Poetry Writing Month | NaPoWriMo 2020
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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).
Endless Possibility..
It is right to say that you surpass all crafted finery
It is true to say you exceed all masterly artistry
That you awake in me a sight beyond all creativity
That by the gift of what you've brought
I can see the beauty in every single thought
Be that the collation of our times aired
Or the mirror of our reflections bared
Each breath aired gives our path
A depth of endless possibility..
It is true to say you exceed all masterly artistry
That you awake in me a sight beyond all creativity
That by the gift of what you've brought
I can see the beauty in every single thought
Be that the collation of our times aired
Or the mirror of our reflections bared
Each breath aired gives our path
A depth of endless possibility..
#love
#inspirational
#faith
#uplifting
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A NY THING
And yes
You WILL burn in hell
For your resolute
Resistance to see
This thing was slowly moving
Toward our grandmothers
(may the universe transform my hatred into a Wonderwoman lasso around her)
Broadcasting its damned intent
...Slow like TV movie zombie horde
...Slow enough to give you time to do
...A N Y T H I N G...
You preened for the press
In the...
You WILL burn in hell
For your resolute
Resistance to see
This thing was slowly moving
Toward our grandmothers
(may the universe transform my hatred into a Wonderwoman lasso around her)
Broadcasting its damned intent
...Slow like TV movie zombie horde
...Slow enough to give you time to do
...A N Y T H I N G...
You preened for the press
In the...
#murder
#politics
#city
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#pandemic
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Clarity and Choice (Day 3)
Make my mind fogless until time satisfied
so that I may wander without hindrance
and see clearly thoughts far off,
choosing which to indulge in
as flowers along the way,
but do not bereft me of the mist
which may hide and disguise
so that mystery may still exist
and I can feel joy in the unknown;
wherein stumbling upon happenstance
entails immense rapture
compared to the due process of other travellers;
for I fare better when going with feeling
and following an intangible sense
than when all is listed and...
so that I may wander without hindrance
and see clearly thoughts far off,
choosing which to indulge in
as flowers along the way,
but do not bereft me of the mist
which may hide and disguise
so that mystery may still exist
and I can feel joy in the unknown;
wherein stumbling upon happenstance
entails immense rapture
compared to the due process of other travellers;
for I fare better when going with feeling
and following an intangible sense
than when all is listed and...
#myself
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Beast?
They crashed into a murky time and place
and found a giant’s cave to shelter in
He claimed them as his prey with leering face
Lascivious, the hunger in his grin.
She offered up herself to save the child,
unto the heathen stranger bared her breast
But -- blood he scented on the breezes wild
and left her untouched, breathless and perplexed.
With curdling howl he vanished to the chase
A moonless night in frigid dew they spent
They both feared his return back to that place
But she also feared his abandonment
His virile...
and found a giant’s cave to shelter in
He claimed them as his prey with leering face
Lascivious, the hunger in his grin.
She offered up herself to save the child,
unto the heathen stranger bared her breast
But -- blood he scented on the breezes wild
and left her untouched, breathless and perplexed.
With curdling howl he vanished to the chase
A moonless night in frigid dew they spent
They both feared his return back to that place
But she also feared his abandonment
His virile...
#dark
#forest
#mystery #NaPoWriMo2020
#mystery #NaPoWriMo2020
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Mollycoddling
(four of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
Sigh. . .
another evening
another night
…alone
I hugged the 2nd pillow
tighter this ebb’d spring
in the desert
for no reason
other than I am preparing
to dream –
lonely. . .
Memories of
Yes, they knew,
understood my
love
moreover
my need
for intimacy
*****
As I coddle my pillow this night
as many past nights
& nights to come
i am reminded that I need
to be kinder to myself.
...
Sigh. . .
another evening
another night
…alone
I hugged the 2nd pillow
tighter this ebb’d spring
in the desert
for no reason
other than I am preparing
to dream –
lonely. . .
Memories of
Yes, they knew,
understood my
love
moreover
my need
for intimacy
*****
As I coddle my pillow this night
as many past nights
& nights to come
i am reminded that I need
to be kinder to myself.
...
#myself
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
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Opalescent
much more than diamond
pearled in a mere reflection
the cat sings for his supper
mirrored she flashes by
fluttered flight, naked thru shadows
shuttering amid a hint of light
he doesn't see the lengths she goes to
closing eyes with open mouths
using only ears to listen
perfect rythmn in a storm held night
entwined and bound to midnight
fingers grasp at the mornings sound
shucking oysters and caressing bodies
their rhapsody is sliding down
pearled in a mere reflection
the cat sings for his supper
mirrored she flashes by
fluttered flight, naked thru shadows
shuttering amid a hint of light
he doesn't see the lengths she goes to
closing eyes with open mouths
using only ears to listen
perfect rythmn in a storm held night
entwined and bound to midnight
fingers grasp at the mornings sound
shucking oysters and caressing bodies
their rhapsody is sliding down
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T-Rump and the Thunder-Quills of Doom
(sonnet)
If black wolves ate black hearts exclusively,
We’d set them free to feed upon this night
And send black souls to black eternity,
To paint the streets in blood to their delight.
For evil men conspire to evil acts,
And leave the least of us to evil fate.
So, send the wolves and level their attacks,
To end those souls whose love is only hate.
No evil now, but sheer incompetence,
That leads us on to ill-considered ends.
And history will judge their consequence
With stains that even...
