Poetry Writing Month | NaPoWriMo 2022
#NaPoWriMo2022
Poems forming part of our 2022 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).
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
1st Apr 2022 1:53pm
1st Apr 2022 1:53pm
Sunrise thoughts
The fire always comes
in beginnings and endings
when things are new
or when they’re flaming out
Creator saves the best sky colours
for those bookends –
a new dawn, full of purpose
forest-fire horizon of pink-yellow blaze
An untrodden love
or a kernel of an idea
charged with ambitious excitement --
Oh, give me those beginnings!
They quickly yield to soft lavender puffs
against a baby blue backdrop
quiet and unobtrusive
Plans and inspirations
become tasks and routines
serene ...
in beginnings and endings
when things are new
or when they’re flaming out
Creator saves the best sky colours
for those bookends –
a new dawn, full of purpose
forest-fire horizon of pink-yellow blaze
An untrodden love
or a kernel of an idea
charged with ambitious excitement --
Oh, give me those beginnings!
They quickly yield to soft lavender puffs
against a baby blue backdrop
quiet and unobtrusive
Plans and inspirations
become tasks and routines
serene ...
#nature
#philosophical
#NaPoWriMo2022
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12 Comments
Sex_on_the_Joe
Joe-D
Joe-D
Poem Published
1st Apr 2022 4:03pm
1st Apr 2022 4:03pm
Kill NAPO!!!
Verbs fired
Words hired
Sentences desired
April’s wired
Thoughts required
Poetry’s inspired
Verbal soup
Loop de loop
Mentally regroup
Fly the coupe
Letters droop
Here’s the scoop
Alphabet spillage
Trauma village
30-day pillage
Pronoun drive-bys
For Napo guys
Rainy skies
Truth and lies
Character dies
Unsubstantiated highs
So much skill
Swallow the pill
Fit the bill
Fall is chill
Choke on words
Mocking birds
Resurrected nerds ...
Words hired
Sentences desired
April’s wired
Thoughts required
Poetry’s inspired
Verbal soup
Loop de loop
Mentally regroup
Fly the coupe
Letters droop
Here’s the scoop
Alphabet spillage
Trauma village
30-day pillage
Pronoun drive-bys
For Napo guys
Rainy skies
Truth and lies
Character dies
Unsubstantiated highs
So much skill
Swallow the pill
Fit the bill
Fall is chill
Choke on words
Mocking birds
Resurrected nerds ...
#NaPoWriMo2022
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10 Comments
Ljdynamic
Bumped 16th Jun 2024 7:16pm
1st Apr 2022 4:22pm
1st Apr 2022 4:22pm
Glasgow
Luck of your draw, I am what you drew.
Your grin is short; I must bring you to life.
Sit down and enjoy my jokes; I am not through.
I am just a fool who likes to play with knives.
Sowing slits of joy to magnify your face.
Peer into me; there is never a dull moment.
We transcend to the perfect place
to enjoy our playful torment.
Bite down and share in my revelry.
Gaze into me as I weave your smile,
influencing you to get lost in my devilry.
Laughter all around, laughter for a while.
Your grin is short; I must bring you to life.
Sit down and enjoy my jokes; I am not through.
I am just a fool who likes to play with knives.
Sowing slits of joy to magnify your face.
Peer into me; there is never a dull moment.
We transcend to the perfect place
to enjoy our playful torment.
Bite down and share in my revelry.
Gaze into me as I weave your smile,
influencing you to get lost in my devilry.
Laughter all around, laughter for a while.
#dark
#rhyming
#WritingPoetry #NaPoWriMo2022
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30 reads
8 Comments
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Bumped 21st Aug 2024 5:32pm
1st Apr 2022 5:14pm
1st Apr 2022 5:14pm
Gourmandization
1 / 30
Gourmandization
Whether one wants to call it ----
(did it in abundance)
Be it wassailing, gourmandizing
or both, I binged all night
for near a day and a half.
Thinking with clouded clarity
sojourning my past, past
lost lives and loves
acute vision’d and more
always more of
recent times. . .
Rhetorically speaking,
Is it, Does it,
A mere boil down
revealing nothing
more (always more)
mistakes or lessons
not mended or learned?
Most likely leaning
to...
Gourmandization
Whether one wants to call it ----
(did it in abundance)
Be it wassailing, gourmandizing
or both, I binged all night
for near a day and a half.
Thinking with clouded clarity
sojourning my past, past
lost lives and loves
acute vision’d and more
always more of
recent times. . .
