What is thunder?
a rolling skydrum that pauses time
What is an owl?
the heart dreaming inside feathered air
What is a river?
a muscle memory of intense longing
What is an acorn?
the foolish need to open into existence
What is fog?
a spinning echo of crowded evaporation
What is a song?
the radiant imperfection of laughter
The NaPoWriMo prompt for today was to choose one of a list of words, and write a question and answer for each one, based on a series of surrealist questions and answers by poet Paul Celan. My title gives my chosen words, and my answers were inspired by this week’s words from the Random Word Generator.
K. 
Spectacular! Yes! Thanks
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Thanks Selma!
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Very cool!
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Thanks!
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How delightful. I really enjoyed this post.
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Thanks Suzanne. It was a good prompt.
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The proposed word list was inspired. Who’d have thought you’d choose owl though? 🙂
‘The heart dreaming inside feathered air.’
Just lovely.
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Yes, imagine that! Thanks Jane–another good prompt.
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🙂
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I cannot imagine a world without birds.
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Me either. I hope we never have to.
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This is your kind of prompt. I loved your questions.
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Thanks Colleen. It is.
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I just saw that I didn’t comment on this one. I think I got interrupted yesterday.
It’s such a Kerfe prompt and poem with the questions and answers. I really like how you did. It reminds me of a folk song.
I agree with Jane about owls. 🙂
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Thanks Merril. I like that comparison.
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You’re welcome, Kerfe.
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This is delightful, Kerfe.
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Thanks Punam.
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You are welcome.
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KERFE! Oh, this is gloriously gorgeous and it IS like a song, just like Merril says! What is a song indeed, oh what a beautiful definition!
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Shuku, so nice to see you! Thanks for visiting! I will try to get to you tomorrow, I am so overwhelmed with life, I’m behind on everything. I hope you are well.
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Oh Kerfe, please don’t worry about it – I know how life just dumps an entire laundry basket worth of augh sometimes. I’m in the same boat as well! Visit when you can – the poems will always be there. ❤ I'm trying to get my way through, and I know you will as well!
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I like your positivity.
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Hi Kerfe, some of the prompts for these challenges are wonderful. They really stretch your thoughts and mind. A lovely poem.
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Thanks Robbie. They are. It’s good to try something a little different–it does make your words go in different directions.
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