For today’s prompt, write a discovery poem. The narrator could discover an object, a person, an animal, a dishonorable deed, or any number of things. Poets can focus on the discovery, examine the aftermath, or even just mention it in passing.
DISCOVERY OF THE FAMILY TREE
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Live your life with wit and courage
Nothing is sacred in this open age
Your provenance is on display
Your ancestors will follow age-old clues
To find their past to aid discovery
Of their ancestors on their family tree.
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My ancestors were a motley crew
The more I looked my curiosity grew
Like a bird of prey, I swooped
Through much conjecture and supposition
I pulled back the curtains of the murky lives
My long forgotten family past soon revives.
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Following the trails and the slender threads
Of my various ancestors, very widespread.
The list is endless of stalwart citizens
Yeoman farmers, and the very well bred
Soldiers, a thief, seeking fame and fortune
A Priest a nun and women of easy virtue.
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I pulled back the curtains,
Closing the windows of time.
My personal curiosity satisfied,
I made up my mind
The seeds of me are unique.
Recovery of the distant past remains
A mystery beyond true discovery.
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Copyright © Written by John Yeo.
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