Poetry Writing Month | NaPoWriMo 2020
#NaPoWriMo2020
Poems forming part of our 2020 NaPoWriMo challenge (also known as GloPoWriMo). Poetry Writing Month takes place in April each year. Join us next year to write a poem a day for the whole month (30 poems in 30 days).
wallyroo92
Poem Published
2nd Apr 2020 10:02pm
2nd Apr 2020 10:02pm
When I Fell in Love with Fire
It was in my formative years
When I first heard the sound
I really couldn’t believe my ears
Or my eyes for what I had found
And so I fell in love with fire
I craved to perform and play
To be better was all I desired
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I practiced, rehearsed and trained
Until my fingers ached and bled
I’d taped them then went at it again
‘Til I knew every note in my head
But I would never be one of them
The rendition of the original composition
Made me explore music history and more ...
When I first heard the sound
I really couldn’t believe my ears
Or my eyes for what I had found
And so I fell in love with fire
I craved to perform and play
To be better was all I desired
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I practiced, rehearsed and trained
Until my fingers ached and bled
I’d taped them then went at it again
‘Til I knew every note in my head
But I would never be one of them
The rendition of the original composition
Made me explore music history and more ...
#inspirational
#music
#NaPoWriMo2020
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2 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
2nd Apr 2020 10:20pm
2nd Apr 2020 10:20pm
THE SLEEPING DRAGON
The moment I saw
They were mining its mountain-
Don’t wake the sleeping dragon,
I thought.
When I realized
They were stealing its possessions-
Don’t wake the sleeping dragon,
I thought.
I recall noticing
All their houses made of wood-
Don’t wake the sleeping dragon,
I thought.
I’ve heard rumblings:
“We must strike first,
Before it kills us all!”
It’s tempting to laugh, but
Just now I caught one
Trying to pry a dazzling scale
From its living, breathing belly.
These critters...
They were mining its mountain-
Don’t wake the sleeping dragon,
I thought.
When I realized
They were stealing its possessions-
Don’t wake the sleeping dragon,
I thought.
I recall noticing
All their houses made of wood-
Don’t wake the sleeping dragon,
I thought.
I’ve heard rumblings:
“We must strike first,
Before it kills us all!”
It’s tempting to laugh, but
Just now I caught one
Trying to pry a dazzling scale
From its living, breathing belly.
These critters...
#fire
#dragons
#humankind
#apocalypse
#NaPoWriMo2020
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Viddax
Lord Viddax
Lord Viddax
Poem Published
2nd Apr 2020 10:41pm
2nd Apr 2020 10:41pm
Confusion (Day 1)
The Chaos keeps building and building
rising to a never reached climax
the only thing that breaks is my mind
too many walls of data
too much confusion
the senses are assaulted;
Zen is a state in name only
Replaced by a writhing screaming mess:
Out, out, damn you!
What should be simple and second nature
becomes a discordant removed chore
it is all too much
- and I cannot even convey such.
Information overload and I am no machine
I want to feel before I think
The cup of knowledge overflows ...
rising to a never reached climax
the only thing that breaks is my mind
too many walls of data
too much confusion
the senses are assaulted;
Zen is a state in name only
Replaced by a writhing screaming mess:
Out, out, damn you!
What should be simple and second nature
becomes a discordant removed chore
it is all too much
- and I cannot even convey such.
Information overload and I am no machine
I want to feel before I think
The cup of knowledge overflows ...
#anxiety
#NaPoWriMo2020
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Viddax
Lord Viddax
Lord Viddax
Poem Published
2nd Apr 2020 10:53pm
2nd Apr 2020 10:53pm
Troublesome Tribbles (Day 2)
The trouble with Tribbles
Is that the terrible twos
Tend to transform into terrifying triples
Therein tending to thrive to terrible totals
The task of tackling Tribbles
is in the tracking
and it is a true talent to keep on track
as the teeming threat teem tenfold and beyond.
