Poetry Writing Month | NaPoWriMo 2021
#NaPoWriMo2021
Poems forming part of our 2021 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).
Summerrain75
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2021 8:24am
3rd Apr 2021 8:24am
Time Is A Treasure
Time is a treasure
To be used and spent
A temporary possession
You cannot keep for long
A gift you cannot hold
In the palm of your hands
You can only stay in it
For a moment or a day
And spend it as you may
But when it's gone
It's irretrievable
Lost forever
Every second that ticks
Is a time passing by from your life
Each day you spent is a leaf
Torn from the pages of your book
Where your life turns with time
To be used and spent
A temporary possession
You cannot keep for long
A gift you cannot hold
In the palm of your hands
You can only stay in it
For a moment or a day
And spend it as you may
But when it's gone
It's irretrievable
Lost forever
Every second that ticks
Is a time passing by from your life
Each day you spent is a leaf
Torn from the pages of your book
Where your life turns with time
#TruthOfLife
#philosophical
#NaPoWriMo2021
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2 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2021 4:48pm
3rd Apr 2021 4:48pm
Catch the Drift
But professor” said I striving to understand why
However, after he delivered the message he was gone
So I read and reread trying to decipher and demystify
But I am still lost in scales as the fire seems to drag on…
…My young fragile brain couldn’t really comprehend
But an inspiration was born for something to become
It was a relentless drive and coordination of hands
For those of us in the know succumb to the air drum
I remember falling in love with this rhythm and sound
I recall closing my eyes and picturing myself behind a set
It...
However, after he delivered the message he was gone
So I read and reread trying to decipher and demystify
But I am still lost in scales as the fire seems to drag on…
…My young fragile brain couldn’t really comprehend
But an inspiration was born for something to become
It was a relentless drive and coordination of hands
For those of us in the know succumb to the air drum
I remember falling in love with this rhythm and sound
I recall closing my eyes and picturing myself behind a set
It...
#death
#music
#memories
#MyInspiration
#NaPoWriMo2021
655 reads
8 Comments
PoetsRevenge
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2021 5:06pm
3rd Apr 2021 5:06pm
Wild Seed
Wild seed blown to the breeze;
where will he fall, who will call.
If given a chance, with him I would dance
twisting and shaking in a lofty romance.
In hours as minutes, seconds burned to dust
every notion a fragment adrift in wanderlust.
How he flies within the reeds
seeking nothing that he won't need.
Only a tiny resting spot
unstable and on a wavering lot;
going unnoticed even in wind
hiding among each branch that bends.
He will emerge in some strange time
to come alive in sight and mind
germinating in...
where will he fall, who will call.
If given a chance, with him I would dance
twisting and shaking in a lofty romance.
In hours as minutes, seconds burned to dust
every notion a fragment adrift in wanderlust.
How he flies within the reeds
seeking nothing that he won't need.
Only a tiny resting spot
unstable and on a wavering lot;
going unnoticed even in wind
hiding among each branch that bends.
He will emerge in some strange time
to come alive in sight and mind
germinating in...
#love
#lover
#FallingInLove #NaPoWriMo2021
#FallingInLove #NaPoWriMo2021
612 reads
13 Comments
Viddax
Lord Viddax
Lord Viddax
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2021 5:59pm
3rd Apr 2021 5:59pm
To ride away
Where do you now ride to?
To doom, to doom.
Where do you drive them on to?
To war, to war.
Where is the one I knew before?
They must quickly ride away
for their message will not keep
they can not linger or stay
and for them no rest or sleep.
They will pass as clouds in the sky
for it is that time calls them nigh
it is for you to stay behind
for their destiny is assigned.
Why do you now ride to?
For fate, for fate.
Why do you drive them on to?
For the call, for the call.
For they must...
To doom, to doom.
Where do you drive them on to?
To war, to war.
Where is the one I knew before?
They must quickly ride away
for their message will not keep
they can not linger or stay
and for them no rest or sleep.
They will pass as clouds in the sky
for it is that time calls them nigh
it is for you to stay behind
for their destiny is assigned.
Why do you now ride to?
For fate, for fate.
Why do you drive them on to?
For the call, for the call.
For they must...
