#2022 November Pad Chapbook Challenge
Day 6 6.11.22
Prompt: Write a news poem.
Trigger Warning – poem is based on a news report about the death of a child
The Boy In The Pond The fish stared back, his eyes unmoving as they navigated around him, curious of his presence, he was so still they trusted him, patiently he'd stayed for hours floating among the lotus. A dark cloud appeared over the water hands reached in taking him from them, they watched the faces of the hands turn white with tears running. The lotus parted in somber lament as they took him to shore while the fish descended to the quiet deep, wondering why the child had stayed so long, Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®️ Note: Around 1992 a young boy, a toddler, went missing near our farm in winter. I joined the search, he was later, sadly, found dead, he'd drowned in the creek which was swollen with heavy rains. This poem is built around a story of a young boy who went missing and was later found dead in a pond in our capital - Canberra this morning. Adding to the sadness was the revelation that his mother and brother were found dead at the other end of the pond on Saturday. No details were given. It was impossible for me to turn away from writing about this, some things stay with us.
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This poem is heartwrenching. It’s a perfect example of Miss Emily’s “writing slant.” I could see the poem (or should I say, the poem should be) in either a literature anthology or a poetry craft textbook, such as John Frederick Nims’s Western Wind–or both.
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How very horrific. May your mind be eased from the pain.
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Oh, just so wonderfully written! The softest, gentlest tribute possible.
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Thank you loving your response.
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Wow amazing poem – you dealt tenderly with a very emotional story
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Difficult, Harry’s story was in the back of my mind too.
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