Poetry Writing Month | NaPoWriMo 2024
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Poems forming part of our 2024 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).
Wafflenose
Ellie
Ellie
Poem Published
4th Apr 2024 5:38am
4th Apr 2024 5:38am
Rush hour
I'm in a pit of rising anxiety.
Every lane is rammed.
Nobody is cooperating
and rain beats down.
The engine thrums, driving my panic
(pun intended).
Clearly I know
that it's rush hour,
and it continues to worsen.
Add dehydration
and its sinking, metallic sensation to the mix.
Naturally, every light is red
and your reaction is going to
fuel the day-old headache.
It's easy to see why
I'm feeling complete panic
with all this mental noise.
I can already sense your angry words;
the thought...
Every lane is rammed.
Nobody is cooperating
and rain beats down.
The engine thrums, driving my panic
(pun intended).
Clearly I know
that it's rush hour,
and it continues to worsen.
Add dehydration
and its sinking, metallic sensation to the mix.
Naturally, every light is red
and your reaction is going to
fuel the day-old headache.
It's easy to see why
I'm feeling complete panic
with all this mental noise.
I can already sense your angry words;
the thought...
#anxiety
#cars
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wallyroo92
Poem Published
4th Apr 2024 5:49am
4th Apr 2024 5:49am
On Mindfulness
The internal compass should guide us
Shining a light through the dark times and places
Being more cognizant
So that we may reach more profound levels of understanding
…of ourselves
Perhaps it’s there
When we pause and live in the moment
Aware of our own thoughts
Where we can subdue old sorrows and disappointments
Suppress anxiety of the unknown
…or for what has yet to be
I must dwell in the now and relish in the present
Realizing that when letting go of worries and fears
It will get me closer to clarity and...
Shining a light through the dark times and places
Being more cognizant
So that we may reach more profound levels of understanding
…of ourselves
Perhaps it’s there
When we pause and live in the moment
Aware of our own thoughts
Where we can subdue old sorrows and disappointments
Suppress anxiety of the unknown
…or for what has yet to be
I must dwell in the now and relish in the present
Realizing that when letting go of worries and fears
It will get me closer to clarity and...
#peace
#NaPoWriMo2024
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brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
4th Apr 2024 12:48pm
4th Apr 2024 12:48pm
Heart to heart
Those little hurts that keep us pushed apart –
it isn’t you that triggers that emotion:
a family heirloom, passed from heart to heart.
The loaded words and silences that smart,
perceived rejection causing such commotion --
old memories that keep us pushed apart.
The monster feelings soaring off the chart,
pulling us deeper in a cold, dark ocean --
an ancient trauma, passed from heart to heart.
When little things make reasoning depart
and distrust spreads through veins like poison potion, ...
it isn’t you that triggers that emotion:
a family heirloom, passed from heart to heart.
The loaded words and silences that smart,
perceived rejection causing such commotion --
old memories that keep us pushed apart.
The monster feelings soaring off the chart,
pulling us deeper in a cold, dark ocean --
an ancient trauma, passed from heart to heart.
When little things make reasoning depart
and distrust spreads through veins like poison potion, ...
#conflict
#friendship
#healing
#PersonalGrowth
#NaPoWriMo2024
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WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
4th Apr 2024 3:02pm
4th Apr 2024 3:02pm
mom's badassery
4 of 30
she was born to a family who had no use for daughters
doting on 3 sons...little girl practically forgotten
shuffled off to live with relatives & boarding school
because her own parents didn't know what to do with her
...or maybe they just couldn't be bothered
I used to believe she was incredibly sheltered
so much in life seemed to shock her
turns out...that wasn't it...
she was reared to be seen...keep quiet & be pretty
most importantly...expected to marry
...within or above her supposed station ...
she was born to a family who had no use for daughters
doting on 3 sons...little girl practically forgotten
shuffled off to live with relatives & boarding school
because her own parents didn't know what to do with her
...or maybe they just couldn't be bothered
I used to believe she was incredibly sheltered
so much in life seemed to shock her
turns out...that wasn't it...
she was reared to be seen...keep quiet & be pretty
most importantly...expected to marry
...within or above her supposed station ...
