In a single gal's shoes

Walk in a single gal’s shoes to

see how she tries to keep

at bay, the ideas your

kind throws at her about marriage.

For she’s brimming

with a sense of freedom, with

a sense of being in love

with herself, which in

her eyes is the

only sincere loving.

However try, if you must, with a cup

of coffee, whenever

you see that you’re

the only one she’s got. Wrong

or right, who cares, but let’s admit,

if anything cheers her up, it

has got to be coffee and whenever

she is her bright self with you, you’re

sure to know you’ve got it all right.

Get her the wrong way, and see her go “shut

the fuck up!”

Written for National Poetry Writing Month. 30 poems in 30 days. Today's prompt is  to write a “golden shovel.” This form was invented by Terrance Hayes in his poem, The Golden Shovel. The last word of each line of Hayes’ poem is a word from Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem We Real Cool.

I chose A Word to Husbands by Ogden Nash:

To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.

More shoveling happening here:

http://jaibalarao.com/   - Jaibala

http://poojashridhar.blogspot.in/ – Pooja

http://andiwrite.com/ – Count

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/– Vinay

 http://thoughtspop.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ – Preeti

http://juztamom.blogspot.in/ - Sfurti