If black wolves ate black hearts exclusively,
We’d set them free to feed upon this night
And send black souls to black eternity,
To paint the streets in blood to their delight.
For evil men conspire to evil acts,
And leave the least of us to evil fate.
So, send the wolves and level their attacks,
To end those souls whose love is only hate.
No evil now, but sheer incompetence,
That leads us on to ill-considered ends.
And history will judge their consequence
With stains that even...
#corruption
#evil
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In Praise of “People’s Faces”
(Catena Rondo)
It’s rare commercials flatten me
In Tempest’s frigid night’s despair
Still singin’ words of calm aware
It’s rare commercials flatten me
In Tempest’s frigid night’s despair
In spills of frigid white that fade
Our age that, rage to beige, persuades,
In Tempest’s frigid night’s despair
In spills of frigid white that fade,
“With heads bent down and hackles up,”
Her grace erases, interrupts
In spills of frigid white that fade.
“With heads bent down and hackles up” ...
It’s rare commercials flatten me
In Tempest’s frigid night’s despair
Still singin’ words of calm aware
It’s rare commercials flatten me
In Tempest’s frigid night’s despair
In spills of frigid white that fade
Our age that, rage to beige, persuades,
In Tempest’s frigid night’s despair
In spills of frigid white that fade,
“With heads bent down and hackles up,”
Her grace erases, interrupts
In spills of frigid white that fade.
“With heads bent down and hackles up” ...
#hope
#spiritual
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Crispy Skin
My love of Chinese takeout as a sin,
I hoard a soy sauce packet when I can.
I order Cantonese, then Mandarin,
All fortune cookies compliments of Chan.
I met the master chef when I was ten.
My love of Chinese takeout as a sin,
When every Friday night I had a yen
For chicken wonton fried in crispy skin.
If I think it’s the last, I’ll start again
To pig out on his Peking Duck and see
My love of Chinese takeout as a sin
Begins as egg drop soup & ends as tea.
His sweet and sour shrimp per a la carte ...
I hoard a soy sauce packet when I can.
I order Cantonese, then Mandarin,
All fortune cookies compliments of Chan.
I met the master chef when I was ten.
My love of Chinese takeout as a sin,
When every Friday night I had a yen
For chicken wonton fried in crispy skin.
If I think it’s the last, I’ll start again
To pig out on his Peking Duck and see
My love of Chinese takeout as a sin
Begins as egg drop soup & ends as tea.
His sweet and sour shrimp per a la carte ...
#food
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#addiction #pandemic
#addiction #pandemic
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My Religion
seeking
i look to the
bookshelf for guidance
teachers and preachers
all claim
to know the answers
none have proof
all say
‘have faith’
’believe’
‘my way or the highway’
torah, old testament, new testament, apocrypha
gnostic gospels, book of mormon
koran, bhagavad gita
pentagrams, incense, tarot, prayer flags
christ, mohamed,
confucious, buddha
crowley, huxley
leary, seneca
abraham, seth
jung, freud
warlike gods, crucifixions, martyrs,...
i look to the
bookshelf for guidance
teachers and preachers
all claim
to know the answers
none have proof
all say
‘have faith’
’believe’
‘my way or the highway’
torah, old testament, new testament, apocrypha
gnostic gospels, book of mormon
koran, bhagavad gita
pentagrams, incense, tarot, prayer flags
christ, mohamed,
confucious, buddha
crowley, huxley
leary, seneca
abraham, seth
jung, freud
warlike gods, crucifixions, martyrs,...
#spiritual
#frustration
#confusion #NaPoWriMo2020
#confusion #NaPoWriMo2020
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The Quarantined
The Beginning:
Mayhem suddenly shakes
Some random stranded town
Enormous army tanks divert earthquakes
Mobbed civilians panic, soldiers all around
Megaphones slice violent air
Red with blue lights imprison night
News reporters scramble broadcasted air
Mass hysteria signals fight or flight
Heavily armed commandos
Parade destructive streets
Locked and loaded live ammo
Mock fireworks as christened beats
Camouflaged masks
Shadow bio-hazard suits
Chemical war fare gas
Just in case they bare no fruit
“This...
Mayhem suddenly shakes
Some random stranded town
Enormous army tanks divert earthquakes
Mobbed civilians panic, soldiers all around
Megaphones slice violent air
Red with blue lights imprison night
News reporters scramble broadcasted air
Mass hysteria signals fight or flight
Heavily armed commandos
Parade destructive streets
Locked and loaded live ammo
Mock fireworks as christened beats
Camouflaged masks
Shadow bio-hazard suits
Chemical war fare gas
Just in case they bare no fruit
“This...
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How to Forget You
I will fill my head with the verses that speak through every withered bone, replacing thoughts and pictures I was hiding
“Chase them out,” I say
My mouth will tell a better story than the one you read so slowly
And closed the chapter with your lips
Today, that story is replaced by a newfound realization that I exist on more than lines of a page
Finally, I will shut my eyes away from letters, gifts, your body
To keep them in the dark, where they will stay. I’m opening up. To find the things that I once loved. Distractions have been eliminated. I’ve...
“Chase them out,” I say
My mouth will tell a better story than the one you read so slowly
And closed the chapter with your lips
Today, that story is replaced by a newfound realization that I exist on more than lines of a page
Finally, I will shut my eyes away from letters, gifts, your body
To keep them in the dark, where they will stay. I’m opening up. To find the things that I once loved. Distractions have been eliminated. I’ve...
#relationships
#LifeChangingMoment
#MovingOn
#acceptance
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