April 6, 2021

like shooting stars

By Kat Myrman 
like shooting stars

soft as a whisper, 
her sweet perfume 
lingering in the air, 
tosses wisps of my hair, 
like a comet, bright, 
breathtaking, for a brief 
moment as she flits by,
i tilt my head to catch 
the sound of her laugh, 
avert my eyes when 
she glances my way,
she’ll never know how 
my heart flutters 
when she is near...
it’s for the best, 
i tell myself, 
i’m not her 
type anyway

~kat 

NaPoWriMo2021 Day 6 Challenge: 

Go to a book you love. Find a short line that strikes you. Make that line the title of your poem. Write a poem inspired by the line. Then, after you’ve finished, change the title completely.

You may notice the resulting poem is nothing at all like the book or the inspiring line. That is the beautiful irony of taking words or statements out of context, don’t you think?! 😉
The book I chose, one of my all-time favorites…

Old Turtle
Text by Douglas Wood
Watercolors by Chen’s-Khee Chee
and the text:
“sometimes i feel her breath as she blows by”
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