I love finding inspiration in new places.
Last April I followed along with a blog writing challenge called the Stuck Bumblebee Poetry Challenge from Joyce Uglow’s substack.
The prompt words were oozing and swooping. I wound up just using “oozing” as I wrote about a caterpillar oozing over a branch on a windy day.
Here’s my poem:
You can see more entries in the comments here:
https://jpuglow.substack.com/p/day-5-stuck-bumblebee-poetry-challenge
For alt text, here is the poem that’s posted onto the picture above of the caterpillar climbing a tree trunk:
I Fight the Wind: A Caterpillar’s Story
by Rosemary Lynn
I undulate up the trunk
undaunted, trekking slow.
I ooze over and grab and grip,
holding tight. I fight the wind.
The world shakes. I shiver
huddled firm against the force.
I wrap myself with hardness,
frightened as I fight the wind.
The air growls and I grow.
My shell breaks
and I burst beyond.
It no longer holds me back.
Oozing wide my wings unfurl.
I follow the wind. I fly.
Happy (belated) Poetry Month!
xo Rosemary