Control

P.C :- Unspalsh; Annie Spratt

a year gone by too soon
and yet all that remained
was just a day of you.
it seems eternal, but in
eternity, i shan’t lie-
i didn’t have much of you.

i found a box and arrange memories of you

there are days which are like
dampening mist, where colours
look blank and void. i stand on
the pedestal of time to turn a notch
back, but as hard as i nudge, it’s only
as adamant to move forward. alas! this
is a tale with no beginning, middle or
end, to nudge or to be nudged is a memory of before.

i found a box and arrange memories of you

in a call from time, i wish to be
with you forever, but would i stand
its test myself? i take pages of you
and lace it with care and compassion,
not fearing it would be unbound or
undone. i safely tuck you in.

i found a box and arrange memories of you

Poetry Form :- Bop Poetry at DVerse, hosted by Laura Bloomsbury

Bop Poetry created by Aafa Michael Weaver.
Poetry Style: a 23 line poem which has 3 stanzas ordered thus, with a same one line refrain after each:-

• a six-line stanza – that poses a problem
• an eight-line stanza – that expands upon that problem
• a six-line stanza – that solves, or fails to solve, the problem

Include this same 1 line repeat after each stanza:
‘I found a box and put a room inside’
OR ‘I found a box…[add your own words to complete the line]

Poetry Guidelines: No mandatory rhymes or meter
experiment with enjambment
use minimalistic grammar

The Bop is regarded as a modern day sonnet, without the strictures, since it poses a problem from multiple angles before featuring a poetic turn that introduces a new perspective to the reader at the end.