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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty one – an overheard conversation
There’s a little eavesdropping going on today.
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Brilliant
“I had a stroke” of genius
A flash of brilliance once
Upon a time
Like fireworks in a summer sky
All razzel-dazzel
Bursts of color
Ooooos and aaahhhhs
It was a sparkler of an idea
That sizzled and danced
In the dark until it burned
Itself out and only ashes remained
Fireblossom Friday : Corvid and sit a while.
There are crows in the garden today
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As The Crow Flies
The crow looked out
Across the farm and saw
The plume of toxic fumes
That seemed to settle everywhere
The crow drew circles in the sky
And watched the bees and
Butterflies struggle to
Survive without the blooming
Wave of wildflowers
He saw the spill of inky oil
Like Rohrsach blots upon
The coastline where water
Fowl and fish no longer swam
He followed streams of shining cars
To factories and smoking stacks
That filled the air with particles
He could not breath then fell
To earth again as rain that will not
Quench Earth’s thirst
The crow looked down
From a dead tree branch
And sobbed, “Murder!”
NaPoWriMo Day Twenty – vocabulary of a sport or game
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Swing On
Let’s take a swing at
This poeming thing maybe
Write a birdie or two (in the bush)
I’ll iron the wrinkles out of my
Sentences if they’re not up to par
Maybe wedge a rhyme in there sometime
Let my muse be the driver until she put(t)s
A hole in (my) one heart and turns it
Green with envy
Let’s take a swing at
This poeming thing
And see if it will take wing like an eagle
d’Verse Poets Pub -Tuesday Poetics: Wish you were here.
De is tending bar and wants us to send her some postcards
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FINAL NOTICE!
If you do not respond to this mess(age)
we will be forced to cancel our services
All clothing should be picked up, plates
and cups returned to the kitchen and
trash swept out from under the bed
Sincerely,
The Mumagement
NaPoWriMo Day Nineteen – recreating a creation myth
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the Raven
a world in darkness
no moon or stars shining down
before the Raven
Day 18 -Poetic Asides PAD- life or death
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untethered
there is a fragile line between
life and death
one you can cross only
once
there is no turning back
no
do-over
and when you hop that
line
you go alone
all the things that tethered you
left behind
NaPoWriMo Day Eighteen – Neologism
We’re making up words today
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Vacation Pics
I always pack my camera or
At least my phone (same thing)
I’m that person snapping away
While the tour guide drones on
About some obscure moment in
The history of this building or
That person – details I’ll never recall
Instead I’m capturing the beauty –
Architecture of each city
Flora and fauna of every village
And hamlet, the people living their
Everyday, ordinary lives
Storefronts and houses
Reflected in every door,
Outlined in every window I find
Myself, camera in hand- proof
That I was there ’cause
I have taken a ‘doorfie’
Over // Under // Through –
We’re getting challenged today in the Garden
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Miss(under)stood
I didn’t even get through
my explanation of why
I was over (the moon)
about him before he
turned and walked away
I turned too and ran
into you, stumbled over
my words, fumbled
through an apology
then noticed your
kind eyes, smiling face
and knew I was
over him
NaPoWriMo Day Seventeen – a nocturne
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Dream Dancing
I sit alone sleep
will not come
day has long ago
dissolved into night
and the memory of you
is slowly fading
like the light
I grasp for scraps
of memory that glow
like embers in my mind
and fan them gently until
they warm my heart
my eyes begin to close and
we are once again dancing
In my dreams
Chèvrefeuille’s Gift #1 full circle “new life”
Snow
Blossom
Beauty
Sunflower
Beach
Waves
Clouds
Horse
Meadow
Poplar
Leaves
Rain
Creat four haiku using the twelve words given, in this order
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like snow covered trees
white apple blossoms cling
beauty of Spring
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sunflowers swaying
along the edge of the beach
back and forth like waves
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clouds galloping past
shapes of high stepping horses
across the meadow
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tall poplar tree
yellow leaves falling
Autumn rain
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