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).
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
4th Apr 2022 2:29am
4th Apr 2022 2:29am
NIGHT TRIP
She loves
A love delirious
Though need for sleep
Is serious
I take my half a pill
And pray
This night will
Spirit us away
When needy dog
Barks back at us
At synesthesia's
Maximus
And time can't handle
Our affection
Insisting on
Misdirection
Light is in
Such short supply
Our minds may reach
A mile high
A love delirious
Though need for sleep
Is serious
I take my half a pill
And pray
This night will
Spirit us away
When needy dog
Barks back at us
At synesthesia's
Maximus
And time can't handle
Our affection
Insisting on
Misdirection
Light is in
Such short supply
Our minds may reach
A mile high
#night
#rhyming
#insomnia
#sleep
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Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
4th Apr 2022 4:11pm
4th Apr 2022 4:11pm
Permeability, Often Cobwebby
4 / 30
Permeability, Often Cobwebby
Solitude or alone-ness or even loneliness - might this be “oneness?”
Crowds, the mob, hordes of humans muddling along together
or just a mere pond of beings
getting together at the local watering hole.
Might be that very “multiplicity” that demands to coincide,
to exist in daily melting, melding union
despite the oft parallel paths.
I struggle to SEE with wonder in mindful meditation
the oneness of everything
as the illusion of life bombards me with a myriad of ...
Permeability, Often Cobwebby
Solitude or alone-ness or even loneliness - might this be “oneness?”
Crowds, the mob, hordes of humans muddling along together
or just a mere pond of beings
getting together at the local watering hole.
Might be that very “multiplicity” that demands to coincide,
to exist in daily melting, melding union
despite the oft parallel paths.
I struggle to SEE with wonder in mindful meditation
the oneness of everything
as the illusion of life bombards me with a myriad of ...
#Buddhist
#spiritual
#meditation #NaPoWriMo2022
#meditation #NaPoWriMo2022
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Wafflenose
Ellie
Ellie
Poem Published
4th Apr 2022 6:38pm
4th Apr 2022 6:38pm
Excuses
I've always made my living
teaching flute and sax, and more
to hundreds of willing students
(aged from three to ninety-four).
I've heard many excuses
so I'm sharing some with you—
their reasons for not practising,
and all of these are true!
"We've got a brand-new puppy
and she can't be left alone.
She got into my bedroom
and chewed up my saxophone!"
I'd heard of chewed-up music,
but this was something new:
the mouthpiece was in tatters,
and several reeds were, too!
"I've tried to play...
teaching flute and sax, and more
to hundreds of willing students
(aged from three to ninety-four).
I've heard many excuses
so I'm sharing some with you—
their reasons for not practising,
and all of these are true!
"We've got a brand-new puppy
and she can't be left alone.
She got into my bedroom
and chewed up my saxophone!"
I'd heard of chewed-up music,
but this was something new:
the mouthpiece was in tatters,
and several reeds were, too!
"I've tried to play...
#music
#funny
#NaPoWriMo2022
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SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
4th Apr 2022 7:28pm
4th Apr 2022 7:28pm
WE ARE LIKE TREES
The people walking by
Are spilling all their problems
Nevermind the fact
That they have all they require
Roots that burrow deep
And lots of steady nourishment
Water from the heavens
Light and warmth from their own star
You and I don’t question
One another’s motives
We feel it in the way we hold
The way we talk, the way we sway
Simple lives irradiate
Born from simple pleasures
Roots encircling each other
This is what we do all day
Are spilling all their problems
Nevermind the fact
That they have all they require
Roots that burrow deep
And lots of steady nourishment
Water from the heavens
Light and warmth from their own star
You and I don’t question
One another’s motives
We feel it in the way we hold
The way we talk, the way we sway
Simple lives irradiate
Born from simple pleasures
Roots encircling each other
This is what we do all day
#trees
#nature
#rhyming
#humankind
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Sex_on_the_Joe
Joe-D
Joe-D
Poem Published
5th Apr 2022 2:29am
5th Apr 2022 2:29am
Along Came A Poem
Laying in my bed
Braindead
Wondering what it was you said
Body numb
Blood pumping like a drum
Must be this rum
Doodling misguided fingers on my keys
Help me please
Motivated pleas
Arthritic knees
The atmosphere is cold
This thought just got old
Creeping through my letters in bold
Give me a minute and hold
Hold onto this nonsensical grammar
Reign your judges down Thors hammer
My mindset is typically caught in the slammer
What a clamour?
