Perhaps we,
I mean to say you
I
we
everyone, I said
Perhaps we read the shadows wrong
the shadowy we
everyone from the shadows
in the shadows
were wrong, forever
circling the shadows
circling the wrongs
circling the we
forever
for the dverse prompt of 9/7/21: derivatives. Using Sanaa Rivi’s line “Perhaps we are reading the shadows wrong; forever cannot draw a circle.” from Winter Moon ~ Part Three: Petals of the Sun“
Xanku 
Whoaaaaa 😀 this is absolutely phenomenal, Xan! 💝💝 You have added so much depth to the quote here .. my hat is off! Thank you so so much for writing to the prompt. A true gem!
Your prompt really threw me! I’ve been finding all the recent prompts so difficult that I keep skipping them (although I have been working through the 15 or so that my friends gave me). Thank you for making me poem.
Cool interpretation! I felt the spin! 💗
Thank you. Came out a little dark, but I just go where the words take me.
Niceeeee! I love the rhythm and repetition. It’s absolutely enchanting!
Thank you Lucy!
This makes me hear a call and response in the reading, well done.
Oh, interesting! I can see it.
It’s like a terminally loading hourglass on the screen. It will probably keep loading long after we’re all gone…
I was thinking it needed to be shaped but I can’t figure out how to do that in WordPress.
I like the circular form of this, leaving so many questions unanswered…forever cannot draw a circle, after all!
It was a great phrase to work off, and Sanaa’s poetry is /full/ of those.
Love your creative response to Sanaa’s line … Brava!!
Thank you Helen! These were all fun to read
I love the aspect of forever being citcular, and it makes sense… only a circle is truly endless.
Round and round we go
Wow, Alexandra… this poem sends shivers down my spine.
❤
David
Always a good reaction to a poem! Thank you, David!