#love
#strength
#courage
#mother
#NaPoWriMo2024
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Viddax
Lord Viddax
Lord Viddax
Poem Published
4th Apr 2024 4:36pm
4th Apr 2024 4:36pm
To Travel - NaPoWriMo 4
If you ever get the chance,
Do travel
Far abroad
To where
your home mundanity
become exotic wonders,
And your unremarked accent
Evokes awed interest.
Go beyond the tourist traps
Of assigned photoshoots;
To where you can chat with locals
And a few fellow
bewildered foreigners,
To places where ordering lunch
is a linguistic trial,
And you smile sweetly
To remarks referencing
That popular global thing
from back home
that wasn’t really your cup of tea
though it did rake in the cash,
It...
Do travel
Far abroad
To where
your home mundanity
become exotic wonders,
And your unremarked accent
Evokes awed interest.
Go beyond the tourist traps
Of assigned photoshoots;
To where you can chat with locals
And a few fellow
bewildered foreigners,
To places where ordering lunch
is a linguistic trial,
And you smile sweetly
To remarks referencing
That popular global thing
from back home
that wasn’t really your cup of tea
though it did rake in the cash,
It...
#travel
#gratitude
#NaPoWriMo2024
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nightbirdblue
Poem Published
4th Apr 2024 5:07pm
4th Apr 2024 5:07pm
Intoxicated
Glinting with a mystical majesty
Painted in surreal clouds of fantasy
Wherever do you hide, my love
Your luster has dulled with time
…
Malignant spirits, in the dead of night
Seek to unravel the tortured mind
With lips that shimmer of the poison
You swore you’d never taste again
…
Lessons you’re forced to relive
No other is quite as powerful as:
We never lose our demons
We only learn to live above them
Painted in surreal clouds of fantasy
Wherever do you hide, my love
Your luster has dulled with time
…
Malignant spirits, in the dead of night
Seek to unravel the tortured mind
With lips that shimmer of the poison
You swore you’d never taste again
…
Lessons you’re forced to relive
No other is quite as powerful as:
We never lose our demons
We only learn to live above them
#alcohol
#addiction
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Isgyppie_
Poem Published
4th Apr 2024 6:22pm
4th Apr 2024 6:22pm
Design
There are different ways of creation,
Some planned intrinsically,
Others rushed and not thought out,
Through emotion or necessity.
I ponder on things I’ve created,
Mostly hurried and incomplete,
Because when the creator believes
She is faulty, she will plant feeble seeds.
I look at the world around me
How we’ve spiraled into such despair
And I wonder if all the broken things
Can ever become repaired
There is no power in the broken
But there is still beauty in the blemished
Wholeness is a long...
Some planned intrinsically,
Others rushed and not thought out,
Through emotion or necessity.
I ponder on things I’ve created,
Mostly hurried and incomplete,
Because when the creator believes
She is faulty, she will plant feeble seeds.
I look at the world around me
How we’ve spiraled into such despair
And I wonder if all the broken things
Can ever become repaired
There is no power in the broken
But there is still beauty in the blemished
Wholeness is a long...
#hope
#beauty
#NaPoWriMo2024
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Kinkwizard_95
Poem Published
4th Apr 2024 8:32pm
4th Apr 2024 8:32pm
Conversations with myself
Lost in the depths of your own despair
Lost in the depths of your mind
No longer yourself, dazed and confused
Is it all over now?
No I don’t think it is actually
You have much more to come
So much fun to be done
Before you’re allowed to succumb!
But I want to give up
I want it all to be over
Just let me sleep ffs
I’m tired
Well sadly, that ain’t reality!
You must pick up the pieces
Find a new way to fit
Play with the shapes and the spaces
Create a new opening!
...
Lost in the depths of your mind
No longer yourself, dazed and confused
Is it all over now?
No I don’t think it is actually
You have much more to come
So much fun to be done
Before you’re allowed to succumb!
But I want to give up
I want it all to be over
Just let me sleep ffs
I’m tired
Well sadly, that ain’t reality!
You must pick up the pieces
Find a new way to fit
Play with the shapes and the spaces
Create a new opening!
