NaPoWriMo
National Poetry Writing Month Challenge
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Writers’ Dream Immortal words upon the page, A lasting legacy. Which unborn generations yet May read and think of me. For in these words a man may live, Far longer than his days. That’s why one must choose carefully, Exactly what he says. Who wants to be remembered as, A bully or a thug? As…
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The End Is Pricey Beware! Beware! The end is near! It’s nearly here I swear. A doom, a doom is coming soon, It’s doomy everywhere, With doom and gloom and worse in store, Trust me the end is nigh. With all that is about to end, What cause have I to lie? I did not…
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Soldiers’ Lament For glory and for honour and, To uphold what is right, These are the answers given when, They ask us why we fight. They point to battles fought and won, To tyrants we’ve destroyed. Talk like we’re saving everyone, Each time we are deployed. No longer are things black or white, The wars…
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Don’t Mind My Mind Oh what a wonder is the mind, Its so full of fears and dreams. It’s wider , higher, deeper and, So much larger than it seems, It’s every God that ever was, And the Goddesses as well. It’s every heaven ever dreamed, And it gave us every hell. The mind is…
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Creative Block It’s happening, that time of year, A full week yet to go. My inspiration has dried up, What will I write? Oh no! This happens every year to me, Not sure what I should write. If I can’t get my head to work, There’ll be no post tonight. Somehow the harder that I…
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My Springtime Ode The freebird sits up in the tree, And sings a freebird song. And all the other birds join in, And have a sing along. A squirrel hears the song and stops, And chatters out a line. About the joys of nuts and such, It really sounds quite fine, A doe and fawn…
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How Was Your Day? Another day a crisis fixed, A dozen more to go. By the time they’re all resolved, Two dozen more I know. I run and run and work and swear, The problems multiply. Some days I want to rage or drink, Some days just want to cry. I know we’re all in…
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Live To Read To Live A simple book it can contain, A world far away. We slip between the pages and, Into that place we stray. The people in those stories seem, Like ones we’ve always known. And their adventures start to feel, Just like they are our own. Those characters we know and love,…
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Princess The Dog This Princess is a lovely dog, Well trained and sweet as pie. Her family is in a fix, Don’t need the reason why. So Princess needs a place to stay, We want a dog around. Not ready yet to have our own, A doggy friend we’ve found. We go for walks and…
Brain Bits To Go 