Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 024

Recently, I've been receiving an excessive amount of spam in my e-mail inbox. It's a problem I've had to confront, and I admit it's a problem that's been driving me a bit batty. But this daily confrontation (me vs. my excessive spam) is a minor example of conflicts that go on every day in every part of the planet. Whether it's getting your boys to brush their teeth in the morning (been there) or trying to wrap your head around a mathematical problem (been there, too), confrontations and conflict make for good reading, whether you're writing poetry, fiction or nonfiction.

So for today's prompt, I want you to write a confrontation poem. The narrative voice can be 1st, 2nd or 3rd person; that's unimportant. The main thing is that you set up some kind of confrontation between one person or thing and another. You can provide a resolution, or leave the ending open-ended.

Here's my attempt for the day:

"As I wander the empty streets"

I hear an owl hoot; I see it
descend to a STOP sign. We watch
each other at the witching hour
beneath a full moon: predator
and editor. And as neither
of us dare move, I think of you.