2024 Official DUP NaPoWriMo Challenge
Ljdynamic
18
Joined 18th Aug 2017
Forum Posts: 374
Dangerous Mind


Forum Posts: 374
☺️
Josiah
4
Joined 8th Aug 2016
Forum Posts: 72
Twisted Dreamer


Forum Posts: 72
#17
Be My Getaway Driver
Wound up lucid in my American daydreams
News sounding like high density magazines
With red, paintings, draining from the curbs
Hiring getaway drivers to just escape the burbs
Rich rain, white shirts, flying from Yacht Towers
How we're all neighbors? Thick hedge flowers
Eyes shut, popping blue pills just to make money
Political kerosene, smelling sweeter than honey
Please, pinch me by the throat, I won't scream
Be my getaway driver, take my from this dream
Be My Getaway Driver
Wound up lucid in my American daydreams
News sounding like high density magazines
With red, paintings, draining from the curbs
Hiring getaway drivers to just escape the burbs
Rich rain, white shirts, flying from Yacht Towers
How we're all neighbors? Thick hedge flowers
Eyes shut, popping blue pills just to make money
Political kerosene, smelling sweeter than honey
Please, pinch me by the throat, I won't scream
Be my getaway driver, take my from this dream
wallyroo92
154
Joined 11th July 2012
Forum Posts: 1875
Tyrant of Words


Forum Posts: 1875
17/30
Stay Calm, Stay Cool
Stress and pressure can often overwhelm anyone
Heck, it can put a lot of strain on the heart
And while there may be chaos and mayhem all around
Staying calm and cool can be quite the art
Life will throw challenges at us and people will test us
But the key to composure is that ability to pause
Taking a deep breath to let the brain process and generate
So that the response will focus on the root of the cause
And perhaps it in this type of pragmatic approach
That our action alone will command regard and respect
Because body language also plays an important role
In the way we communicate and diligently connect
83 Unique
115 Total
Stay Calm, Stay Cool
Stress and pressure can often overwhelm anyone
Heck, it can put a lot of strain on the heart
And while there may be chaos and mayhem all around
Staying calm and cool can be quite the art
Life will throw challenges at us and people will test us
But the key to composure is that ability to pause
Taking a deep breath to let the brain process and generate
So that the response will focus on the root of the cause
And perhaps it in this type of pragmatic approach
That our action alone will command regard and respect
Because body language also plays an important role
In the way we communicate and diligently connect
83 Unique
115 Total
Thetravelingfairy
15
Joined 12th July 2017
Forum Posts: 286
Fire of Insight


Forum Posts: 286
17/30
Drum Circle
Wednesday night, clothed in moonlight
The ocean mist casts its gaze upon the shore
I stand on sidewalk, bordering grass and sand
the dance floor consisting of
hippies young and old
Hopping to a single beat, of many different drums
He grabbed my hand, it was a quick blink before I became one with the earth, sky, and sea
Twisting, twirling, not caring about the wind tangling my blonde hair. Forgetting the look, embracing this deep breath before it’s gone
Drum Circle
Wednesday night, clothed in moonlight
The ocean mist casts its gaze upon the shore
I stand on sidewalk, bordering grass and sand
the dance floor consisting of
hippies young and old
Hopping to a single beat, of many different drums
He grabbed my hand, it was a quick blink before I became one with the earth, sky, and sea
Twisting, twirling, not caring about the wind tangling my blonde hair. Forgetting the look, embracing this deep breath before it’s gone
17/30
They Will Be My Rhyme, My Reason
For a glimpse
of a glorious,
genuine smile,
that convey's acceptance without
scintilla of guile
for such a sight
I'm good and ready
I'd walk a country Summer's mile,
in the Mojave dessert
to bask in such a welcome grin
and when I arrive
we'd connect our smiles
and fall into an embrace
and they wouldn't
even hesitate
even though
I'm awfully sweaty.
Certainly they'd have
captivating eyes
that bid me come hither.
And beg don't dither,
never again go thither,
but stay right by my side.
Maybe they'd look me over,
say your kind of handsome.
With a little
sprucing up,
you'd be better looking
And several Yoga sessions,
intense but peaceful
meditation
and, of course
super healthy cooking
Does such and one exist?
They surely do,
I insist!
Unique word count: 103
They Will Be My Rhyme, My Reason
For a glimpse
of a glorious,
genuine smile,
that convey's acceptance without
scintilla of guile
for such a sight
I'm good and ready
I'd walk a country Summer's mile,
in the Mojave dessert
to bask in such a welcome grin
and when I arrive
we'd connect our smiles
and fall into an embrace
and they wouldn't
even hesitate
even though
I'm awfully sweaty.
Certainly they'd have
captivating eyes
that bid me come hither.
And beg don't dither,
never again go thither,
but stay right by my side.
Maybe they'd look me over,
say your kind of handsome.
With a little
sprucing up,
you'd be better looking
And several Yoga sessions,
intense but peaceful
meditation
and, of course
super healthy cooking
Does such and one exist?
They surely do,
I insist!
Unique word count: 103

