Phone Number Poetry

I am participating in the March Slice of Life Story Challenge. Thanks to the co-authors of              Two Writing Teachers for creating this  supportive community.

The Assignment (from Jo Knowles in 59 Reasons to Write): Create a poem using your phone number.

The How-to: Pick a theme, then write your phone number down the length of the page. Each number represents how many words you should have on that line. A zero is a wild card so you can choose as many words as you like for that line.

The Poem:

                                Friends

6          Friends are treasures in our lives

1          Constant

0          Loyal

3          Ready to help

3          Ready to listen

1          Always

6          Friends are treasures in our lives

3          Don’t forget them

8          Time and distance can’t make memories fade away

5          True friends hold our hearts

The Reflection: I had fun with this poetry exercise. There was freedom yet structure within the constraint of number of words, and of course I got to pick my topic. Since friendship is a broad topic, I started by asking myself what I wanted to say about it. I started thinking about a couple of old friends who I don’t see often, but when we get together it’s like we were never apart.