Challenge
Monthy Poetry Challenge for March.
Write a poem about a cleansing by fire, by any means: Beautiful, dirty, gritty, dark, fluffy... make it yours. Winner is decided by likes, and will receive a crisp $10.00 -Set it alight.
Burning the Barn’s Boards
Red. Orange. White.
Boards. Beams. Batton.
Barn burns in bits.
Coals throb with heat.
Cold surrounds the fire.
We turn,
like a rotisserie,
to keep both sides warm.
Staring into flames,
watching memories of years,
vaporizing into smoke.
The labors of the farmers,
their work and worry,
incinerated into tiny particles.
Smoke barn bits drifting towards clouds,
coalescing moisture,
turning to raindrops,
that nurture the cornfield.
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