Winged Lives Wagered was written as part of Post-It Note Poetry month. An event that was spawned by the brains of Adam Byatt and Jodi Cleghorn and held on a Facebook group. Each participant was encouraged to write a poem a day, something that would fit on a post-it note. The emphasis was on just writing poetry(and actually writing not typing), not worrying too much about how good it was, not giving time for our internal editors to stifle the flow.
It was and still is the best poetry writing activity I have participated in.
It is amazing what you can achieve when under a little pressure. Not everything was a brilliant work of art (speaking of my own work) but there were some good works that I am proud of. One of them is Winged Lives Wagered.
Winged Lives Wagered
Two roosters crowed a dueling song
and mornings break still yet to come,
I lay and watched the stars explode
as with my hands I rubbed at sleep
that glued lids shut in pleasant dreams.
With fitful breath I did, it seems
upon the name of demons call
for plagues of mites or chicken flu.
For sleepless nights can lead a thought,
to winged lives wagered and souls bought.
I own chickens and the roosters that inspired the poem, never crow at the break of dawn, instead preferring to start a competition at around 3am. It’s led to many a nights wishing I had a sharpened axe.
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