Poetry Prompts Day 10 - OctPoWriMo

I was allowed one day of feeling good (Friday). On Saturday, the first day of my new job, I was turning right onto a street from a parking lot. My light had turned green and as I began my turn I realized there was a woman crossing the street so I stopped to wait for her. Almost simultaneously a car hit me from behind. It seems another car hit her and pushed her car into me. The woman that hit my car told me that I stopped too fast. Um, no. I told her there wasn't such a thing as stopping too fast, I didn't argue it with her further.

My head, though didn't hit anything but my headrest, felt like it was going to explode off of my shoulders - the pain was that bad. An ambulance ended up taking me to the hospital where they ran several tests and gave me pain medication that left me quite loopy. The tests came back and they told me I didn't have any damage beyond musculature (that I just needed rest to heal) from the accident but, the CT showed I have fluid on the brain not related to the accident and told me I need to see a neurosurgeon within the next couple of days.

Goes to show you, even negative things that happen can turn out to be a positive. If I hadn't been in the accident, I never would have known what was going on in my head until damage, that couldn't be reversed, was done.

That is what has, "unfolded" for me this past weekend.

Photo courtesy of PublicDomainPictures.net by Ken Kistler

Day 10 Prompt: Unfolded

Possibilities:

Has there ever been a time that something negative happened but because of it you discovered something positive? Free write for ten minutes diving into one or more of your experiences and then take us on a journey through your poetry, show us how the events unfolded.

Or...

You could take it in a different direction and free write about unfolded and see where it leads. Was there a time when you were doing laundry with someone and they didn't like how you were folding? Tell us about it. 

Suggested poetry type: Wrapped Refrain

Word Prompts:

opening

event

feelings

paper

discovery

Remember, our prompts are only suggestions, where you find inspiration for your poetry is up to you.

During OctPoWriMo, if you want to make sure that we know you have written something new, comment in that day's post with your link to your blog and/or share your link on Twitter with the hashtag, #OctPoWriMo.

If you would like to leave an active link in the comments:

<a href = "your link">your title</a>

You have to put the link to your post (same link you would put in the comment section) in the, "your link" space within the quotations and the title to your post in the, your title, space.

Our link would look like this:

<a href="https://poetsonthepage.blogspot.com/">OctPoWriMo</a>

Once you hit publish on your comment it would look like this (only with the name of your post):

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I hope that helps. You don't have to do this, it is only if you would like to make your link an active link.

Remember to visit two or more OctPoWriMo participants and leave encouraging and supportive words along the way.

Peace,
Morgan Dragonwillow
Read, Dance, Write, Repeat.

Morgan Dragonwillow, author of Wild Woman Waking & Dancing within Shadow, is a writing rebel, foodie, urban gardener, recovering perfectionist, facilitator of magical circles and poet who (mostly) doesn't let her fears get in the way of her passion for writing and creating. When she isn't working with clients, writing or dancing, you can find her encouraging and supporting her writing community at @StoryDam, #OctPoWriMo, #PoetsonthePage, and  Playing with Words on her blog.

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