Poetry Friday: The Skinny

April's challenge was to re-visit the *Skinny  (a poetic form I skipped last June when the Poetry Sisters first tried it.)  The rules are:

1) eleven lines
2) second, sixth, and tenth lines are identical.
3)  all lines are one word, except the first and last, which may be longer, but must use the same words (rearranging is permitted.)

Our theme was supposed to be Spring, foresight, or looking ahead (since we've been alternating with hindsight, or looking back). At the moment, prophecy seems foolish.  I stuck with the now.  

And then...because I couldn't pass up the chance to tease April,  just a little...I wrote another, more Spring-themed one. I took my inspiration from the fact that my entire family (even the dog, when we had one) celebrate April birthdays...and so do many, many of my poetry friends.  It's kind of an Everything month. 

If you'd like to try a skinny, here's the handy outline Andi supplied for us:

1
2 *
3
4
5
6 *
7
8
9
10 *
11

* The Skinny was created by Truth Thomas in the Tony Medina Poetry Workshop at Howard University in 2005.

More skinnys (yes, that's the plural) from my Poetry Sisters:

Tanita
Tricia
Andi
Liz
Laura
Rebecca

Poetry Friday is hosted today by Christie Wyman at Wondering and Wandering.