National Poetry Writing Month - NaPoWriMo 2017
#NaPoWriMo2017
Poems which took part in NaPoWriMo and GloPoWriMo 2017. National Poetry Writing Month takes place in April. Join us each year, and write a poem a day for the whole month (30 poems in 30 days). Congrats to those who completed NaPoWriMo 2017: Ahavati, Anarchitect, crimsin, DaisyGrace, David_Macleod, Earth_Child, FromTheAsh, Hepcat61, Jade-Pandora, JohnnyBlaze, Josh, LobodeSanPedro, MadameLavender, Magnetron, MaryWalker, mel44, PsycoticMastermind, RevolutionAL, SatansSperm, Viddax and whale.
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Mountain Spirit
CYCLE I: EARTH
I rise above You, sacred Valley spread,
With hard admire Your fertile open curves,
And waters rushing through Your canyon led,
Such are the field and the forest served.
Perfumes increase in heat throughout Your day,
And with the night, they swirl my head in mists.
Your beauty holds, I would not look away,
Your love display that bends my will’s resist.
With thunder and with storm my rush is sent,
To add Your rushing river’s swollen flow.
Through hardest squalls, our floods do not...
I rise above You, sacred Valley spread,
With hard admire Your fertile open curves,
And waters rushing through Your canyon led,
Such are the field and the forest served.
Perfumes increase in heat throughout Your day,
And with the night, they swirl my head in mists.
Your beauty holds, I would not look away,
Your love display that bends my will’s resist.
With thunder and with storm my rush is sent,
To add Your rushing river’s swollen flow.
Through hardest squalls, our floods do not...
#erotic
#mountains
#NaPoWriMo2017 #sonnet
#NaPoWriMo2017 #sonnet
817 reads
6 Comments
[ NaPo 2017 ] Have You Seen This Child?
On my daily walk
I picked it out of the gutter---
a discarded milk carton;
noticed your photo printed
on the backside in unflattering ink
not your best profile shot either
I felt bad for you
how you were used
up and tossed away
as if trash by your
"friends"
aware from the neighborhood
telephone game parents
played over hedges
that not only did you fall
in with a bad crowd
you fell hard and fast
bruising your ego
If you are still out there,...
I picked it out of the gutter---
a discarded milk carton;
noticed your photo printed
on the backside in unflattering ink
not your best profile shot either
I felt bad for you
how you were used
up and tossed away
as if trash by your
"friends"
aware from the neighborhood
telephone game parents
played over hedges
that not only did you fall
in with a bad crowd
you fell hard and fast
bruising your ego
If you are still out there,...
#NaPoWriMo2017
571 reads
1 Comment
Revival
Dear Brothers & Sisters, please hear me.
I know in this world of today
Confusion abounds in one's journey;
There's no peace of mind anyway.
So tell me, please, my fellow sinners
As I stand here before you right now
On top of my '58 Chevy,
Is there anything better I vow?
Hell no! I mean, friends, look no further.
The future of faith is upon us
To take you to your destination,
And it's made in the U.S. of A.!
...
I know in this world of today
Confusion abounds in one's journey;
There's no peace of mind anyway.
So tell me, please, my fellow sinners
As I stand here before you right now
On top of my '58 Chevy,
Is there anything better I vow?
Hell no! I mean, friends, look no further.
The future of faith is upon us
To take you to your destination,
And it's made in the U.S. of A.!
...
#America
#cars
#satirical
#NaPoWriMo2017
#consumerism
882 reads
4 Comments
Love is a Verb
I've been growing a tiny
cutting since last autumn;
She moved into a pot
from a windowsill glass
that was once a cup
before tasting her first
drops of summer rain.
By late spring she'll be ready
for moist soil; by summer
she will have survived
harsh winter elements;
by early autumn she'll
birth a new cutting.
She will grow to a mighty
flower from a little cup
not because I'm a gardener
or have a green thumb
But because I Loved her.
~
cutting since last autumn;
She moved into a pot
from a windowsill glass
that was once a cup
before tasting her first
drops of summer rain.
