The prompt for the first day of Na/GloPoWriMo was challenging for me. They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but they never said you can’t try to write a poem based on a book cover — and that was exactly our challenge for today! We had to take a look through Public Domain Review’s article on “The Art of Book Covers” and be inspired.

I chose a cover by F.A Pouchet. The Universe: The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little. 13th edition. London: Blackie & Son, ca. 1896.

Infinity and Beyond
 
Segacious, strong 
standing alone
Spring seed
Taken root.

Infinity rises
Rests releases
Renewed resolve
Budding life.

Furious frothy
Foaming free
Tide pulling
Releasing me.

cjpjordan