Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Time: 9:10 PM
Song: A Horse With No
Name
Artist: America
Mode of Consumption: Playing
on Radio when I returned home from Write On Meeting.
We completed two writing exercises as part of our “Writing Workout” meeting for Write On Tuesday.
The first was to attempt a Kimo poem. A Kimo poem is an Israeli variant of the haiku. There is no rhyme scheme. There are ten syllables in the first line, seven in the second and six the third line. They are usually focused on a single image.
The image I used was of a road going through the desert in Arizona. It reminded me of a story about Jodi walking back to her hotel in Palm Springs last year during a work trip.
I wrote three versions of the same poem. I’ll share all three here to show how it changed with each version.
She walks the desert
highway, sun ahead
Straddles the broken mid-line
Avoids the burning sand.
She braves the
desert highway, sun ahead
Follows the broken mid-line
Avoids the burning sand.
She braves the
desert highway, sun lays how
Heels on broken centerline
Avoids the sand and brush.
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