Guess I’m still suffering a PAD hangover because I joined in the Poetic Asides Wednesday Poetry prompt to write an ‘After’ Poem After we fallI try to standBut my breathIs caught betweenAn inhale and exhaleWe are no longerAn exquisiteMurmurationDefying probability andNature I try to walkBut the world has shiftedAirLimbsGravityNo longerWork in harmonyI think even the … More An After Poem
Of course today’s prompt is to write a Good-bye Poem and I was inspired to pen two poems today. It’s always bittersweet when this poem challenge comes to an end. Every year I enter thinking I’m not sure I can do it – I won’t be inspired enough to produce a poem every day, and … More Day 30 – Final Day – April Poem a Day 2021
Write an evening poem. I feel like I’ve written a lot about evenings this month. I struggled today and for some reason I had a Tragically Hip lyric in my head from their song Wheat Kings – “Sundown on the Paris of the Prairies” – that I couldn’t get rid of all day which inspired … More Day 29 – April Poem A Day, 2021
Write a Re-Mix poem – Look over what we’ve written this month and pick something (or many somethings) to poem out in a new way. I took some of my favourite lines and let them take me somewhere new. I’m still waiting Lost in these spaces and places In the gloaming I lay my weary … More Day 28, April Poem A Day, 2021
Wow only 3 days left to poem. Today’s prompt is to Write a Believe and/or Don’t Believe Poem. I believe a poet’s words can tell stories Give hope for humanity’s Broken soul Offer beauty In worlds Imagined and Real Take us to the scrubbed and scarred edges Question Deep truths We hide In the night … More Day 27 – April Poem A Day – 2021
For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) World,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. This is me dreaming of when we return to some normalcy and a post pandemic life. Lost world I’m sure I’ll findher againWindow seatover cotton … More Day 26, April Poem A Day – 2021
My ‘thought’ poem is inspired by the Northern Lights and if we’re lucky – tonight if it’s a clear night we’ll be able to see them! Space odyssey I could watch theClock count it’sway downThrough a nightOf aimlessAwakeningMusingsBut the northern lightsAre here to danceThat Aurora borealisEven she’s unravelingShe’s gone andHad herself aSolar flareUntangling herselfInto a … More Day 25 – April Poem A Day Challenge – 2021
Write a question poem – went a little dark today but some days its hard to see the good in humanity. Listen upI have enough questionsTo fill a cupOverflowing reallyBecause I’ve lost countOf night whispers How is the worldSo kind as to have aPerfect stranger layTheir life on the lineFor another We cheer and serenadeA … More Day 24 – April Poem A Day, 2021
Today’s prompt on Poetic Asides – Write an appointment poem. I couldn’t help but think of all the travel I have on pause. Travel Appointment As empty as the skiesVacantForgotten cafesin cobblestone lanesThe circled dateerased ItalyShe has stoodfor centuriesEnduringCrumblingRising fromAncient ruinsShe waits
A Nature Prompt for Earth Day. Somehow I managed to come up with two poems today. The second one is still waiting to be ‘approved’ on Poetic Asides I think because I included a link to the story that inspired me about saving our waterways and fisheries from development and climate change. This first poem … More Poem A Day Challenge – Day 22 – April 2021
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