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Kinkwizard_95
1
Joined 21st Feb 2024
Forum Posts: 65
Thought Provoker


Forum Posts: 65
#18
What on earth!?
What on earth is happening
What on earth is going on
Can’t keep up with all the calamity
But everything’s going wrong
First my dad gets cancer
Then I find my own mum dead
Now they think I have HIV
And it’s fucking with my head
Just give a girl a fucking break
Let me please chill the fuck out
Need a lie down in a quiet room
It’s stirred up so much doubt
Brother in rehab the year before last
A cousin with a brain tumour too
Got debt coming out my eye balls
And yet I keep plodding on
Please can I slow down a while
Please can life just stop
Need to get my shit together
So I can feel on top
Need to get off of this train
Need to hail a cab
Take some shelter from this rain
I think I’m going mad
There’s a constant barrage of bullshit
Just getting in my way
I’m tired, weary, lost and alone
With no way of escape
Unique word count: 110
What on earth!?
What on earth is happening
What on earth is going on
Can’t keep up with all the calamity
But everything’s going wrong
First my dad gets cancer
Then I find my own mum dead
Now they think I have HIV
And it’s fucking with my head
Just give a girl a fucking break
Let me please chill the fuck out
Need a lie down in a quiet room
It’s stirred up so much doubt
Brother in rehab the year before last
A cousin with a brain tumour too
Got debt coming out my eye balls
And yet I keep plodding on
Please can I slow down a while
Please can life just stop
Need to get my shit together
So I can feel on top
Need to get off of this train
Need to hail a cab
Take some shelter from this rain
I think I’m going mad
There’s a constant barrage of bullshit
Just getting in my way
I’m tired, weary, lost and alone
With no way of escape
Unique word count: 110
Josh
Joshua Bond
41
Joined 2nd Feb 2017
Forum Posts: 1867
Joshua Bond
Tyrant of Words


Forum Posts: 1867
18/30
WELL WORRIED
Today is the day I worried about
yesterday…, strangely again all is well
eternal’s round one, in the ring — seconds out!
It’s easy transform a heaven to hell
monkey-the-mind had a wonderful day
yesterday’s muse, yet again: all is well
Creative production needs freedom to play
though sovereign duties demand a limit
the monkey just had too much of a day
And here is the rub, I propose, in’it?
not all the roads are there to be taken —
sovereign duties demand a limit
Broader and deeper are roads to awaken
but with them are choices, so hard to discern
since not all the roads are still there to be taken
A cosmos expanding with butterfly turns
today is the day I was worried about
and though there are choices, so hard to discern
it’s always round one in the ring — seconds out!
WELL WORRIED
Today is the day I worried about
yesterday…, strangely again all is well
eternal’s round one, in the ring — seconds out!
It’s easy transform a heaven to hell
monkey-the-mind had a wonderful day
yesterday’s muse, yet again: all is well
Creative production needs freedom to play
though sovereign duties demand a limit
the monkey just had too much of a day
And here is the rub, I propose, in’it?
not all the roads are there to be taken —
sovereign duties demand a limit
Broader and deeper are roads to awaken
but with them are choices, so hard to discern
since not all the roads are still there to be taken
A cosmos expanding with butterfly turns
today is the day I was worried about
and though there are choices, so hard to discern
it’s always round one in the ring — seconds out!
dimpy
dimpsmoon
7
Joined 9th Mar 2023
Forum Posts: 145
dimpsmoon
Dangerous Mind


