Friday, January 15, 2010

Getting Ready - a "firsts" poem/a first dance poem

The poetry stretch at The Miss Rumphius Effect this week was to write a poem about "firsts." Here's what I came up with, originally left as a comment there, now with an actual title and everything.

Getting Ready
by
Gregory K.

Hands shake.
Knees quake.
Smile too wide.
Tongue? Tied.
Teeth brushed.
Breathe rushed.
Mirror glance.
First dance.


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12 comments:

Mary Lee said...

You captured the nervousness perfectly!

Anonymous said...

Great reponse to that prompt!

Karen Edmisten said...

Oh, so cute. I thought maybe it was me, getting ready for public speaking. :)

Anonymous said...

Nice Gregory! I have a poetry friday thingee on my blog today, too. Glad to see I'm in good company! :)

hugs,
Donna

Jet Harrington said...

every word
exactly right

you have captured
the moment's fright

Lee Wind, M.Ed. said...

Hey, I really liked this - and also liked how it skewed a bit older, a bit more junior high.
Nice!
Namaste,
Lee

Sharon K. Mayhew said...

Gave a great sense of the anticipation of a first date....Well done!

Terry Doherty said...

I thought the same thing Karen did: public speaking. You nailed it whatever the *first*

Susan Taylor Brown said...

A perfectly captured "first" moment.. Thanks for sharing.

laurasalas said...

Love this, Gregory!

Tongue? Tied.

Excellent!

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