stonepicnicking_okapi: otherwords (otherwords)
stonepicnicking_okapi ([personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi) wrote2024-01-25 08:42 pm

My poem: synonyms for 'the middle of nowhere': gen

Title: synonyms for 'the middle of nowhere'
Length: 100
Rating: gen
Notes: list poem; inspired by this photo of a Nebraska (USA) plain, also for [community profile] 100words prompt: distant


in the middle of nowhere—wide, flat plains—
off the beaten path—cut by a dirt road—like coffee stains
the back of beyond—a little white house—flat fields unsowed
god knows where—a rectangular dot of cream among brown and brown—
in the boondocks—solitude in a frame—a ways from town—quite a ways and quiet ways
in the sticks—where nothing is close—and everything looks the same for miles and miles—and miles and smiles of godforsaken horizon—
yonder—where everything is far-off—except the land and the sky—
and—somewhere distant—an engine hums

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