Rhetorically speaking,
Is it, Does it,
A mere boil down
revealing nothing
more (always more)
mistakes or lessons
not mended or learned?
Most likely leaning
to...
#alcohol
#food
#confessional
#SelfReflection
#NaPoWriMo2022
602 reads
5 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
1st Apr 2022 11:47pm
1st Apr 2022 11:47pm
[ NaPoWriMo 2022 Collection ] Oracle
They who know their own magic
may foretell that of another's
In the Beginning
They were prophesied before light
those divine seers of balance
who would offset the dominance
of fear and ignorance
Thus, emerged existence, ignited
by flickerous explosions
heralding its own destiny
through multi-dimensional experience
Formlessness begetting embers—
sparks of souls, drifting
further from the Source of their birth
separated by the eternal womb
of blood and bone
yet connected by a silver cord ...
may foretell that of another's
In the Beginning
They were prophesied before light
those divine seers of balance
who would offset the dominance
of fear and ignorance
Thus, emerged existence, ignited
by flickerous explosions
heralding its own destiny
through multi-dimensional experience
Formlessness begetting embers—
sparks of souls, drifting
further from the Source of their birth
separated by the eternal womb
of blood and bone
yet connected by a silver cord ...
#universe
#spiritual
#astronomy
#magic
#NaPoWriMo2022
1432 reads
22 Comments
Sex_on_the_Joe
Joe-D
Joe-D
Poem Published
2nd Apr 2022 4:07pm
2nd Apr 2022 4:07pm
Footprints Through Napo
Littered ideas
Escaped thoughts
A prisoned mind
Comfort zones
Breathing space
Poetically aligned
Tune out the world
Silencio
Peace be still
Moonlight gazing
Lunar bathing
Determined will
Thank God for school
Kids are gone
Time to think
I'm caffeinated
Motivated
Poems in sink
Walk the dog
Inhale the brainstorm
Brace for calm
Crack those words
Unvault the vowels
Reapply lip balm
Stress be free
Don't bother me
I must...
Escaped thoughts
A prisoned mind
Comfort zones
Breathing space
Poetically aligned
Tune out the world
Silencio
Peace be still
Moonlight gazing
Lunar bathing
Determined will
Thank God for school
Kids are gone
Time to think
I'm caffeinated
Motivated
Poems in sink
Walk the dog
Inhale the brainstorm
Brace for calm
Crack those words
Unvault the vowels
Reapply lip balm
Stress be free
Don't bother me
I must...
#NaPoWriMo2022
6 reads
3 Comments
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
2nd Apr 2022 4:38pm
2nd Apr 2022 4:38pm
Looming Canicular Days in Triple Digits
2 / 30
Looming Canicular Days in Triple Digits
I suppose I chose this, these sweltering summer days and nights
Moved here for a variety of reasons ----
Smog-less skies flooded with powdery baby blues
& not a cloud to shade me from the sun
amidst the etiolated hues
Thinking aloud
Fixated now on the palm tree’s drooping limbs
never noticed before how here in Southern Arizona
their leaves glisten, so much so. . .
looking like Christmas tinsel
silver strands dripping into shiny dross
Day-dreams, ...
Looming Canicular Days in Triple Digits
I suppose I chose this, these sweltering summer days and nights
Moved here for a variety of reasons ----
Smog-less skies flooded with powdery baby blues
& not a cloud to shade me from the sun
amidst the etiolated hues
Thinking aloud
Fixated now on the palm tree’s drooping limbs
never noticed before how here in Southern Arizona
their leaves glisten, so much so. . .
looking like Christmas tinsel
silver strands dripping into shiny dross
Day-dreams, ...
#trees
#sun
#sky
#summer
#NaPoWriMo2022
249 reads
3 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
2nd Apr 2022 9:40pm
2nd Apr 2022 9:40pm
Strange Fire
I regret silence
on things that matter,
Yet I know
that I
know
nothing
of lives and souls afflicted,
So - hesitant, scared of getting it wrong
I have no speech,
only tears
of frustration and lament.
So I will sing my distaste
for those who profess expertise in love
but instead preach division,
Who obsess over activities of genitals
while ignoring the quality of hearts.
So trapped in idolatry of printed words,
they live in fear of condemnation
while truth eludes their calcified...
on things that matter,
Yet I know
that I
know
nothing
of lives and souls afflicted,
So - hesitant, scared of getting it wrong
I have no speech,
only tears
of frustration and lament.
