Photograph of Vijaya Sundaram, ©Warren Senders, 1990
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©April 15th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
And who might you be, who’s peering at me
As I lace my fingers through curtains three?
Your face is familiar, and rings a bell,
And your eyes follow me,– casting a spell.
I’ve walked very far to come to this place,
I’ve left things behind, I’ve been a disgrace.
I rejected the future and dumped my past,
And here I stand, in astonishment vast.
There once was a girl, and I am the same
Who came from Elsewhere, and who had no name.
She sloughed off her Selves, and grew a new skin,
And wearied of everything she’d ever been.
I am she whom you’ve known since time was new –
Now, in my mirror, you’ll see yourself true.
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Here’s the NaPoWriMo prompt for today:
And now for our prompt (optional, as always). Because today marks the halfway point in our 30-day sprint, today I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that incorporates the idea of doubles. You could incorporate doubling into the form, for example, by writing a poem in couplets. Or you could make doubles the theme of the poem, by writing, for example, about mirrors or twins, or simply things that come in pairs. Or you could double your doublings by incorporating things-that-come-in-twos into both your subject and form. Happy writing!