Poetry Prompt – April 13

April 13 – Open the book nearest to you. Now pick a number. Say you picked the number 12 – every 12 pages, find the 12th word and use that as the first line in a 12 line poem. 

From the Muse Library: Night with Drive-By Shooting Stars by Jim Daniels. Daniels’ latest collection bears witness to a life boat mis- and well-spent; to the family, remembered and new; to the melancholy pull of drugs and casual sex; to growing up; and to the only tenable way of growing old, which is to embrace every small joy even as one laments its brevity. Indeed, Night with Drive-By Shooting Stars rages not against the dying of light but the dying fall itself-against poetic and existential complacency.