3:15 Experiment Poetry 2010: with a bang
Poetry from the 3:15 Experiment
Th. August 5, 2010: with a bang
The Ventura County Fair
opened today with its usual
bang
The opening salvos
of fireworks surprised us.
Tonight’s thick fog gave the explosions
a haunting echo
BANG ity bang
We didn’t rush out to see them
The fog would dull their fire
The trees have grown
and block the view.
But really I was feeling tired
& trying to remember if the fireworks
could be seen from the deck
of my mom’s
trying to remember if my
mom had watched them
and knowing that I
couldn’t call &
ask her
I’ve been doing the 3:15 Experiment since 2001. Most years, I follow the rules and I don’t look at what I’ve written until the month is over. This year, my mother died July 30, the night before this year’s experiment was to begin, so I decided to post some of those 3:15 poems as they are written.
