Tuesday, April 23, 2013

NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Three: The Real Reason Why You Are Not Supposed to Hang Your Laundry Out at Night

The Real Reason Why You Are Not Supposed to Hang Your Laundry Out at Night

Anne sings Dancing in the Moonlight
the clothes flap wetly on the line.
A warm moon, laundry hung at night

Anne sings Dancing in the Moonlight
Wolf's howl, low growl, change in a bite.
Sheets wait, too late, on her he'll dine.

Anne sings Dancing in the Moonlight
the clothes flap wetly on the line.

heidi
written 4/23/13 for 

Today's prompt was to write a Triolet. You may remember that I recently tried this form after reading the lovely A Grey Triolet by Mary Bach. I think I may come a little closer to the meter requirement this time, but we know that I don't stress over meter anymore.

The idea for this poem came to me while I was hanging out sheets at midnight last summer. I was trying to catch up on housework while my sweeties were asleep. The moon was full and I started singing Anne Murray's Dancing in the Moonlight. It occurred to me that the scene would make a great short story about a werewolf. The prose hasn't happened yet, but now I have a cool Triolet.




6 comments:

  1. Cool. Very clever construction. I like your lighthearted approach to your subject matter in all your posts. It's very engaging.
    Mind you, I don't think that I'll be hanging out my smalls any time after eight p.m. after reading this.....
    Have a nice day.

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    1. The night this came to me, I had to stop doing the laundry because I scared myself and didn't want to walk to the ten steps from my backdoor to my clothesline. Thanks for the visit. I have been in a good mood lately and that tends to lighten my poetry a bit.

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  2. Nice! I love the "wetly"-- a perfect, but unanticipated adverb. This made a great poem, and will be a great story as well.

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    1. Thanks Nico! I liked the idea for the story so much that I became afraid that I couldn't write it. The Triolet kind of flowed out, and it makes me think that the story could be possible.I wonder if I tried to limit it to 100 words if that would work...hmm...

      "Wetly" felt inspired to me when I wrote it. I am glad that you like it too.

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