Discovery + Prompts

Creative Morning with Maggy Navin of Regarding Dew

Prompt 1: make a list of 5 parts of your surrounding (then pick the third one and write on that)
1. buzz of the heater
2. record player
3. dent in the wall
4. coffee table
5. flower picture

Little patch trying to hide
to fit inside the thick gouge
left from the bike handle bars
as they moved through the house
You will never blend in entirely
Little patch but you are full
and smooth and unassuming so you
may in the best way be missed by guests
Little patch you live in the back
of the mind, a soft reminder of
a kick stand. More you proclaim
like the path of a glacier
that change happened here
in this hallway.
Little patch your painted face
does not color correct
to the wall around you, over toned
and bright during the afternoons
you stand out screaming
In twilight through
the golden hour saves you
absorbs you and brings you
to the whole.

⭘ ⭘ ⭘ ⭘ ⭘

Prompt 2: “for the fun of it”

The carelessness of the plane -
uncontrolled, only our choice
to buy the ticket and board
was made and now 30,000 feet
above offices and highways and parks and shops
we can breathe deep and enjoy
the teeny tiny stale pretzels without
the ability to bring a bag
that would fit in the overhead bin
People around us are dressed for business
while we laugh at the mostly broken
latch on the fold up table tray
We even cheat on the clock
skipping ahead to land bright
eyed in the future state
of Minneapolis