#grief
#death
#NaPoWriMo2021
336 reads
0 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2021 7:20pm
3rd Apr 2021 7:20pm
WATERBEARS
Great lava lake
A happy place
Transform ourselves
To tardigrades
Imagined claws
The truth suspends
Giving pause
Intrepid friends
Survive and thrive
A dream for sure
Get too close
We will be burned
No microscopic fortitude
Soft bags of flesh
With attitude
Filled with water
Bear our souls
Steer us clear
Of all black holes
A happy place
Transform ourselves
To tardigrades
Imagined claws
The truth suspends
Giving pause
Intrepid friends
Survive and thrive
A dream for sure
Get too close
We will be burned
No microscopic fortitude
Soft bags of flesh
With attitude
Filled with water
Bear our souls
Steer us clear
Of all black holes
#dreams
#TruthOfLife
#NaPoWriMo2021
472 reads
12 Comments
Sex_on_the_Joe
Joe-D
Joe-D
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2021 10:29pm
3rd Apr 2021 10:29pm
Far Away
Thirty poems
Thirty days
So much coffee
Canoeing brain waves
Nothing written
Everything gained
Freshly smitten
Runaway trained
Too distracted
To even think
Trophy eyed impacted
Writing on the sync
Laptop open
T.V. blastin
Barely copin’
Only fastin
Three days in
I’m still moody
Plans to win
April’s a movie
Easter’s here
The bunny hops
Eat my fear
Write nonstop
Who needs food
My stomach aches
Mouse is glued
No time for breaks
Let me ramble
Rant and...
Thirty days
So much coffee
Canoeing brain waves
Nothing written
Everything gained
Freshly smitten
Runaway trained
Too distracted
To even think
Trophy eyed impacted
Writing on the sync
Laptop open
T.V. blastin
Barely copin’
Only fastin
Three days in
I’m still moody
Plans to win
April’s a movie
Easter’s here
The bunny hops
Eat my fear
Write nonstop
Who needs food
My stomach aches
Mouse is glued
No time for breaks
Let me ramble
Rant and...
#anxiety
#hope
#frustration #NaPoWriMo2021
#frustration #NaPoWriMo2021
14 reads
12 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2021 11:52pm
3rd Apr 2021 11:52pm
Campfire
It starts at dusk with quiet simple strum.
‘It’s campfire time!’ the gleeful kids exclaim.
Lost souls align with rhythm of the drum.
Melodious solo bids the campers come -
marshmallow sticks are shared as well as names;
It starts at dusk with quiet simple strum.
They might come happy, or they might feel glum:
with eyes obscured by flickering of flames,
lost souls align with rhythm of the drum.
The more reserved in sotto voce hum,
while others unleash harmonies untamed.
It starts at dusk with quiet simple strum.
...
‘It’s campfire time!’ the gleeful kids exclaim.
Lost souls align with rhythm of the drum.
Melodious solo bids the campers come -
marshmallow sticks are shared as well as names;
It starts at dusk with quiet simple strum.
They might come happy, or they might feel glum:
with eyes obscured by flickering of flames,
lost souls align with rhythm of the drum.
The more reserved in sotto voce hum,
while others unleash harmonies untamed.
It starts at dusk with quiet simple strum.
...
#happiness
#fire
#music #NaPoWriMo2021
#music #NaPoWriMo2021
851 reads
10 Comments
marina2020
Rain Woman
Rain Woman
Poem Published
4th Apr 2021 00:38am
4th Apr 2021 00:38am
Flaws
You have flaws
Promising one thing, then forgetting
Saying a time, and being late
Being loud, but not realizing it
Spending money on so many things, not knowing how privileged you are
But I see you are trying
You pick up takeout food because you understand my anxiety
You take me on adventures when I am visibly frustrated to calm me
You listen to me complain about stupid aspects of life
You encourage me to keep going when all I want to do is quit
I have flaws too
I understand I can be difficult, and yet you still...
Promising one thing, then forgetting
Saying a time, and being late
Being loud, but not realizing it
Spending money on so many things, not knowing how privileged you are
But I see you are trying
You pick up takeout food because you understand my anxiety
You take me on adventures when I am visibly frustrated to calm me
You listen to me complain about stupid aspects of life
You encourage me to keep going when all I want to do is quit
I have flaws too
I understand I can be difficult, and yet you still...