Forum Posts: 145
18/30
they feel afraid
fear is a black shape
which in the moonlit night
gives a feeling of new moon
a girl walking on the road
is wearing fear in the form of clothes,
she has hidden fear even
in her open hair,
she has also painted her nails
with the colors of fear,
and she asks herself,
“Why is there so much silence here???
in the strong wind,
some leaves fall here and there
even the branches bend,
but the tree is not afraid,
it stands and faces the storm
an ancient belief becomes believable
when people believe that
a black cat is ominous
hardness of heart doesn’t reduce
even after artificial smile
and before hardness softens
another black crowd passes through the road
and then another fear is born…
well many people are jealous
and they want to scare,
but you should have to say … “ I am not afraid, I will not be afraid ...”
they feel afraid
fear is a black shape
which in the moonlit night
gives a feeling of new moon
a girl walking on the road
is wearing fear in the form of clothes,
she has hidden fear even
in her open hair,
she has also painted her nails
with the colors of fear,
and she asks herself,
“Why is there so much silence here???
in the strong wind,
some leaves fall here and there
even the branches bend,
but the tree is not afraid,
it stands and faces the storm
an ancient belief becomes believable
when people believe that
a black cat is ominous
hardness of heart doesn’t reduce
even after artificial smile
and before hardness softens
another black crowd passes through the road
and then another fear is born…
well many people are jealous
and they want to scare,
but you should have to say … “ I am not afraid, I will not be afraid ...”
WillowsWhimsies
20
Joined 8th Mar 2016
Forum Posts: 310
Tyrant of Words


Forum Posts: 310
18 of 30
labyrinth
I've been exploring the labyrinthine maze of my soul
following each path to see where it goes
yeah...there's a lot of tragic crap in my past
but a lot more than that went into my forming
pain is just a fragment of what made me who I am
but I need to know all my facets
the beauty as well as the ugly
how they developed & if they're potentially cracking
which tears eroded into deep trenches
what fuel does it take to ignite my passionate sparks
keeping my feet in a forwardly direction
I move along after each thorough inspection
there is danger if one loiters
like bubbles rising in public waters
never know which one's a fart...
& I don't want to get caught in the stench
discover...study...step along
in this experience called life...
there's no such thing as a dead end
...only a lesson I failed to learn
like a glitch in the system...
I'll repeat it until I get it
now listen...
Willow...are we good...
yup...got it...moving on
labyrinth
I've been exploring the labyrinthine maze of my soul
following each path to see where it goes
yeah...there's a lot of tragic crap in my past
but a lot more than that went into my forming
pain is just a fragment of what made me who I am
but I need to know all my facets
the beauty as well as the ugly
how they developed & if they're potentially cracking
which tears eroded into deep trenches
what fuel does it take to ignite my passionate sparks
keeping my feet in a forwardly direction
I move along after each thorough inspection
there is danger if one loiters
like bubbles rising in public waters
never know which one's a fart...
& I don't want to get caught in the stench
discover...study...step along
in this experience called life...
there's no such thing as a dead end
...only a lesson I failed to learn
like a glitch in the system...
I'll repeat it until I get it
now listen...
Willow...are we good...
yup...got it...moving on
brokentitanium
k.
12
Joined 18th Nov 2015
Forum Posts: 1230
k.
Tyrant of Words


Forum Posts: 1230
18/30
Bring it
bring me your enthusiasm
bring me your joy
bring me your unbridled laughter
share your indecency
share your too much
share your obscene dirty jokes
don’t hold it back
don’t give too much slack
don’t make any excuses
I want all your feelings
I want all your truth
I want all your sensitive spots
show me your passion
show me your delight
show me your secret nerd-dom
let me witness your pain
let me witness your rage
let me witness the wounds you’ve defeated
I don’t need your filters
I don’t need your caution
I don’t need your walls and defenses
pour out your thoughts
pour out your words
pour out the music within you
I crave all your ugly
I crave all your heart
I crave every hidden obsession
give me all your exceptional facets
give me your truest you
give me that holy, priceless permission
to be the true me too
Bring it
bring me your enthusiasm
bring me your joy
bring me your unbridled laughter
share your indecency
share your too much
share your obscene dirty jokes
don’t hold it back
don’t give too much slack
don’t make any excuses
I want all your feelings
I want all your truth
I want all your sensitive spots
show me your passion
show me your delight
show me your secret nerd-dom
let me witness your pain
let me witness your rage
let me witness the wounds you’ve defeated
I don’t need your filters
I don’t need your caution
I don’t need your walls and defenses
pour out your thoughts
pour out your words
pour out the music within you
I crave all your ugly
I crave all your heart
I crave every hidden obsession
give me all your exceptional facets
give me your truest you
give me that holy, priceless permission
to be the true me too
DaisyGrace
18
Joined 29th Mar 2017
Forum Posts: 1393
Dangerous Mind


