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).
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 3:03pm
4th Apr 2020 3:03pm
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
#NaPoWriMo2020
#addiction #pandemic
#addiction #pandemic
907 reads
25 Comments
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 4:19pm
4th Apr 2020 4:19pm
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
574 reads
4 Comments
Sex_on_the_Joe
Joe-D
Joe-D
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 5:17pm
4th Apr 2020 5:17pm
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...
#NaPoWriMo2020
11 reads
4 Comments
Thetravelingfairy
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 6:23pm
4th Apr 2020 6:23pm
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
#NaPoWriMo2020
350 reads
2 Comments
calamitygin
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 7:05pm
4th Apr 2020 7:05pm
The almost unbelievable tale of Dancing Ruby
Sly smiling and sweetly,
Ruby curtsies and briefly...
Before rising to dizzying pirrouette
She spins round and round
All over the pretty town,
Until red faced and out of breathe
Expecting rounds of mad clapping...
Her pink tippy toe a-tapping..
Rubies lil heart falls when she turns and sees,
Her blue eyes grow so wide!
Oh! to her shock and surprise...
Her twirling, it has leveled Eureka Springs!
Ruby curtsies and briefly...
Before rising to dizzying pirrouette
She spins round and round
All over the pretty town,
Until red faced and out of breathe
Expecting rounds of mad clapping...
Her pink tippy toe a-tapping..
Rubies lil heart falls when she turns and sees,
Her blue eyes grow so wide!
Oh! to her shock and surprise...
Her twirling, it has leveled Eureka Springs!
#dance
#NaPoWriMo2020
455 reads
7 Comments
Viddax
Lord Viddax
Lord Viddax
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 7:29pm
4th Apr 2020 7:29pm
Priase be and Hail (Day 4)
Praise be and Hail
Upon the warships of The Imperial Navy,
May they shed the glorious light of the Emperor
by their arms and armaments
Blessed be they who serve the fleets
Within the hulls blessed by the Mechanicum.
For Faith is the Shield
And the shields will hold within and without
And may the ship endure
Even if the crew wither and die
For the duty of the fleets is eternal
And they will do their duty even in the death-throes
To ensures Humanity’s right to the galaxy
As this is the Emperor’s Will
to which the Imperial...
Upon the warships of The Imperial Navy,
May they shed the glorious light of the Emperor
by their arms and armaments
Blessed be they who serve the fleets
Within the hulls blessed by the Mechanicum.
For Faith is the Shield
And the shields will hold within and without
And may the ship endure
Even if the crew wither and die
For the duty of the fleets is eternal
And they will do their duty even in the death-throes
To ensures Humanity’s right to the galaxy
As this is the Emperor’s Will
to which the Imperial...
#scifi
#NaPoWriMo2020
320 reads
0 Comments
Fiftysevenhours
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 9:58pm
4th Apr 2020 9:58pm
Left Behind..
I face the world in a wall of words or, so it seems at times
To think I choose how to see and how life should be
What facet of face is laid in ink to dry..
What lines make a page, the steps that I lay along the way
All paths lead home, familiar sights, familiar sounds, familiar words, familiar
Familiar but echoed in a different role, their toll..
In certain light the trunks of trees are unhewn staves to mark the way
I face the world in a prism of a prison or so it seems at times..
The jury of my days, the sentence of my ways, the sentence that I lay ...
To think I choose how to see and how life should be
What facet of face is laid in ink to dry..
What lines make a page, the steps that I lay along the way
All paths lead home, familiar sights, familiar sounds, familiar words, familiar
Familiar but echoed in a different role, their toll..
In certain light the trunks of trees are unhewn staves to mark the way
I face the world in a prism of a prison or so it seems at times..
The jury of my days, the sentence of my ways, the sentence that I lay ...
#SelfReflection
#NaPoWriMo2020
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1 Comment
wallyroo92
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 10:35pm
4th Apr 2020 10:35pm
All I Asked
And when I fell in love
What did I ask of the world?
Everything and anything within my grasp
I swore I’d try
To get her the sun, the moon and stars
I vowed to climb the highest mountains
And drink the oceans dry
Emotions ran fast and high
I screamed loud amidst a crowd
But nobody heard
Yet between stolen kisses and glances
I knew she felt the same way too
We just didn’t say the words
I’m sorry I didn’t wait
The days of our youth are gone
But when I look in the broken mirror
The...
What did I ask of the world?
Everything and anything within my grasp
I swore I’d try
To get her the sun, the moon and stars
I vowed to climb the highest mountains
And drink the oceans dry
Emotions ran fast and high
I screamed loud amidst a crowd
But nobody heard
Yet between stolen kisses and glances
I knew she felt the same way too
We just didn’t say the words
I’m sorry I didn’t wait
The days of our youth are gone
But when I look in the broken mirror
The...