...
#myself
#SelfReflection
#NaPoWriMo2024
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Wafflenose
Ellie
Ellie
Poem Published
4th Apr 2024 8:44pm
4th Apr 2024 8:44pm
Modnar
You could be forgiven for thinking all was well;
for failing to read the signs
that a storm would visit imminently.
But against the backdrop of a curious calm
was a sense that something had shifted.
The sky crackled with a strange electrical charge
just moments before torrential rain
began to pulverise the buildings;
an urgent hammering,
while the wind howled in anguish.
We stood resolute, silent, through the hideous squall,
unable to take cover inside;
powerless to arrest it in its tracks.
Finally, the worst was over.
Hand...
for failing to read the signs
that a storm would visit imminently.
But against the backdrop of a curious calm
was a sense that something had shifted.
The sky crackled with a strange electrical charge
just moments before torrential rain
began to pulverise the buildings;
an urgent hammering,
while the wind howled in anguish.
We stood resolute, silent, through the hideous squall,
unable to take cover inside;
powerless to arrest it in its tracks.
Finally, the worst was over.
Hand...
#LifeStruggles
#rain
#storm
#wind
#NaPoWriMo2024
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Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
5th Apr 2024 00:48am
5th Apr 2024 00:48am
Taraxacum
04/30
Taraxacum
Rooted underground but not very deep
It’s dandy to use in tonic or tea
Stems and leaves, this lion of a plant
can be found amidst the garden
jungle of flowers and weeds
Sold for a pretty price
if You’d rather use for salads
in lieu of spraying an eliminating
concoction to make
‘em go away
Bright yellows is its disguise
To cause our eyes to wonder
Some see it as a bother
some, like me,
see Food!
66 unique words
Taraxacum
Rooted underground but not very deep
It’s dandy to use in tonic or tea
Stems and leaves, this lion of a plant
can be found amidst the garden
jungle of flowers and weeds
Sold for a pretty price
if You’d rather use for salads
in lieu of spraying an eliminating
concoction to make
‘em go away
Bright yellows is its disguise
To cause our eyes to wonder
Some see it as a bother
some, like me,
see Food!
66 unique words
#flowers
#food
#NaPoWriMo2024
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Josiah
Poem Published
5th Apr 2024 3:53am
5th Apr 2024 3:53am
Flying through the Clouds
Eyes glaze while rectifying
Can't blaze up without crying
Dullness intensifying
Tight chest, no relief, sighing
Another day not dying
Frequent, I think of flying
Sixth floor garage, applying
Laws of gravity; writing
A period, blood, drying
Dozens of coppers prying
To find mid fingers skying
Though, I swore to surviving
Such a grind, dignifying
But what's more edifying...
I'll probably die trying
Can't blaze up without crying
Dullness intensifying
Tight chest, no relief, sighing
Another day not dying
Frequent, I think of flying
Sixth floor garage, applying
Laws of gravity; writing
A period, blood, drying
Dozens of coppers prying
To find mid fingers skying
Though, I swore to surviving
Such a grind, dignifying
But what's more edifying...
I'll probably die trying
#depression
#suicide
#NaPoWriMo2024
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wallyroo92
Poem Published
5th Apr 2024 4:53am
5th Apr 2024 4:53am
Resilience
Adversity should help sharpen the mind
…and character
The obstacles we face in life shouldn’t scare us
…or beat us into submission
But they should offer an opportunity to learn
…and refine our skills
The storms that lay ahead
Regardless of the vessel we sail on
May seem overwhelming
Stressful or even taxing at times
But it is really within our own reaction and choices
Where the true power lies
To cultivate resilience in my journey
I must think of growth and development
Recognizing that adversity is a harsh...
…and character
The obstacles we face in life shouldn’t scare us
…or beat us into submission
But they should offer an opportunity to learn
…and refine our skills
The storms that lay ahead
Regardless of the vessel we sail on
May seem overwhelming
Stressful or even taxing at times
But it is really within our own reaction and choices
Where the true power lies
To cultivate resilience in my journey
I must think of growth and development
Recognizing that adversity is a harsh...
#strength
#courage
#NaPoWriMo2024
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