By late spring she'll be ready
for moist soil; by summer
she will have survived
harsh winter elements;
by early autumn she'll
birth a new cutting.
She will grow to a mighty
flower from a little cup
not because I'm a gardener
or have a green thumb
But because I Loved her.
~
#NaPoWriMo2017
1888 reads
42 Comments
[ NaPo 2017 ] Bollyhoodlum
Don't you dare treat me as if a goddess
I've no desire to be your Mafia queen
Keep your hands off this bodacious bodice
Bollyhoodlum
says that he's inda me
but he's not the least bit Hindi
from New Jersey
not New Delhi
Bollyhoodlum
is a crumb-bum
Impostor with bad posture entices
sprinkling himself with raw spices
trying to curry my favor
with native flavor
Bollyhoodlum
what a dumb-dum
Jersey shore wiseguy
give me...
I've no desire to be your Mafia queen
Keep your hands off this bodacious bodice
Bollyhoodlum
says that he's inda me
but he's not the least bit Hindi
from New Jersey
not New Delhi
Bollyhoodlum
is a crumb-bum
Impostor with bad posture entices
sprinkling himself with raw spices
trying to curry my favor
with native flavor
Bollyhoodlum
what a dumb-dum
Jersey shore wiseguy
give me...
#NaPoWriMo2017
#dating
549 reads
3 Comments
[ NaPo 2017 ] The Replacements
Ideas are the poet's challenge---
finding something fresh to say
in some profound or juvenile way
that makes an impact upon
both spectators and players
in the Literary Arena
It's a blood sport
The further removed topics
are from that organ in your chest
the less passion is circulated throughout
your body of work
And if you keep returning to familiar
strategies relied upon seasons past
---playbook becomes all too predictable
When your fans are no...
finding something fresh to say
in some profound or juvenile way
that makes an impact upon
both spectators and players
in the Literary Arena
It's a blood sport
The further removed topics
are from that organ in your chest
the less passion is circulated throughout
your body of work
And if you keep returning to familiar
strategies relied upon seasons past
---playbook becomes all too predictable
When your fans are no...
#NaPoWriMo2017
680 reads
2 Comments
Valley
CYCLE I: EARTH
From heart in valley’s vales does Goddess give
New life to all that’s known through earth and time.
Graced with Her sacred flows to all that live
The quench of parch and sweat from struggles’ clime.
Her palace gained in spreads of futile fields,
Her throne room floor is banked in river's run.
Though force insist, its conquest will soon yield,
Can few resist Her wrest of wills begun.
High mountain storms may come with thunder’s rage
With flash in dark illumine valley’s still.
And torrents rush to spill Her...
From heart in valley’s vales does Goddess give
New life to all that’s known through earth and time.
Graced with Her sacred flows to all that live
The quench of parch and sweat from struggles’ clime.
Her palace gained in spreads of futile fields,
Her throne room floor is banked in river's run.
Though force insist, its conquest will soon yield,
Can few resist Her wrest of wills begun.
High mountain storms may come with thunder’s rage
With flash in dark illumine valley’s still.
And torrents rush to spill Her...
#erotic
#river
#nature
#NaPoWriMo2017
#sonnet
811 reads
4 Comments
The Eloquence of Rage
The eloquence of rage can take a life
While never setting out to actu'lly,
A build-up of emotion sets the kind,
Let jilted love be warned before too late.
Intentional comes later as a rule
When seeking out revenge is but a thought.
A follow-up for method is a must,
And weapon's choice is next on list of plans.
There's poison sweet in food, liqueur, cold bisque,
Or sharpened blade of rapier unsheathed.
There's also jimmied car breaks with less risk,
Or hired gun, the undercover kind.
But when your actions stem from...
While never setting out to actu'lly,
A build-up of emotion sets the kind,
Let jilted love be warned before too late.
Intentional comes later as a rule
When seeking out revenge is but a thought.
A follow-up for method is a must,
And weapon's choice is next on list of plans.
