Dactylo Waltz, an excercise

Chris Coolsma
Chalkboard
Published in
1 min readSep 21, 2020

Response to the one line poetry prompt Spiraling out of control by Jennifer Marie Gady

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One two three, one two three
we are a spirograph
drawing our dizzying spirals around

Sweetest stay close to me
chiff-chiff-chaff, chiff-chiff-chaff
moves of endearment abound

Response to the One Lined Poetry Prompt of Jennifer Marie Grady, published 16.09.20. Thanks to her and Harper Thorpe, Kathy Jacobs and the Chalkboard community.

I tried to write a poem about spiraling into control. Possible variation: ‘sounds of endearment abound’. The 30-word limit was a real challenge in this exercise with the dactylus. This morning the chiff-chaff was on the radio, he saved me.

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Chris Coolsma
Chalkboard

Friend of life and beauty and foe of spoilers of life and beauty. Golden marriage. Grandfather. Pianist and micro poet. Dutch, European.