A Month of Writing Negative Space Poetry
The Old Call
barren, she turned
to barren ground
took shovel and heart
to the driving ache,
broke soil, sowed,
dug in the miracles
of manure and mud.
the plants dropped
seed by seed, and asked
so how many children
do you have?
Today’s prompt: help
Written for Writer’s Digest NovPAD Chapbook Challenge. ©Misky 2006-2026. Scomtoma is a partially diminished or degenerated field of vision, ie, a negative space in visual acuity.
Photo: the ruins of West Pier, Brighton.
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