An Unexpected Little Poem

I’m enjoying this Poem a Day thing, (#poemadayfeb) very much, that’s for sure. I’m being very careful not to read any poetry prompts in advance, only looking up what the prompt for the day is, once I’m sitting down, ready to write the poem for that particular day.

So, today’s prompt then … The prompt for this tenth day of February is a simple little word, which could have gone in many different directions, and I wasn’t entirely sure what the poem would actually be until I had written a few lines, and then had an idea about what I could do to make a simple little poem, into something a little bit special.
The prompt for today was ‘Home’.

My poem for today is a Ten Line poem, which is a poetic form, with many variations. There are a great many very interesting poems at this webpage, which I was thrilled to find today, when I went ‘exploring’ the internet. The link is below, and if you are interested in short poems, I heartily recommend going there and taking a look!

https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tag/10-lines/

My own poem is a kind of shape poem, of ten lines. The ‘shape’ I hope my poem shows, is the shape of a welcome bed to rest on, for a nap, after a busy and tiring day. Anyway, here is my new poem:

home is the place where your own bed is …

There’s no place like it, is how the story goes

and yeah I feel that’s the truth for sure.

It’s where you don’t have to fake it –

Tired? You can sleep, it’s fine,

people here know you well,

and they’ll understand –

chat when you’re up,

there’s no rush;

sleep now,

zzzzz!