To stop such tumultuous troupes
Simply temporarily starve the little buggers,
so as to stop a stampede
their threat lies in their tenacity to thrive if fed
so it may seem slightly sadistic
to treat Tribbles so
but better to be bitter and...
Is that the terrible twos
Tend to transform into terrifying triples
Therein tending to thrive to terrible totals
The task of tackling Tribbles
is in the tracking
and it is a true talent to keep on track
as the teeming threat teem tenfold and beyond.
To stop such tumultuous troupes
Simply temporarily starve the little buggers,
so as to stop a stampede
their threat lies in their tenacity to thrive if fed
so it may seem slightly sadistic
to treat Tribbles so
but better to be bitter and...
#scifi
#NaPoWriMo2020
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0 Comments
AspergerPoet56
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2020 00:47am
3rd Apr 2020 00:47am
Life Is Now
Undiscovered moments
Shared breaths
Mean everything
To hearts in love
Life is now
Live it well
Smile and laugh
At every opportunity
Be positively crazy
With feeling
Souls need this
For survival
Desire has fire
Burning inside
Raging emotions
That dwell longingly
Take chances
Don’t let things slip
Indifference and complacency
Kills everything built
Shared breaths
Mean everything
To hearts in love
Life is now
Live it well
Smile and laugh
At every opportunity
Be positively crazy
With feeling
Souls need this
For survival
Desire has fire
Burning inside
Raging emotions
That dwell longingly
Take chances
Don’t let things slip
Indifference and complacency
Kills everything built
#NaPoWriMo2020
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brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2020 1:51am
3rd Apr 2020 1:51am
That time you missed my birthday
That’s when I grew up.
It’s when I knew
I didn’t figure in your plans
or rise to your consciousness
Time to put on the big girl pants,
get on with life on my own
So I did
with a vengeance
turning aloneness to fierce independence
wearing shame shamelessly as bravado
Maybe I miss all that could have been
if I had really mattered in your life.
Maybe -- but I don’t know --
I can’t imagine it anymore;
I don’t.
Maybe I’m grateful
You set me adrift
….set me alight….
...
It’s when I knew
I didn’t figure in your plans
or rise to your consciousness
Time to put on the big girl pants,
get on with life on my own
So I did
with a vengeance
turning aloneness to fierce independence
wearing shame shamelessly as bravado
Maybe I miss all that could have been
if I had really mattered in your life.
Maybe -- but I don’t know --
I can’t imagine it anymore;
I don’t.
Maybe I’m grateful
You set me adrift
….set me alight….
...
#grief
#fire
#acceptance #NaPoWriMo2020
#acceptance #NaPoWriMo2020
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Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2020 1:26pm
3rd Apr 2020 1:26pm
Lighthouse
( a Catena Rondo )
To be alone to give my heart to you
I live inside a lighthouse in my mind
So far above the breakers when I climb
To be alone to give my heart to you
I live inside a lighthouse in my mind
The view I seek in vain of any shown
Surrounded by a tower made of stone
I live inside a lighthouse in my mind
The view I seek in vain of any shown
A present past no future heading in
Reminding me the places I have been
The view I seek in vain of any shown
A present past no future...
To be alone to give my heart to you
I live inside a lighthouse in my mind
So far above the breakers when I climb
To be alone to give my heart to you
I live inside a lighthouse in my mind
The view I seek in vain of any shown
Surrounded by a tower made of stone
I live inside a lighthouse in my mind
The view I seek in vain of any shown
A present past no future heading in
Reminding me the places I have been
The view I seek in vain of any shown
A present past no future...
