Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #52: Pick a classic poem and re-write it, modernize it, and share your poetic interpretation of the piece. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100 and will be placed first on our Spotlight page and the runner-up will receive 1000 coins. When sharing to social media, please use the hashtag #itslit
Stopping (adapted from Robert Frost’s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening)
Sometimes I steal myself away
Retreat in thoughts of yesterday
Ignite the flame--control the spark
Rewrite, recast a different play.
The car is off, the street is dark
Lit homes reverberate a bark
From some kept dog in some backyard
Or maybe from a nearby park.
The autumn night is coming hard
On heels of sun's abandoned guard
The shiver outward, inward too
I turn the key, tear up the card.
Memories, frozen, always true
But the mind can heat, recast a few
Imagination is ever new.
Imagination is ever new.