There's poison sweet in food, liqueur, cold bisque,
Or sharpened blade of rapier unsheathed.
There's also jimmied car breaks with less risk,
Or hired gun, the undercover kind.
But when your actions stem from...
#love
#murder
#satirical #NaPoWriMo2017
#satirical #NaPoWriMo2017
750 reads
8 Comments
[ NaPo 2017 ] [ Lesbian ] Genuine Love
I want to hike every square mile of your hilly terrain
roll my face around in your dewed meadow grass
and as fireflies waltz with stars up above
Astroglide a strap-on dildo in your ass
When nature calls, silicone balls
will have to do
And if a tree falls in the forest
no one will hear you
moan with each thrust of
my synthetic lust
while my Love is genuine
and true
roll my face around in your dewed meadow grass
and as fireflies waltz with stars up above
Astroglide a strap-on dildo in your ass
When nature calls, silicone balls
will have to do
And if a tree falls in the forest
no one will hear you
moan with each thrust of
my synthetic lust
while my Love is genuine
and true
#love
#lesbian
#erotic
#nature
#NaPoWriMo2017
630 reads
1 Comment
[ NaPo 2017 ] Degenerative Metrics
Flying by night ahead a sonic boom
heading back to her Boiler, Boiler,
Bubble, and Toiler Room
Social batterfly that she is
too preoccupied to swat at
a black cat with her broom
L-O-L-ing as she's scrolling
singing a grim fairy tale to herself
amidst flicks of smart phone clicks
concocting spells, treats and tricks
and other ideas I doubt she got from
Pinterest
Eager to be back in her lab
grab ingredients from the pantry shelf
put a hex on her cyber...
heading back to her Boiler, Boiler,
Bubble, and Toiler Room
Social batterfly that she is
too preoccupied to swat at
a black cat with her broom
L-O-L-ing as she's scrolling
singing a grim fairy tale to herself
amidst flicks of smart phone clicks
concocting spells, treats and tricks
and other ideas I doubt she got from
Eager to be back in her lab
grab ingredients from the pantry shelf
put a hex on her cyber...
#NaPoWriMo2017
715 reads
2 Comments
Playthings
It doesn't matter what the hell I think,
To touch you while I'm breathing down your neck.
It doesn't matter if you want to strut,
You know you love it and I don't forget.
Approaching you is walking razor's edge,
The times we don't connect are pretty rare.
'Cause taking you at once is on my mind,
And when you sulk I'm Johnny on the spot.
I know when you think I'm not watching you,
The way you stroke your mane before the mirror.
I pull out all my toys that buzz & twitch
And come up from behind to show you...
To touch you while I'm breathing down your neck.
It doesn't matter if you want to strut,
You know you love it and I don't forget.
Approaching you is walking razor's edge,
The times we don't connect are pretty rare.
'Cause taking you at once is on my mind,
And when you sulk I'm Johnny on the spot.
I know when you think I'm not watching you,
The way you stroke your mane before the mirror.
I pull out all my toys that buzz & twitch
And come up from behind to show you...
#erotic
#NaPoWriMo2017
901 reads
12 Comments
[ NaPo 2017 ] More Women Needed At The Reigns
Always the odd woman out
disallowed from playing
your reindeer games
As much as I enjoy
being one of the boys
the elf with the oral fixation
and his shiny nosed companion
had it right---
this industry is stagnant
when it comes to providing
misfits with opportunities
And if this means I'm getting
a lump of coal in my stocking
then hang up the Mistletoe
because Mister Kringle can
kiss my merry ass
Forget the chimneys;
we could use...
disallowed from playing
your reindeer games
As much as I enjoy
being one of the boys
the elf with the oral fixation
and his shiny nosed companion
had it right---
this industry is stagnant
when it comes to providing
misfits with opportunities
And if this means I'm getting
a lump of coal in my stocking
then hang up the Mistletoe
because Mister Kringle can
kiss my merry ass
Forget the chimneys;
we could use...
#women
#NaPoWriMo2017
#feminism #inequality
#feminism #inequality
588 reads
3 Comments
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