Braindead
Wondering what it was you said
Body numb
Blood pumping like a drum
Must be this rum
Doodling misguided fingers on my keys
Help me please
Motivated pleas
Arthritic knees
The atmosphere is cold
This thought just got old
Creeping through my letters in bold
Give me a minute and hold
Hold onto this nonsensical grammar
Reign your judges down Thors hammer
My mindset is typically caught in the slammer
What a clamour?
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brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
5th Apr 2022 2:54am
5th Apr 2022 2:54am
Solomon called life meaningless 38 times and he was supposedly a smart dude
I refuse to concern myself
with leaving a legacy
when I know
I’m a fleeting mote of dust
amongst an endless field
of ginormous stars that will outlast
all my words and works
and even those stars will die eventually
so really
all that I do is ultimately
meaningless
by any human measure or reckoning
I refuse to miss the life
that’s right in front of me
while fretting about my destiny
So I search for beauty in the struggle
poetry in the hideous
and it’s only through
embracing the...
with leaving a legacy
when I know
I’m a fleeting mote of dust
amongst an endless field
of ginormous stars that will outlast
all my words and works
and even those stars will die eventually
so really
all that I do is ultimately
meaningless
by any human measure or reckoning
I refuse to miss the life
that’s right in front of me
while fretting about my destiny
So I search for beauty in the struggle
poetry in the hideous
and it’s only through
embracing the...
#love
#friendship
#acceptance
#philosophical
#NaPoWriMo2022
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SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
5th Apr 2022 2:09pm
5th Apr 2022 2:09pm
CONFUSED NATURE
Spring has sprung
It all looks so fresh
The wind is familiar
The rain is a friend
You find the genius
In young people
And feed it
Like sweet peas
Their flowering
Draws the pollinators
This is how to defeat
Colonizers
I am so confused
Nature on the brain
So vivid and lush
Humanity by turns disappoints
How can I protect you
When you are trying to kill me
The mother says to us
Again and again
And so we tend
Our gardens like
People and...
It all looks so fresh
The wind is familiar
The rain is a friend
You find the genius
In young people
And feed it
Like sweet peas
Their flowering
Draws the pollinators
This is how to defeat
Colonizers
I am so confused
Nature on the brain
So vivid and lush
Humanity by turns disappoints
How can I protect you
When you are trying to kill me
The mother says to us
Again and again
And so we tend
Our gardens like
People and...
#earth
#environment
#pollution
#nature
#NaPoWriMo2022
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Sex_on_the_Joe
Joe-D
Joe-D
Poem Published
5th Apr 2022 3:34pm
5th Apr 2022 3:34pm
Parallel Me
I see you clearly
Mocking my existence sincerely
Teasing me severely
Ever wondering if you can hear me
Are you better than I?
Some omnipresent spy?
Somehow you seem cooler
A lone king with no ruler
Your stride is smoother
Attitude crueler
Your body is lean
The exact opposite of my gene
Walk and talk in lines
Same hysterical signs
his, yours, mines
Parallel sipping wines
I wonder do you think the same
Do you answer to my name?
Your skin is clearer
Approaching...
Mocking my existence sincerely
Teasing me severely
Ever wondering if you can hear me
Are you better than I?
Some omnipresent spy?
Somehow you seem cooler
A lone king with no ruler
Your stride is smoother
Attitude crueler
Your body is lean
The exact opposite of my gene
Walk and talk in lines
Same hysterical signs
his, yours, mines
Parallel sipping wines
I wonder do you think the same
Do you answer to my name?
Your skin is clearer
Approaching...
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Wafflenose
Ellie
Ellie
Poem Published
5th Apr 2022 4:41pm
5th Apr 2022 4:41pm
Immersion
It's early and
I'm not fully awake.
Bleary-eyed,
I slide
d
o
w
n
and let my feet
penetrate the
fragmented,
rippling,
variegated surface.
