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Charting the Way
April 26, 2016
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sand mandala
We find our place by reading the stars, following the charts to the destination
How far must we travel to reach our destiny and our eventual demise?
We loose our way while we become distracted and consumed by hesitation
Does this road lead us home or to a different universe where questions arise
About the nature of this well worn system we have followed blindly into hell?
Escape will be a struggle without the navigation tools we used to get here
It will be impossible to see how we fit in, our belief has fallen under the spell
Of false prophet pretenders telling stories designed to make us shake in fear
NaPoWriMo2016
This month of poetry writing is soon to end. This year it has gone quickly for me. Find poets to read and enjoy at #NaPoWriMo in April every year. Consider writing some for submission. Join the poetry party.
Hushaby Street
April 25, 2016
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Curandera
She slipped in through the open window, the Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby Street
Her curls were tangled around her face, her countenance was calm, quiet, and sweet
Her work revolved around the delivery of deep dreams to answer life’s questions
She drew vivid images, symbols within ancient stories containing characters I must meet
Her home is with the Mother Moon, a place where fairies dance, sing, hide, and play
Dream flowers, colored fountains of jasmine scented liquid fill the air with a spray
Intoxicating transforming bolts of light shine out from behind dream boats at the dock
This harbor is a shelter in the storm, granting time to the mariner who may have gone astray
NaPoWriMo2016
This poem is built around a line I found in another poem, The Rock-A-By Lady, by Eugene Field. In Mr Field’s poem she is covered head to toe in poppies, each of which brings a fleet and tiny dream to her patrons. I like that image very much. Find poems you like this month at #NaPoWriMo where you can find other poets who used this same prompt to write today.
Iris, Rainbow Goddess
April 23, 2016
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Liquid colors dripping down the landscape washing the background with rain
Iris connects the magical eternal womb of life to earth’s never-ending thirst
Rivers gather force falling down the mountainside, bring relief as well as pain
The dark sky full of swiftly traveling heavy clouds has explosively dispersed
Light to follow darkness, rainbow bridge from now to then, from here to there
Mystical highway to heaven, optical affirmation of higher power in glorious display
The fading intensity of stormy connection to nature is both common and rare
Colors draw a map to her pot of gold, the secret light no darkness can betray
NaPoWriMo2016
This April ride the poetry train at #NaPoWriMo to find poetry and submit your own work.
Didactic Dog Poetry
April 21, 2016
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Evo’s limo
While I am riding with Officer Rumsley
I indulge in didactic poetry
I bust a rhyme teaching folks to prevent crime
Then I send it to my partner psychically
Evo rules
NaPoWriMo2016
April is National Poetry Writing Month aka #NaPoWriMo. For me it is a tribute to my highly esteemed ancestor, Anne Bradstreet, a Pilgrim poet. I wonder what Mistress Bradstreet would have done with twitter.
Government Riddle
April 20, 2016
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halls of justice
safe
Where is the debate avoider
Controlling decider
Heavily armed, obscuring the truth
The invading, occupying force
Following orders that arrive
Trickling down from a wizard figure
Floating out of sight in a balloon
On a vector tangential to reality
Swirling in a vortex of candy coated spin?
The government is flying high on a cloud of delusion
NaPoWriMo2016
Today’s prompt is to use kenning, a kind of riddle from Norse poetry. Since the elections are upon us during #NaPoWriMo I was inspired to write about the government. Join poets around the world this month reading and writing poetry.
How to Showcase Your Ignorance
April 19, 2016
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Ignorance
Set your own priorities with no regard for reality or truth
Walk backwards into situations, the blind back of your head leading
Make sure you ignore the voices pleading, the garden in need of weeding
Blame poorly informed decisions and disruptive behaviors on the youth
Take no responsibility for the results of your actions, causes or effects
Turn your face in both directions speaking platitudes while thinking even worse
Ethical boundaries destroyed and forgotten by superstitious unconscious curse
Thoughts drift in the back door of imaginary enemies and fraudulent respects
NaPoWriMo2016
Join the poetry fiesta all month in April at #NaPoWriMo . Submit your own poems and read the work of other poets.
Echo from the Basement
April 18, 2016
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the ‘Burgh in fall
basement, childhood home
The player piano gave everyone an entertaining head start on talent and poise
Peddling the notes through the coded chads any pianist could master the score
Paper teleprompter on the rolls fed the lyrics to the sing along crowd that enjoys
Cocktails, 50’s style appetizers on toothpicks, formally dressed couples took the floor
Party people full of stories, laughing hard at my father’s jokes while my mother annoys
The intellectual, conversational, suburban, name dropping group always trying to score
Her lack of guile and singular style in party planning and in life, showed her taste
NaPoWriMo2016
Find new poetry to enjoy this month at #NaPoWriMo. Contribute to the 30 days of writing your own to find the poet in you.
Impending Storm
April 14, 2016
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sunset
shadow
Return the wagon to the stable, sitting still while the wheels look like speed
Red paint and chrome polish reveal a strong need to be admired in the crowd
Having taken up the badge of a hero, our tasks must constantly offer risk
To quiet the spectators, sharpen the sword, and to make the unconscious heed
A supercilious voice shrill, screeching, full of bold preaching, for crying out loud
Beneath the shelter of oblivious patrons of civil duty and artful tax evading dodge
The storm is brewing at the core of the society, hail falls steadily, wind is brisk
Tightrope strung in the path of a tornado, stars stream backdrop, time forgot
NaPoWriMo2016
Today I took the prompt to write a san san, a form from Chinese involving an intricate pattern. Find your place in a world of poets during April. #NaPoWriMo is the place to look or submit your own work.
Funky Betsy’s Alchemy
April 11, 2016
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book spines
The alchemist left a pile of books on the table with hints
About the kind of recipe we would need to visualize
To be kind in sacred places, such as heaven with Betsy
It turned out to be a very funky project for our powerful group
We concluded that our common mind was unconquerable
NaPoWriMo2016
The prompt for yesterday’s #NaPoWriMo poem was to create poetry using spines of books. After seeing some very good ones by my fellow poets I had to attempt one myself.
Cactus Code
April 11, 2016
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cactus in bloom
Spring will flash by quickly with little time to tell pollinator possibilities
How full of potential my flowers are, how worth the effort to inspect
My color signals ripe and ready, opening to the best of my capabilities
I have radiant secrets to reveal, a botanical ancestry to save and protect
These flowers open for a brief show of all our strengths and our debilities
Time is our tricky limitation we must speak our mind and be very direct
NaPoWriMo2016
April is National Poetry Writing Month, aka #NaPoWriMo. Enjoy reading or writing some poetry this month.
