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NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 26 Stories My Body Tells Pt. 1 Near forty years ago or so One sunny summer day Was walking with a friend of mine Just chatting on our way. On railway tracks we strolled along Not thinking much at all I stumbled on the clinkers there And took a nasty fall. At…
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NaPoWriMo Day 25 Lesson From A Tree Oh tiny tree why do you grow just there, I would like to know In a hollow atop a trunk how small now is your world shrunk. Oh tiny tree what mad caprice said here gamete I release Here, where there is no room to grow countless seasons…
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NaPoWriMo Day 24 Precious Breath Breath in, breath out, the body’s tide So seldom thought about. To breath is automatic when You’re healthy there’s no doubt We do it from the day we’re born Until our final one. We rarely truly think of it Like thinking ‘bout the sun. The only time we pay it…
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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 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 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 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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