#relationships
#NaPoWriMo2021
484 reads
3 Comments
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
4th Apr 2021 2:49am
4th Apr 2021 2:49am
Flag Waving Patriots
while driving in a quiet
residential neighborhood
my eyes were drawn
to a nice home
with a flagpole in front
proudly displaying the
stars and stripes
for a moment i felt a twinge of patriotism
then i noticed
that below the
red white and blue symbol of my country
there was a second flag
lovely blue and white
with bold lettering
proclaiming
“F&*K BIDEN”
(but real letters instead of the
ampersand and asterisk
if you know what i mean)
which...
residential neighborhood
my eyes were drawn
to a nice home
with a flagpole in front
proudly displaying the
stars and stripes
for a moment i felt a twinge of patriotism
then i noticed
that below the
red white and blue symbol of my country
there was a second flag
lovely blue and white
with bold lettering
proclaiming
“F&*K BIDEN”
(but real letters instead of the
ampersand and asterisk
if you know what i mean)
which...
#politics
#NaPoWriMo2021
344 reads
4 Comments
LunaGreyhawk
Jenn_Leigh
Jenn_Leigh
Poem Published
4th Apr 2021 4:15am
4th Apr 2021 4:15am
On Rebirth
her bumble of bees
and deciduous trees,
Spring’s unveiling invention;
shake of her shoulder
eye the beholder,
Flower’s blooming intention
display of green leaf
enchanting motif,
Thaw acquiesces his throne;
sweet singing of birds
love’s soft-spoken words,
Hope springs among the seeds sown
her groaning of ground
now quickens the sound,
Moss and the moonstone cast spells;
growth of the forest
moon-path of Horus,
rebirth of earth on a swell
and deciduous trees,
Spring’s unveiling invention;
shake of her shoulder
eye the beholder,
Flower’s blooming intention
display of green leaf
enchanting motif,
Thaw acquiesces his throne;
sweet singing of birds
love’s soft-spoken words,
Hope springs among the seeds sown
her groaning of ground
now quickens the sound,
Moss and the moonstone cast spells;
growth of the forest
moon-path of Horus,
rebirth of earth on a swell
#love
#spring
#nature
#rebirth
#NaPoWriMo2021
215 reads
9 Comments
Zazzles
Broomie
Broomie
Poem Published
4th Apr 2021 5:00am
4th Apr 2021 5:00am
Poems for Dummies
The struggle is real
I’ve got nothing to say
dealing with writers block
nope, no poem today
Eeek! why won’t the words come
I’m starting to become undone
26 days to go, where’s the fun?
contemplating getting up to run!
no I won’t go, I will stay
facing this challenge every day
including now, while I write this drool
wearing the face of a poetic fool
next year I’ll pick a theme
for now, victory is but a dream ...
I’ve got nothing to say
dealing with writers block
nope, no poem today
Eeek! why won’t the words come
I’m starting to become undone
26 days to go, where’s the fun?
contemplating getting up to run!
no I won’t go, I will stay
facing this challenge every day
including now, while I write this drool
wearing the face of a poetic fool
next year I’ll pick a theme
for now, victory is but a dream ...
#NaPoWriMo2021
830 reads
24 Comments
Sex_on_the_Joe
Joe-D
Joe-D
Poem Published
4th Apr 2021 4:02pm
4th Apr 2021 4:02pm
Hide & Seek
My coffee is ready
Black with cream
My mood is deadly
Escaping Napo’s dream
My body is weak
Dignified by zombieism
My mentality at peak
Coping poetry magnetism
The morning is bright
Taunting my dedication
My vocab is all rewrite
Napo loves its castration
My breakfast is air
Stomach pains drum up its strike
Fellowship of the poems ain’t fair
I chewed off more than I can bite
My thought process is fried
Hangin on like a scared kitten on a branch
On the wings of April I slide
Down the slope of my...
Black with cream
My mood is deadly
Escaping Napo’s dream
My body is weak
Dignified by zombieism
My mentality at peak
Coping poetry magnetism
The morning is bright
Taunting my dedication
My vocab is all rewrite
Napo loves its castration
My breakfast is air
Stomach pains drum up its strike
Fellowship of the poems ain’t fair
I chewed off more than I can bite
My thought process is fried
Hangin on like a scared kitten on a branch
On the wings of April I slide
Down the slope of my...
#LifeStruggles
#MovingOn
#escape
#determination
#NaPoWriMo2021
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9 Comments
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