Prompt:

Write a poem about a movie or television show that has stayed with you. What does it mean to you? What do you want to tell it? How does it hold meaning for you? What memories or themes are connected to it. Write it all.

Poem 3/30 | excerpt

We agree.

Keanu is a star.

Patrick Swayze too.

All that hip action.

All those glorious tresses.

But it’s more than that too.

First, it’s a raucous ride.

Big waves, Lori Petty’s back muscles,

Bodi aka Bodhisattva. Nirvana.

Enlightened one. Philosophy.

What it means to search for that one

great ride. Oh my god, it’s all of that.