Official DUP NAPOWRIMO (National Poetry Writing Month) 2017

MadameLavender said:Daisies From Cats


CONGRATULATIONS, Madame! 👏🏆

We have absolutely LOVED the poetic journal of your life this month. You took the good, the mundane, and even the impossible, such as a sinus infection, and created poetry with it. You showed everyone that anything and everything, no matter how personal, could be translated into a verse.

We don't think it's ironic that you ended on such a poem as one of Love, gifts, and what's truly important in life. And those are our friends, our loved ones, our pets, and ourselves.

Because they can all be poetry of we view them in the poetic light.

It's been an honor and pleasure! We hope you follow us the NaPo '18, where taskmaster Host Johnny has a few aces up his sleeve!

The drinks are on us! 🍷

To co-hosts Ahavati & JohnnyBlaze, and to everyone who made it all the way through:

It's a real feeingl I've been getting as people keep coming in with their 30th entry, some limping, some pacing, some down to a power walk, as if at the end of a marathon.  But what we all have in common is how much the urge to do this to challenge ourselves.  Not a competition against one another, but to get in the mindset to do a full-sized write each day no matter what many of us have been up against outside the event.  I'm still bursting with pride for what we've all done!

And also, this has been the best NaPoWriMo I've ever done, and have thoroughly enjoyed writing my entries each and everyday this month.  For those who know me and have followed along, they know I mean it.  So if I make it to DUP's NaPoWriMo 2018, guaranteed I'll be there!

The caterer cancelled, so I'll be supplying the hors d'oeuvres from my own private stock.

And don't be alarmed if you find an actual finger in the finger sandwiches.

Josh said:NaPoWriMo 30/30 for April 30th, 2017
Villanelle/Terzanelle/Verzanelle/Tillanelle No: 30

{ Many, many thanks to Ahavati and Johnny for hosting (and amazingly at the same time partaking in) this DUP NaPoWriMo Comp - all your hard work, and postings, are much appreciated.
 :)  :)  }


CONGRATULATIONS, Josh! 👏🏆

We were BLOWN away by the invention of your new form! In essence you were like San Pedro and became a father too!

But seriously, you were the only other entrant that adhered to a specific form and it was impressive, to say the least. The quality of your work combined with the accuracy of form and was spot on!

We hope you follow us to NaPo '18, where Host Blaze already has a bag of tricks packed!

The drinks are on us! 🍷❤

Jade-Pandora said:To co-hosts Ahavati & JohnnyBlaze, and to everyone who made it all the way through:

It's a real feeingl I've been getting as people keep coming in with their 30th entry, some limping, some pacing, some down to a power walk, as if at the end of a marathon.  But what we all have in common is how much the urge to do this to challenge ourselves.  Not a competition against one another, but to get in the mindset to do a full-sized write each day no matter what many of us have been up against outside the event.  I'm still bursting with pride for what we've all done!

And also, this has been the best NaPoWriMo I've ever done, and have thoroughly enjoyed writing my entries each and everyday this month. For those who know me and have followed along, they know I mean it.  So if I make it to DUP's NaPoWriMo 2018, guaranteed I'll be there!



Thank you, Jade! We appreciate that and look forward to seeing you next year!

PsycoticMastermind said:The caterer cancelled,

Uh huh....

I can honestly say, that's it's been a bit like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YYmfM2TfUA


Glad to have reached the finish line, though, with such great company!  High-fives, all around  :)

PsycoticMastermind said:The caterer cancelled, so I'll be supplying the hors d'oeuvres from my own private stock.

And don't be alarmed if you find an actual finger in the finger sandwiches.

http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah16/Ahavati1/PicsArt_04-30-06.36.30_zpspnu1fuc0.jpg

Speaking of fingers not being where they are supposed to be, please be careful when making your music selections for the After Party. Not all my levers were meant for everyone to pull on.

Ahavati said:

Thank you, Jade! We appreciate that and look forward to seeing you next year!


I'm not sure where this reply is going to land, but thank you Ahavati again for your stalwart support and amazing encouragement.
(It's just clocked midnight here, the earlier celebratory wine is settling down; time for a cup of tea now). Josh.

Josh said:


I'm not sure where this reply is going to land, but thank you Ahavati again for your stalwart support and amazing encouragement.
(It's just clocked midnight here, the earlier celebratory wine is settling down; time for a cup of tea now). Josh.


It landed just fine, Josh!  I'm sorry we missed your post earlier! It was cray for a bit there! But we backtracked and responded! Thank you for your participation and amazing support!  

De-evolution

Monkey see, monkey do,
Monkey screw and then unscrew
Monkeys slip their lock and chain
Never gonna be the same

Monkey see, monkeys hear
Monkey learns to show no fear
Monkeys learn to have new fun
Watching how to shoot a gun

Monkey hear, monkey speaks
Unlike the rat who only squeaks
Monkeys learn to shout out “No!”
Then discuss just where they'll go

Monkey speak, Monkey see
Nothing is entirely free
Monkeys initiate evil plan
Learned their evil straight from man

Monkey see, monkey do,
Monkeys sniffing Uhu glue
Monkeys killing just for fun
De-evolution has begun

Talk is like Cheap Sex

Political correctness
Like penile erectus
Is making me gag

Restricting free speech
Like a blood sucking leech
Is making me choke

Preventing debate
Like a teen masturbate
Is making me frustrated

Calling me a racist
Like calling me a bassist
Is pulling my string

Calling me a misogynist
Like an alcoholic getting pissed
Is affecting my sperm count

Calling me white privileged
Like a rapists threat on a knife edge
Is making me impotent

Calling me fascistic
Like a black flag anarchistic
Is making me a born again virgin

Name calling does not an argument make
Try doing your homework for fuck sake

.......

Mellinniums Without Doors

XXX. Enlightenment

The schematics of our Lifetimes
are merely props moving between
the scenery of our choices; Doors
and Windows opening and closing.

Exit points for the travel-weary, revolving
between each veiled manifestation.  
Shakespeare knew our existence was
upon the stage our own hands built.

We read from our own Written Script,
cast Players in accordance to needs
based on our personal evolution and
desire for various Lives of experience.

When we face each circumstance with
the knowledge that we have called
it forth in order to grow, resistence
to that circumstance ceases to exist.

Resistance is the fuel for pain; thus,
what we resist persists. In that state
of illusion, we seek understanding
to sooth the suffering of our Heart.

But Wisdom is not found outward, it's a byproduct of Knowledge available to all
by prayerful Belief, who in Time will reap
a mustard seed of Faith growing in them.

Nothing eases the burning of emptiness
except Truth. Thus, in seeking such Treasure
it is always best to return to our humble
beginning; the origin of our writhing birth.  

Where we'll finally learn what we Love
in others, and desire for ourselves are
merely symbolic manifestations of our
wishes, such as courage or fearlessness.

And that the Universe is always in our
corner, when We aren't insisting it isn't.
~



I'd like to thank everyone who participated and supported us through this challenge. We are forever grateful and inspired by you all.

Unfortunately, the series is currently too long for one post, but we are working on that, and the subsequent additions should be added soon so you can view it together.

In the interim, this year's piece is dedicated to JohnnyBlaze for his wisdom, brilliant guidance, inspiration, and being the best friend ever. Ever.