So I will sing my distaste
for those who profess expertise in love
but instead preach division,
Who obsess over activities of genitals
while ignoring the quality of hearts.
So trapped in idolatry of printed words,
they live in fear of condemnation
while truth eludes their calcified...
#LGBT
#religion
#music #NaPoWriMo2022
#music #NaPoWriMo2022
320 reads
10 Comments
Sex_on_the_Joe
Joe-D
Joe-D
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2022 5:30pm
3rd Apr 2022 5:30pm
30 Days
30 days of writing,
that really sounds exciting!!
now please excuse my attitude,
If I don’t sound inviting!!!
Hmmm!!
But wait…
it does seem appetizing!!!
Just the thought of munching letters
sounds real satisfying…
I wonder what it's like,
to write half this poem on a bike!!!
Not that, that's what I would do
Obviously!!! I have a clue…
What a blunder I just made!!!
mixing Zzzz’s in my lemonade…
I'm the little engine that could!!!
“I've been watching Bollywood”
I reed...
that really sounds exciting!!
now please excuse my attitude,
If I don’t sound inviting!!!
Hmmm!!
But wait…
it does seem appetizing!!!
Just the thought of munching letters
sounds real satisfying…
I wonder what it's like,
to write half this poem on a bike!!!
Not that, that's what I would do
Obviously!!! I have a clue…
What a blunder I just made!!!
mixing Zzzz’s in my lemonade…
I'm the little engine that could!!!
“I've been watching Bollywood”
I reed...
#NaPoWriMo2022
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6 Comments
Wafflenose
Ellie
Ellie
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2022 10:03pm
3rd Apr 2022 10:03pm
Storm
It started as the slightest niggle—
an annoyance easily ignored;
the lightest brushstrokes behind my eye,
almost a whisper really.
I knew better than to ignore,
but it really was so insignificant
in comparison to feeding the family,
folding the laundry
and running Mum's Taxi Service.
Shrugging off slight waves of pain,
I carried on, while acknowledging
that my fuse was shorter
and I was becoming withdrawn.
WIth time, the grey, pulsating fuzziness
demanded all of my attention.
Nauseated, I knew that...
an annoyance easily ignored;
the lightest brushstrokes behind my eye,
almost a whisper really.
I knew better than to ignore,
but it really was so insignificant
in comparison to feeding the family,
folding the laundry
and running Mum's Taxi Service.
Shrugging off slight waves of pain,
I carried on, while acknowledging
that my fuse was shorter
and I was becoming withdrawn.
WIth time, the grey, pulsating fuzziness
demanded all of my attention.
Nauseated, I knew that...
#illness
#NaPoWriMo2022
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5 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
4th Apr 2022 1:13am
4th Apr 2022 1:13am
Spider Crush
Some souls resonate
at a frequency so irresistible,
moderation is not an option.
From the first tugs on my web
like a reflex, I’m all in --
spilling
emptying
wrapping them in silky secrets
from deep inside my belly,
so lost in wonder,
turning them over in my hands,
enthralled.
Thinking this could be forever
if I could just immobilize them
with brutal, intoxicating honesty…
And I sink my teeth in deep
extracting all the intimacy they can give
until suddenly
they
can’t. ...
at a frequency so irresistible,
moderation is not an option.
From the first tugs on my web
like a reflex, I’m all in --
spilling
emptying
wrapping them in silky secrets
from deep inside my belly,
so lost in wonder,
turning them over in my hands,
enthralled.
Thinking this could be forever
if I could just immobilize them
with brutal, intoxicating honesty…
And I sink my teeth in deep
extracting all the intimacy they can give
until suddenly
they
can’t. ...
#dark
#crush
#obsession #NaPoWriMo2022
#obsession #NaPoWriMo2022
571 reads
11 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
4th Apr 2022 3:27am
4th Apr 2022 3:27am
PREPARING TO EMBARK
Thank you for letting me into your house
Even though you are very
Discerning with visitors
I bring very little with me
But nearly all of it
Camps out on your bathroom counter
It might appear
I am not an easy machine
To maintain
But my waves can be
A glassy calm
Mirror of a sea
I bobble
Hugging the shore
With the rope of your hair
Even though you are very
Discerning with visitors
I bring very little with me
But nearly all of it
Camps out on your bathroom counter
It might appear
I am not an easy machine
To maintain
But my waves can be
A glassy calm
Mirror of a sea
I bobble
Hugging the shore
With the rope of your hair
#StreamOfConsciousness
#NaPoWriMo2022
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4 Comments
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