your day, go ahead and give one of the other brave souls some congratulations!
Also, we want to thank everyone who contributed to our last poetry contest, courtesy of Jeremy Paden. I am consistently amazed at what our readers are doing.
Related links:
- Leigh Anne Hornfeldt’s Lexington Poetry Month submissions.
- Leigh Anne Hornfeldt’s interview with Accents author Matthew Haughton for New Southerner.
- Leigh Anne’s personal website.
A Kentucky native, Leigh Anne Hornfeldt’s work has appeared widely in journals and placed in several contests. In 2012 she was the recipient of the Kudzu Prize in Poetry and her debut chapbook, East Main Aviary, was released through Flutter Press. Currently she is co-editing an anthology of bourbon related poetry due for publication July 2013 from Two of Cups Press.
The Kitchen Sink
Come. If it is renewal you seek,
immerse your hands in me.
No lover knows them as I do,
every gritty crack
in their ravaged topography.
It is proper to venerate me,
for I am descended from the mouth
of the Euphrates. In the end,
when you have learned what is essential,
you will disavow everything but me.
Andrew Merton
Luxurious lavender candle’s phantom flame…
Frozen effervescent waxy wonder…
Ever subtle, ever emitting…
Sweet scent gloriously masking…
Friendly putrescent drain trap…
The abyss! The Hades of Pasta!
He Lifts Me Up Again
He sifts through adjectives and adverbs
jots down another metaphor onto his notepad
hoping for a new perspective,
a new way to say something
that he knows has been said before.
Then he lifts me up again
to put papers under me
so they won’t be mixed in
with the commotion that fills
his oaken desk. Here, I hold
his treasured thoughts until
he returns for them. Then
he lifts me up again.
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