I tried to take my mind off this hook of always smooth-correct, put together
dedicated caring upright faithful true, unselfish and nice but honest
that shape of trying warps the way a hanger stretches your sweater’s shoulder
so no amount of wash-cold-lay-flat-to-dry will fix it and now I remember
folding away in deep lavender-tucked drawers would be a better bet
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt challenges us to write loooong lines. Poetic Asides prompt is “take off.”
Graceful Press Poetry 
Lavender-tucked drawers sound much more pleasant. 😉
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…and so much easier. I hate the way hangers pull shoulders out of shape. This style of poem is right up your alley. I know you like your ideas to fun on beyond the confines of the line 🙂
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I did enjoy stretching out lines, though for some reason my instinct is to go shorter and ‘fun on.’ (Yes, I like that phrase very much!)
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I’m surprised this generation of punners hasn’t thought of that one 🙂
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I meant ‘run on’ but ‘fun on’ sounds rather appropriate 🙂
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It’s really interesting to write long lines because you get to the point when you wonder if it’s prose rather than poetry and the distinction becomes blurred.
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Yes, when I intentionally set out to write long lines, I find myself becoming either more prosy or more run-on and breathless. Something deeply ingrained, maybe, that poetry is “supposed to” have tidy lines?
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The long lines don’t come naturally to me but I notice it’s a trend these days so I’m experimenting. I think you’re right, a mental image of a poem on a page is of something more skinny!
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Maybe it’s because I enjoy prose poetry, both writing and reading it, but I thought this was truly wonderful. I found it less breathless actually, more paced, unrolling slowly the parallels of expected behaviour and the ways a sweater might not conform.
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Thank you. I need to read more prose poems. I like the idea of blending the lines between poetry and narrative. It’s time to do more experimenting…
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Oh good! I can hardly wait to read your experiments.
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Lovely image of irreparable hanger damage. Such benign things causing wig malignant troubles.
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Yes. And I’m glad that people seem to get the image. Like I’m not the only person wrongfully hanging nice sweaters. 😉
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