More Writing about not Writing, but with Rhyme

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Nothing much to say today

My thought have dried and blown away.

No joyful verse with a cherry ring

no lyrics for anyone to sing

no humor, no sorrow, no angry rants,

about liars with fires in their pants

no sentimental sop, no wishful dreaming,

no outraged protests to be read screaming

no flights of fancy or bumble bees,

no pleading to deities on my knees.

Nothing much to say today,

the muse has stolen my words away.

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Today someone was shot.

I live in America.

In America

someone is shot every day.

At least one person dies

every day

in my state.

Many people are shot

in my country every day

because I live in America

land of the brave.

And you’d better be brave,

because tomorrow

you may be the one

to get shot.

Just Call Me Alice – NaPoWriMo #30

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I’m at a loss.

This world doesn’t make

sense to me.

Everyone is in a rush,

worried over being late,

and I can never quite catch up.

People hide behind false smiles,

bright and frightening.

And soon as I figure something out

it all changes.

Little things become big deals,

as easy as pie (or cake).

Everything I know

falls around me like a house of cards.

How do I wake from this nightmare?

Today’s prompt is to write a poem in which the speaker is identified with, or compared to, a character from myth or legend.

Sijo – NaPoWriMo #28

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 NaPoWriMo prompt for today:

Write a sijo which is a traditional Korean verse form with three lines of 14-16 syllables.  The first line introduces the poem’s theme, the second discusses it, and the third line, which is divided into two sentences or clauses, ends the poem – usually with some kind of twist or surprise.

I walk through streets of broken glass

              lined with empty buildings

In this vacant town even the ghosts

              have moved away

Here I will set up house

              with my memories of you

Wind and Fire – NaPoWriMo #26

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Somewhere a fire is burning,

dry leaves and unleavened loaves

turning to ash

with unabashed women

stirring, stirring,

until the flames regain their whirling heights

hungrily devouring all in their path

souring our ideas of power  

And the dry ash flies up

on the wind

independent of even gravity,

dancing and drifting with the depravity

of fiery demons

And somewhere winds are shrieking

blowing, billowing, and peaking

above the church’s spire

higher and wilder

catching up papers, leaves, rags, and sheaves.

Then lightning strikes, it sparks and starts a fire.  

Nothing Much to Say – NaPoWriMo #25

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I can almost feel blood pulsing

through the capillaries that carry it

down

to my fingertips

as I press the computer keys

to type this drivel.

I have nothing much to say

but I need to say it for another five days,

because April is the month of

30 poems in 30 days,

and this is only number 25.

So if you stick with me, gentle reader,

you may learn more of my

very, very ordinary life

my cats, my dog,

my weird little hangups,

and weirder little random thoughts

that stroll through my head

mostly unbidden, and usually hidden from you and you and you.

In the Beginning – NaPoWriMo #24

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Beginnings and endings can be tricky,

We mark beginnings in many ways,

A ball drop, a photograph, a toast

or an awkward introduction.

And there are all sorts of middles –

dramatic

disappointing

painful

suspenseful

incredible

satisfying

fulfilling

harrowing

crushing

or just… middling

With endings we often don’t know

when they are happening

a final goodbye or a last kiss,

Endings and beginnings can be tricky.

I started with the idea of palindromes, when I looked at today’s date, and that took me to the more general idea of beginnings and endings.