DOG WORD
by April Halprin Wayland
When I am very good,
She tells me
excellent.
When I sit crisply? Excellent.
When I walk without pulling? Excellent.
When I don’t chase the cats? Excellent.
Sometimes
excellent
is followed by a meaty bone.
Excellent
is definitely the most beautiful word
in the whole world.
GIRL WORD
by April Halprin Wayland
Every Wednesday,
Lara makes us do fifty sit-ups
with our knees in an L position,
fifty with our left leg in the air,
fifty with our right leg in the air.
and fifty with both legs straight up.
Every Wednesday Lara gaily chirps,
“20…30…40…50â€
as we do another 50 and another and another
Every Wednesday her counting
rips into my stomach
with venomous fangs.
Finally Lara says,
“Done. Done-done-done!â€
in her sing-songy way.
Hear the harps
and the horns?
See the confetti spilling out of the sky?
Done.
the most beautiful word
I’ve ever heard.
Poetry Prompt:
My favorite part of a workout is when it’s over. Sometimes the only thing that keeps me going at my gym class is repeating the following over and over in my head: “If Nelson Mandela could be in solitary confinement for 27 years, you can do this for 50 minutes.” What a glorious word “done” can be! It got me to thinking about favorite words.
Now it’s your turn. This is a mask poem. Become an animal or an object. What would your favorite word be?Â
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