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Title:       Wasn't
Date:        2026-04-08
Link:        https://spool-five.com/poetry/2026_apr08_wasnt/
Word Count:  123
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> And now, here’s our optional prompt for the day! In his poem, “Poet,
> No Thanks,” Jean D’Amérique repeats the phrase “I wasn’t a poet” multiple
> times, while describing other things that he instead claims to have
> been. In your poem for today, use a simple phrase repeatedly, and then
> make statements that invert or contradict that phrase.

It wasn't going to last more than a day
to take much attention, to keep him away
from his pressing concerns, his usual
work. It was temporary, something casual.

She wasn't going to consume his whole life
A creature like that, could be his wife?
Now here he was, 40 years later
And still she was, his soul, his creator