For today’s prompt, write a remix poem.
Nevers
I’ll never know why.
That’s not true.
I know why you stopped
replying to my texts.
It was something I said.
I didn’t set out to fail.
I just didn’t listen
and said too much.
It’s probably for the best.
This isn’t the first time
I’ve left a faceprint
in the pavement.
To rise you must first fall.
To laugh you must first bleed.
(Mine’s not really a remix. It’s more a mash-up of I’ll never know why and They never tell you that to succeed you have to fail since they both had the word never in their titles.)
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 
I don’t want to depress the like button because this is so heart-wrenching. Please pick your face up off of the pavement so you can see all the faces that care …..❤️🩹
(and if it’s fiction – well-done!)
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Wow. Glad this mash-up works. Thanks!
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This is well done and I appreciate your take on the mix up prompt, making it your own!
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I think I did a remix last year. It’s more fun to do a mash-up and I think it’s closer to being a new poem.
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I believe my attempt is closer to a mashup/new poem too. But, I enjoyed the challenge! ✨
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I’ll check it out!
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Another poignant one. Nice.
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Thanks.
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Yep … I do a lot of falling and bleeding Bart …
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You must be learning lots!
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I’m a slow learner …
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Good job B. You took 2 good poems and made them better. Mash them taters!
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Thanks! We’ve used this technique before to try to get something out of fragments that don’t seem to be going anywhere. It doesn’t always work but I’m glad it did in this case.
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Well done on the mashup, Bart. Quite a bit of truth to it too. :)
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Thank you, Susi.
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You’re welcome! :)
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