Welcome to “Writober,” a challenge hosted by Maria at Experience Writing.

Today’s chosen prompt: Psychic Powers. “How can we use our sixth sense in our poetry? Many great poems start in one place, with one question, statement or idea, but through the writing of the poem, the poet ends up in another place. Follow those instincts. Let your poem leap, following free associations that may not seem to connect at first. Let those gut feelings guide you. We can also connect dream imagery with specific sensory details in the present, using dream symbols to inform our understanding of our poetic themes.”

I wish I could read minds, to understand, to pull apart reasons like pulling out batteries in a remote control so we can change channels again. To replace excuses, opinions, beliefs, with facts and reasoning, so when we press “on” we can get on with our lives, free to agree or disagree without being right, to settle in on comfy couches in front of blazing fires and clink glasses in a toast even if we don’t all like the movie.