#love
#music
#memories #NaPoWriMo2020
#memories #NaPoWriMo2020
462 reads
4 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 11:02pm
4th Apr 2020 11:02pm
"THE MASTER"
dedicated to truthers and cultists everywhere
He had multiple wives.
He had my parents and their friends.
They bought him an island
And a whole lot of dope.
He had shining nuggets of truth
Wrapped in beautiful garbage
Which sold off the shelves because
Seekers can overdose on humility.
Maybe after all those journeys
Where you learned you were nothing,
All you wanted was to feel
You were in on the joke.
He was a rapist
And a madman.
My first poems
Glorified him.
He had multiple wives.
He had my parents and their friends.
They bought him an island
And a whole lot of dope.
He had shining nuggets of truth
Wrapped in beautiful garbage
Which sold off the shelves because
Seekers can overdose on humility.
Maybe after all those journeys
Where you learned you were nothing,
All you wanted was to feel
You were in on the joke.
He was a rapist
And a madman.
My first poems
Glorified him.
#abuse
#evil
#manipulation #NaPoWriMo2020
#manipulation #NaPoWriMo2020
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0 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
5th Apr 2020 3:57am
5th Apr 2020 3:57am
Hypochondriac
I feel a tickle in my chest –
Oh no! I better take a rest.
My stomach feels a little sore;
I better have one cookie more.
Is that a sniffle? Oh dear me!
It’s time to lie and watch TV.
A funny ache down in my back -
Best watch a movie, eat a snack.
Now, what if my sore knee’s a sign?!
I think I’ll sit here ‘til I’m fine.
My lips are chapped! I must be doomed!
Best stay here safely in my room.
I’m lonely and my hands are raw.
My plan for safety has one flaw;
If covid doesn’t come to kill,
Imagination surely will!
Oh no! I better take a rest.
My stomach feels a little sore;
I better have one cookie more.
Is that a sniffle? Oh dear me!
It’s time to lie and watch TV.
A funny ache down in my back -
Best watch a movie, eat a snack.
Now, what if my sore knee’s a sign?!
I think I’ll sit here ‘til I’m fine.
My lips are chapped! I must be doomed!
Best stay here safely in my room.
I’m lonely and my hands are raw.
My plan for safety has one flaw;
If covid doesn’t come to kill,
Imagination surely will!
#anxiety
#funny
#illness
#NaPoWriMo2020
#pandemic
490 reads
16 Comments
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
5th Apr 2020 8:14am
5th Apr 2020 8:14am
Dough Puncher
(five of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
‘tis a well known fact
i am NOT-A-BAKER!!
That said, i hold soooo
many thoughts and ideas
simmering
baking
marinating. . .
i know if i rush this
the cookies might
break You
gathered the stuff
the stuff, stuff is made of
flour’d the meaty parts
dipped in slick olive oil
with a want to help
gingerly placed
each portion
upon the sheet of hot
returns
just enough yeast
to cause the weak
to rise & the strong ...
‘tis a well known fact
i am NOT-A-BAKER!!
That said, i hold soooo
many thoughts and ideas
simmering
baking
marinating. . .
i know if i rush this
the cookies might
break You
gathered the stuff
the stuff, stuff is made of
flour’d the meaty parts
dipped in slick olive oil
with a want to help
gingerly placed
each portion
upon the sheet of hot
returns
just enough yeast
to cause the weak
to rise & the strong ...
#food
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2020
605 reads
10 Comments
JusTim_
Poem Published
5th Apr 2020 2:22pm
5th Apr 2020 2:22pm
Impunity
In darkest of caverns it exists
down deep past the fertile loam
it comes
it comes
eruptions of fire
burning/yearning
bosoms blossoming
blood rush of red
banging a booming chest
it carries
more than consequence
caring where feel conquers lust
swinging from vines and chandelier
an infernal beast
howling underneath her moons
caught up amongst the goddamn tease
oh how does one please
distanced but intrigued
interrogated
sentenced to life/death of need
of greed
words whipped...
down deep past the fertile loam
it comes
it comes
eruptions of fire
burning/yearning
bosoms blossoming
blood rush of red
banging a booming chest
it carries
more than consequence
caring where feel conquers lust
swinging from vines and chandelier
an infernal beast
howling underneath her moons
caught up amongst the goddamn tease
oh how does one please
distanced but intrigued
interrogated
sentenced to life/death of need
of greed
words whipped...
#NaPoWriMo2020
509 reads
12 Comments
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