Forum Posts: 1393
18/30
Razzerleaf
27
Joined 15th Sep 2019
Forum Posts: 525
Fire of Insight


Forum Posts: 525
18/30
Repairing burst mains
The words came from sludge
pushed through blocked pipes,
no basket filter to catch the big bits
just a solid mass on the kitchen floor.
I wanted there to be more
but the sleeping children
closed the isolation valve
turned overwhelmed into a trickle.
You, ready in your bare feet
to squash the pile into pulp,
jumped up and down until
the castle returned to white sand.
The roar of the beached ocean
is much louder than a falling wave
but as the wind drops its fools gold
I become a distant dog bark.
In the morning the leak will be fixed,
last nights bleach, tipped into a bucket
so I could clean away the mess, and you?
you'll have fresh flowers on your dress,
and I ?
I'll pretend to like them.
Repairing burst mains
The words came from sludge
pushed through blocked pipes,
no basket filter to catch the big bits
just a solid mass on the kitchen floor.
I wanted there to be more
but the sleeping children
closed the isolation valve
turned overwhelmed into a trickle.
You, ready in your bare feet
to squash the pile into pulp,
jumped up and down until
the castle returned to white sand.
The roar of the beached ocean
is much louder than a falling wave
but as the wind drops its fools gold
I become a distant dog bark.
In the morning the leak will be fixed,
last nights bleach, tipped into a bucket
so I could clean away the mess, and you?
you'll have fresh flowers on your dress,
and I ?
I'll pretend to like them.
Ahavati
Tams
124
Joined 11th Apr 2015
Forum Posts: 17310
Tams
Tyrant of Words


Forum Posts: 17310
xviii.
Untitled
Like flowering sea grass
in an ocean current
my thoughts are fluid
a continual motion
through daily deposits
of aquatic algae
altering my ego-system
I dream of golden sandbars
in a blue-green ocean
under our yellow luminary
Walking the pathway
of Moonlight
across the water at night
I envision waltzing
through the galaxy
fascinated yet perplexed
at over 300 million planet’s
wondrously diverse inhabitants
Enter a Universal means
of travel, a wormhole
in speechless awe
arriving once and for all
where all Poets belong:
In the heart of the Poem
. . .
Untitled
Like flowering sea grass
in an ocean current
my thoughts are fluid
a continual motion
through daily deposits
of aquatic algae
altering my ego-system
I dream of golden sandbars
in a blue-green ocean
under our yellow luminary
Walking the pathway
of Moonlight
across the water at night
I envision waltzing
through the galaxy
fascinated yet perplexed
at over 300 million planet’s
wondrously diverse inhabitants
Enter a Universal means
of travel, a wormhole
in speechless awe
arriving once and for all
where all Poets belong:
In the heart of the Poem
. . .
Honoria
72
Joined 22nd July 2019
Forum Posts: 204
Tyrant of Words


Forum Posts: 204
18/30
Hero?
The conquering hero has to shine
He won’t rest until he saves the day
Or the nearest damsel in distress
Mayhaps this is why his steed is filthy
His armor tarnished and a bit rusty
With his breath stinking of stale booze
That weeping maiden would swift upon
Change her tune once that helmet
Comes off and Sir Stunning looks like
Sir Shrinky Dink
Any wager would suffice
She’ll recognize her own strength
And move on…Alone
64 u/w
Hero?
The conquering hero has to shine
He won’t rest until he saves the day
Or the nearest damsel in distress
Mayhaps this is why his steed is filthy
His armor tarnished and a bit rusty
With his breath stinking of stale booze
That weeping maiden would swift upon
Change her tune once that helmet
Comes off and Sir Stunning looks like
Sir Shrinky Dink
Any wager would suffice
She’ll recognize her own strength
And move on…Alone
64 u/w