At once
at home here,
I let the water
awaken my body
as it begins to move
in the rhythm
it knows so well.
Delving into the depths,
I discover
a cool, quiet world.
It's just me
and the water.
Time slows down and
responsibilities drop away.
My mind relaxes as
there's nothing to think about ...
I'm not fully awake.
Bleary-eyed,
I slide
d
o
w
n
and let my feet
penetrate the
fragmented,
rippling,
variegated surface.
At once
at home here,
I let the water
awaken my body
as it begins to move
in the rhythm
it knows so well.
Delving into the depths,
I discover
a cool, quiet world.
It's just me
and the water.
Time slows down and
responsibilities drop away.
My mind relaxes as
there's nothing to think about ...
#water
#sports
#philosophical #NaPoWriMo2022
#philosophical #NaPoWriMo2022
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Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
5th Apr 2022 5:25pm
5th Apr 2022 5:25pm
PECCANT ELEPHANTiasis
5 / 30
PECCANT ELEPHANTiasis
(If I Had a Penny for Every Time my mouth was not Connected to my Brain,
I’d be Beyond Bourgeois!)
Speaking from a hugger-mugger’s perspective
be they online or a trace of face to face
often bravery comes
without thought
for when they speak from a ready stance
ears clogged or closed
many a word or infinite
fall into a mutual abyss of
thoughtlessness.
I can not say how many Friendships
have gone to my memory graveyard
or how many times
restitution and or...
PECCANT ELEPHANTiasis
(If I Had a Penny for Every Time my mouth was not Connected to my Brain,
I’d be Beyond Bourgeois!)
Speaking from a hugger-mugger’s perspective
be they online or a trace of face to face
often bravery comes
without thought
for when they speak from a ready stance
ears clogged or closed
many a word or infinite
fall into a mutual abyss of
thoughtlessness.
I can not say how many Friendships
have gone to my memory graveyard
or how many times
restitution and or...
#regret
#confessional
#SelfReflection #NaPoWriMo2022
#SelfReflection #NaPoWriMo2022
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brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
6th Apr 2022 00:59am
6th Apr 2022 00:59am
Pick-up Sticks
There was no such thing as time then.
Just low winter sun
streaming through window panes,
casting angular shadows on the rug –
Was it greenish?
Some nondescript colour that hid dog-vomit spots.
Unlike the zebra-stripe shag by the fireplace,
this rug was rough enough
to burn wrestling elbows
but thick enough to cushion the sound of a head strike.
Pick-up sticks were easier on the rug;
The hardwood was too slippery.
We had such attention spans then,
carefully levering the reds
out from under the blues and greens,...
Just low winter sun
streaming through window panes,
casting angular shadows on the rug –
Was it greenish?
Some nondescript colour that hid dog-vomit spots.
Unlike the zebra-stripe shag by the fireplace,
this rug was rough enough
to burn wrestling elbows
but thick enough to cushion the sound of a head strike.
Pick-up sticks were easier on the rug;
The hardwood was too slippery.
We had such attention spans then,
carefully levering the reds
out from under the blues and greens,...
#childhood
#memories
#nostalgia #NaPoWriMo2022
#nostalgia #NaPoWriMo2022
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Cipher_O
Poem Published
6th Apr 2022 6:55am
6th Apr 2022 6:55am
Metanoia
Maybe the quest
Begins
Whilst depressed,
&
Depression is a reasonable
Response
To being ensconced
In
A framework, epicentered
In a structure – splintered
At the surface, wintered
In a device of cracked ice,
Constantly seeking to splice
Modality unto consciousness:
Nevertheless
There is… A birth of a universe
Which begins like the inception of a verse,
Versified
In existential diversification,
Diversified
In internal...
Begins
Whilst depressed,
&
Depression is a reasonable
Response
To being ensconced
In
A framework, epicentered
In a structure – splintered
At the surface, wintered
In a device of cracked ice,
Constantly seeking to splice
Modality unto consciousness:
Nevertheless
There is… A birth of a universe
Which begins like the inception of a verse,
Versified
In existential diversification,
Diversified
In internal...
#shadows
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