What the whirlwind?!
May already? May FIRST already?
MAYDAY! MAYDAY!
MAYDAY! MAYDAY!
M'aidez! M'aidez!
The sense of urgency and emergency does not diminish, does it, my friends? and yet poetry must keep at it day by day. I'm joining the General Strike today and supporting the residents of DC at the Washington Monument in their demands for freedom from the caprices of this Administration, which is toying with lives of the 51st state like a nasty cat with a mouse.
This is one of those Instadrafts that I've thrown together this morning--it May change by later today. Thanks to Rose at Imagine the Possibilities for hosting today (the perfect place!); read everyone's response using the links below.
The sense of urgency and emergency does not diminish, does it, my friends? and yet poetry must keep at it day by day. I'm joining the General Strike today and supporting the residents of DC at the Washington Monument in their demands for freedom from the caprices of this Administration, which is toying with lives of the 51st state like a nasty cat with a mouse.
This month the Inklings are writing to this challenge from me:
Celebrate May by writing a poem that Maykes use of the verbs may, might, could, can, ought. “These verbs are all modal verbs, which means that they are generally used in combination with other verbs, and are used to change the verb's meaning to something different from simple fact. Modals express possibility, ability, prediction, permission, and necessity.” It May be worth reading the further info here: https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/modal-verbs-may-might-can-could-and-ought
Catherine @Reading to the Core
Molly Hogan @ Nix the Comfort Zone
Linda Mitchell @ A Word Edgewise
Mary Lee @ A(nother) Year of Reading
Margaret Simon @ Reflections on the Teche
Molly Hogan @ Nix the Comfort Zone
Linda Mitchell @ A Word Edgewise
Mary Lee @ A(nother) Year of Reading
Margaret Simon @ Reflections on the Teche
I’m amazed and emboldened by your resistance, Heidi! You are a true inspiration.
ReplyDeleteYou are the word play master! Love the multiple use of words and how their meanings change so subtly with a letter or two. March on, my friend! “Link arms!”
ReplyDeleteThank you, Heidi, for the poem and for your dedication to resistance and to making voices heard - "be that as it ought"
ReplyDeleteThank you for showing up and resisting. I like the line "link arms in a necklace of necessity"
ReplyDeleteLove this call to action and thank you for being out there marching and protesting!
ReplyDeleteVery good, how excellently you moved through those model verbs adding meaning, wit, and charm, and tied all together in your strong ending, terrific, thanks Heidi!
ReplyDeleteHeidi, hear, hear! Thank you for your clarion call to be about the business of fighting the caprices of this so-call administration. I loved these lines particularly, and I learned a new word for ignorance: "link arms in a necklace of necessity, choking nescience gently out of breath"
ReplyDeleteAppreciations for creating your Inklings idea. It brings us this urgent time's display of word nimbleness & next, more appreciations for your gutsy steadfast beat of -- perturb the status quo-- next more gratitude for a word new to me - Nescience, which we find in plentitude all 'round. BRAVA!
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