one poem a day challenge – day 15

Today’s assignment is to write a poem about yourself. A poet friend of mine gave this assignment a couple of years ago and it was very interesting to discover a number of things about myself that I didn’t really pay much attention to. One of the things I discovered was that at certain times I would get so consumed by my thoughts that I’d forget to breathe. Strange, huh?  I began writing a number of poems after that, each discovering something new about myself; it was a wonderful exercise.

Today’s example is an excerpt from the poem, Self-Portrait by Adam Zagajewski:

Between the computer, a pencil, and a typewriter
half my day passes. One day it will be half a century.
I live in strange cities and sometimes talk
with strangers about matters strange to me…

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Happy Writing!