NaPoWriMo

  • NaPoWriMo Day 5

    With all the division and bitterness in our society and in the news today, I felt the need to put something out there that’s a bit more positive. I hope you enjoy this take on our legacies. The ghosts we leave are people’s memories of us. A QUICK GUIDE TO YOUR “AFTER” LIFE A star I…

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  • NaPoWriMo Day 4

    The great thing about National Poetry Month is it coincides with the start of Spring. Which guarantees at least one easy subject. When the wonder and beauty of this season stops inspiring me, I’ll hang up my keyboard.  In the meantime, there’s this…   A Song of Spring The sweet touch of the Sun at…

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  • NaPoWriMo Day 2

    ON GREED Oh once upon a time a King, Sat on a Royal Throne. While at his feet a Royal hound, Gnawed on a Royal bone.   The bone belonged, or so it seemed, To the late former King. To normal folk, it’s murder clear, To them a different thing.   Now heavy weighs the…

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  • NaPoWriMo Day 1

    So… it’s April 1st once again and the kick off of National Poetry Month which means the start of the annual poetry writing challenge. The last time I tried this, things came up and I failed to meet my target of one poem per day for the full month. But here we are again and…

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  • NaPoWriMo 8

    Be A Joyful Child A long, long time ago there was, A happy child at play. The old face in the mirror asks, Where is that child today? Sometimes it seems like yesterday, Sometimes an age or more. Since I have seen that smiling face, That long ago I wore. I look for them sometimes…

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  • NaPoWriMo 7

    Own You Why do we do the things we do? What is it makes us go? And when we do what we should not, Pretend we didn’t know? Some say this is the way we are, Imperfect, full of sin. Some say it’s what our parents did, Still buried deep within. I say it is…

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  • NaPoWriMo 6

    I Believe In Us   When all the news is doom and gloom, And hope’s a fools game, Remember we’ve been here before, It’s just the tune that’s changed.   We only hear the worst of things, Bad news sure travels fast. But there is much that’s good as well, Although we hear it last.…

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  • NaPoWriMo 04

    NO JUSTICE I am the Law and I care not For what is wrong or right. I answer only to myself. Care not for oversight, No justice here, for justice is A subtle, fickle thing. The Law cares not for subtlety Morality is king. And i don’t care whose Morals are Enshrined in every line.…

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  • NaPoWriMo Day 26

    So I’m more than a little behind again. But I’m still in there trying. This is the first of five that I have to post to make the target by month’s end. Write Until I Die I am behind again I fear, this verse is some days late. I offer no excuse to you, ’tis…

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  • NaPoWriMo Day 19

    A mind is a terrible thing to waste on nightmares. But here’s another one. Enjoy!   My Night Terrors The bump in the night, the scratch in the walls, things wake us in the night. We are not sure just what we heard, we cannot place that fright. We tell ourselves there’s nothing there, inside…

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