Time for our third Two for Tuesday of the month! Pick one prompt or use both … your choice!
Write a catch poem. Catch a cold, a ball, a fish, or someone’s eye.
Write a release poem. Release your anger, a ball, a fish, or someone’s head (from a head lock while wrestling, of course).
Remember: These are just matches meant to spark your creativity; you can catch and release your fire wherever you wish. —Robert Lee Brewer, Writer’s Digest
Catch and release
Sometimes I catch myself
imagining
the parallel universe
in which Rader right now
hurtles toward high school graduation
six weeks away,
and the life that waits for him
after leaving home
in which we release him
into the wild
and he figures out how to fly
finds his place at college
enjoys his classes and friends
prepares for work, life, love.
He comes home to visit;
he’s just been away.
Just away for a while.