2009 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 26
Posted by Robert
Well, now that the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is over, I guess it's time to move on to other pressing matters, such as getting to today's prompt and poem. But first, let me thank every single person who participates in these challenges and reads the blog throughout the year. I am so thankful for you, especially those of you who go through the frustration of adding a comment 50 billion times before it takes. Today's prompt may come as no surprise, because...
For today's prompt, I want you to write a thankful poem.
Here's my attempt for the day:
"Ode to fire"
They say it began with light, and I know
light began with flames. With that light
came heat, a soft burning warmth--enough
to start a planet spinning. Or, perhaps,
an explosion that never stops spreading
outward. Our gravity, our oxygen, our history
unraveling. Without the sun, without our
continuous sparking, none of us would exist.
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Thursday, November 26, 2009 5:19:16 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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