A poem within a poem?

Today's prompt is "to peruse the work of one or more" of the recommended Twitter bots and to "use a line or two, or a phrase or even a word" to inspire a poem.

I didn't have to look very far to know that I love this line on the Sylvia Plath Bot (@SylviaPlathBot) Twitter account: "I am not ready for anything to happen."

I am not ready

I am not ready for anything to happen

until I am done writing poetry

and creating tiny bits of art

I am not ready to leave

until I am done reading 

my Russian murder mystery

I am not ready to step back out

until I am comfortable in my home

- perhaps I am already too comfortable?

I am not ready for anything new

until the old matters have resolved themselves

and fought their fight

I am not ready for anything to happen –

yet.

Andrea Vermaak © 2020

To Sylvia Plath

Today, our challenge is to pick a poem from the Plath Poetry Project's calendar. We're then to write a poem which responds to or engages with our chosen Plath poem. I have chosen to respond to Event.

The night cannot be that bad;

The silk moon glows 

against dark clouds –
silver lines them
and stars wink between
their soft tufts

The owls' soft hoots
tell of life
in the silent darkness

We may lie in shadows,
but we lie holding hands,
keeping each other warm
in the coolness of night

We sleep and dream
and wake
in hope
that has no fear or sorrow –
that does not fear the dark

The night is but a shadow
of the day