#love
#sea
#NaPoWriMo2020
#pandemic
#separation
1037 reads
14 Comments
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2020 2:51pm
3rd Apr 2020 2:51pm
Celebrate The Flow
blood signifies
egg that didn’t unite
with sperm
natural selection
celebrate the flow
lunar blood
culling
imperfections
when universes
alignm planets synchronize
genes match
new being will
emerge with
best chance of survival
natural selection
celebrate the flow
rejoice knowing
nature optimized
humanity”s survival
rejoice in
opportunities to
try again
natural selection
celebrate the flow
bury the dead ...
egg that didn’t unite
with sperm
natural selection
celebrate the flow
lunar blood
culling
imperfections
when universes
alignm planets synchronize
genes match
new being will
emerge with
best chance of survival
natural selection
celebrate the flow
rejoice knowing
nature optimized
humanity”s survival
rejoice in
opportunities to
try again
natural selection
celebrate the flow
bury the dead ...
#hope
#spiritual
#NaPoWriMo2020
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2 Comments
JusTim_
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2020 2:59pm
3rd Apr 2020 2:59pm
Planted
I play with shadows
under guise of light and dark
ripened under a half-met sun
ripp'd where tainted thoughts dare run
looking down,
afleet
barren to thrust
flowers slain and seeds lay rough
all the while
the weeds won't grow
til
her toil
unearthed
in muddy soil
patted pasties put, dripp'd in soot
dirtied mouths and unwashed foot
tied up
a mare/amoré
amount to what
the rituals,
trinitized,
doeful eyes
no doubt
wide, batting, abating ...
under guise of light and dark
ripened under a half-met sun
ripp'd where tainted thoughts dare run
looking down,
afleet
barren to thrust
flowers slain and seeds lay rough
all the while
the weeds won't grow
til
her toil
unearthed
in muddy soil
patted pasties put, dripp'd in soot
dirtied mouths and unwashed foot
tied up
a mare/amoré
amount to what
the rituals,
trinitized,
doeful eyes
no doubt
wide, batting, abating ...
#NaPoWriMo2020
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4 Comments
Sex_on_the_Joe
Joe-D
Joe-D
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2020 3:48pm
3rd Apr 2020 3:48pm
Mr. Banana
I think I’m in love
With your sweet textured taste
Like an angel above
There’s no part of you to waste
With the exception of your peel
That changes color when you ripe
I wish you knew how I feel
When I add peanut butter with every bite
You come in many sizes
But your shape remains the same
You hold so many delightful surprises
I get all ecstatic whenever I hear your name
Sometimes I like you green
But you’re at your best when you are yellow
A little bitter in-between
You’re still one hell of a fellow
I can eat you...
With your sweet textured taste
Like an angel above
There’s no part of you to waste
With the exception of your peel
That changes color when you ripe
I wish you knew how I feel
When I add peanut butter with every bite
You come in many sizes
But your shape remains the same
You hold so many delightful surprises
I get all ecstatic whenever I hear your name
Sometimes I like you green
But you’re at your best when you are yellow
A little bitter in-between
You’re still one hell of a fellow
I can eat you...
#NaPoWriMo2020
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16 Comments
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2020 3:59pm
3rd Apr 2020 3:59pm
Lagniappe!!
(three of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
I know I must have dribbled
all over my being. . .
but maintained eye contact.
*****
I feel soooooooo stupid
in new interaction &
the potential
for love
I prefer kindness
so tossing out
anxiety & uncertainty!
I like You; You like me
and maybe
we don’t always see
eye-to-eye
completely
see…!
You and me are adults
who KNOWS what could / can
be / become
I’ve caught
a wisp
& ...
I know I must have dribbled
all over my being. . .
but maintained eye contact.
*****
I feel soooooooo stupid
in new interaction &
the potential
for love
I prefer kindness
so tossing out
anxiety & uncertainty!
I like You; You like me
and maybe
we don’t always see
eye-to-eye
completely
see…!
You and me are adults
who KNOWS what could / can
be / become
I’ve caught
a wisp
& ...
#friendship
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2020
395 reads
10 Comments
nomoth
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2020 4:25pm
3rd Apr 2020 4:25pm
the kites fly but I don't
the kites fly but I don't
#home
#music
#morality #NaPoWriMo2020
#morality #NaPoWriMo2020
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