Trio

Today we’d like you to start by taking a look at Alicia Ostriker’s poem, “The Blessing of the Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog.” Now try your hand at writing your own poem about how a pair or trio very different things would perceive of a blessing or, alternatively, how these very different things would think of something else (luck, grief, happiness, etc).

When sad things happen
Said the dog lying low in the meadow
I tend to think about her sweet perfume

I have the urge to lap up a bowl of milk
Said the rolling kitten

I like to climb to the top of a blade of grass
Said the prancing grasshopper
And see if today is the day
I finally get to see the inside of the bird's mouth