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  • NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 23

    NaPoWriMo Day 23 The Man In The Mirror I look into a mirror and I wonder who I see If I am the one looking Who’s looking back at me? Been told it’s me I’m seeing I’m sure that can’t be true When I try to touch the glass They’re trying to get through. Normally…

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  • NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 22

    NaPoWriMo Day 22 I Am The Wind Whipping spume from surging waves I race across the sea Lift up the seabirds on my way They get a lift for free. Carry water from the sea To western slopes as rain Swooping down the other side I’m dry as dust again. My siblings all round the…

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  • NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 21

    NaPoWriMo Day 21 What Am I? I do a demon’s work each day Cause stress and strife and disarray With people’s lives I often play. I curry favour where I can To be noticed my only plan So hard to say where I began. You hear me here, you hear me there I’m whispered, chattered…

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  • NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 20

    NaPoWriMo Day 20 How To Not Fear The Dark When I was young, I feared the dark and all it might conceal. For every Thing of which I’d read the dark made somehow real. But that’s not all no far from all I had a brother too And scaring me, I swear it was his…

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  • NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 19

    NaPoWriMo Day 19 Today’s challenge was to write a poem about a minor god of something mundane. I am a huge fan of the Discworld books by the late Terry Pratchett. One of those books is called “Small Gods”. It is all about religious tyranny and humans doing very human-like things indeed. Also… go read…

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  • NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 18

    NaPoWriMo Day 18 Streetlights Streetlights flicker, flicker fade Trapped within this dark new made What’s that sound I stand dismayed For faintest light my soul would trade Streetlights always, always shine Invisible when all is fine Constant lights our nights define Now with their loss I shrink supine Streetlights gone now, gone now black What…

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  • NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 17

    NaPoWriMo Day 17 Count My Blessings My life is filled with love so sweet No question, always there My wife of nearly thirty years I’m blessed beyond compare My daughter when she looks at me Can see how much I care Though adult now still loves me too I’m blessed beyond compare She also has…

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  • NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 16

    NaPoWriMo Day 16 Get Your Prep On! Strife and danger, it’s doom and gloom It’s doomy everywhere The end is here, it’s nearly here So it’s time to prepare I’m sure you’ve heard this all before This is the real thing So best stock up on all you’ll need From SAMs right down to string…

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  • NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 15

    NaPoWriMo Day 15 Sounds of Life Water gurgling gently over mossy stones before plashing into a small pool Leaves rustling as a breeze sighs  gently through the wood The quick knocking of a woodpecker looking a quick meal ‘neath thick bark Dragonflies hum busily in pursuit of mosquitos A dozen different songbirds fill the air…

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  • NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 14

    NaPoWriMo Day 14 My Magic Brew I am not a magician so Don’t think of me as such Though I brew a magic potion  Which lets me do so much Some can’t stand the taste of it To some it tastes like life Some hate it if you add to it Aren’t happy with no…

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