This week on the blog we have another collaborative piece–this time written by our fiction and poetry editors. It’s not an exquisite corpse, per se, but was written in a similar style.
To concoct this poem, Amber and Addey texted lines back and forth. It’s a fun way to get some inspiration if you’re feeling a little bit stuck–you never know where a poem or story is going to go when using this method, and usually it’s not where you would expect!
Try collaborating with a writer friend and see how your separate inspirations combine into one creative work, and check out Amber and Addey’s poem below!
Night Rider
by Amber Porter and Addey Vaters
A glimmer, a splash of steel in the night.
Stars twinkle in shimmering red metallic pigment,
copper stringlets woven between fingers.
Frustration escaped her lips in a loud sigh.
Ignorance is bliss they say,
but his ignoring her was far from blissful.
Clouds moved across the sky, shrouding the moon—
the stars now ignoring her, too.
Fate seemed determined to make her feel less than.
No—enough. It was her turn to do the ignoring.
Turning her back on the moon,
she yanked the car door open. Plucking keys
from their hiding place, she revved the car and sped away—
leaving him to his Apple illuminated face.
I love how this poem developed! What a wonderful writing exercise. I might try that with a class in the future!