poetry in memoir?

Beach Picking

The red buckets
tucked in cubbies,
like toys for toddlers,
reeled us in.

Pick a pail,
the sign read.
Pitch in,
pick up litter.

So we did.

We netted bits of plastic
a sock, some rope,
a bottle, and a bait bag.

"Here's something," one said.
"There's something," the other said.
And the game was on.

One red bucket.

A mere drop in the ocean ...
or the rising tide
of awareness?

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When you're interested in writing a bit about something but not interested in writing a long essay or book(!), try putting your story in the form of a poem.

Narrative poetry allows you to tell your story in verse. Though not always, it's a shorter version of storytelling, and one you might find more inviting, a little less intimidating, or challenging ... at least sometimes.