Today I would like us to be inspired by the poem "Take This Poem" by Elizabeth Willis.
It starts out with the words:
"Take this spoon
from me, this cudgel,
this axe.
Take this bowl
this kettle, this
continental plate."
And it goes on. Take this. Take that. Until it ends.
Please read the poem at the link.
You might want to write in the style of this poem, going from one idea to another. You might be surprised where your words take you. The poem has a kind of rhythm and a particular shape. You may or may not want to work with them.
If you don't like the idea of listing one item after another, another option would be to think of one thing to focus on and write a multi-line poem about that. For example: Take this beautiful day.... Take my closet full of... Take this ocean..... etc.
As a bit of nostalgia, I will share a video of a song some of us who are old enough might remember. It is "Take This Job and Shove It" written by David Allen Coe and made popular by Johnny Paycheck. I hadn't listened to it for a while, until today, when I was preparing this prompt. It makes me smile!! (In my mind I can still hear it blaring out of my car radio.) If this inspires you in some way, use that inspiration. For example, you might want to write your own lyrics. Take This ______ and Shove It! That could be fun!
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