NaPoWriMo 2015 Day 4

Tomorrow is Easter - the whole world is happy!

On a quiet evening 

In early spring

The moon is full

And my heart sings

Winter's finally 

Breathed it's last

Warmer days 

Are are coming fast

We laugh and dance

All night and day

It's springtime now

Let's go and play

NaPoWriMo 2015 Day 3

Today's prompt is Haiku Friday - I can hardly disobey!

Time stands still it seems

Though many years have passed by

Joy is seeing you!

NaPoWriMo 2015 Day 2

I have a friend who's going through a tough time and I gave him the best gift I have tonight - a few hours of my time.  Even though I was tired, I listened and we shared some childhood memories. Then we laughed for a while and even cried.  We can't  fix everything, but sometimes we can just be there.

The pain is deep and now you're stuck

You think that you've run out of luck

It hurts you now the pain is bad

And every day seems really sad

You think that time will help you heal

But for a time you just can't feel

I'll listen now while you vent 

And know that this was time well spent

NaPoWriMo 2015 Day 1

Time for a warm-up Haiku. Warm-up being the key word.  Spring arrives every year and we have no reason to think it won't this year but it's taking it's sweet time.  So perhaps a little nudge.......

Yay April is here!

Yet it's still really cold

Spring We need you now!

National Poetry Writing Month 2015

Well, tomorrow is April 1st - my favorite month of  the year.  It's also the start of National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo)!

I'll confess that I had no intention of participating this year and it took me a while to even find my blog.  I have friends who've joined and group participation keeps you motivated.

The rules are simple attach your blog to the NaPoWriMo site and write a poem every day for the month.  There are prompts to help and you can use them or not - I usually need some warm up time and like to start with a Haiku.  Then I do the brave thing and link it to my Facebook page.

So here I am again - just Under the Wire!


Here is the link if you'd like to join me http://www.napowrimo.net/

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 30

It's the last day of NaPoWriMo.  I read that there were 1,500 participants this year which equals 45,000 poems -  http://www.napowrimo.net/  That's a lot of poetry!

It's one thing to write but it takes a lot of courage to post your work to the world and with the short time span, there's not a lot of editing going on.
Hats off to everyone who participated!!

Thanks to all my friends who read and liked my poems and a special thanks to my friend Rosanne who kept me motivated throughout the month while writing her own poems in "Work in The Margin"  http://writerose.wordpress.com/  It's definitely more fun to write when you have others to encourage you and bounce off your ideas.

And now for my final 2014 NaPoWriMo poem....


Never say goodbye
cause you never know
Just which way
the wind will blow

Never say goodbye
It's just too sad
Always remember
the times you had

Never, ever say goodbye
Endings always make my cry

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 29

I'll make a secret wish and send it on it's way
Tomorrow when it comes will be a bright new day

I'll make a secret wish and hope it will come true
Everything from now on, will be brand new

I'll make a secret wish when I turn out the light
This is what I'll dream all through the night

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 28

Scoops of ordinary days

Light sprinkles of sadness and sorrow 

Spoonfuls of laughter and love

Gobs of happiness

Topped with fond memories that make up my life

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 27

I've noticed that my poems post on Pacific Time I'm grateful because it makes this late night post still Under the Wire..

No sound is heard - none

All is peaceful and quiet

Time stands still right now

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 26

I wish for you
A dream come true
and every happiness

A simple prayer I give
your life I hope it is
ever filled with new

May laughter and sweet smiles
take you through the miles
all the days you live

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 25

Tonight's prompt - an Anaphora.  Anaphora is a literary term for the practice of repeating certain words or phrases at the beginning of multiple clauses or, in the case of a poem, multiple lines. The phrase "A time to," is a good example of anaphora.

I was sitting here tonight thinking about friendship.  I am really fortunate in that I have seven friends that I can really say are here for me always.  Each relationship is unique - some go back to my early childhood and I know that I could call any of them day or night for any reason at all.   This is to my best friends!

My true friends are always there

and I will keep them in my prayers

My true friends let me talk

and I know they'll never walk

My true friends laugh with me

and when I'm sad they let me be

My true friends stand by my side

and hold me up when it's a rough ride

My true friends are the best

and I know I'm truly blessed

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 24

From the NaPoWriMo FB Page - write a poem that begins with the last thing you can remember

someone saying to you today or yesterday. See if you can use that line two or three times.

I took the liberty of using a last line said to me in a "yesteryear"

See ya in a few.....

I wish that I knew

that this was the last

and now it's in the past

See ya in a few

the times we had were few

when compared to the whole

it rips apart my soul

Now all things are new

See ya in a few.....

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 23

I worked a couple of late evenings this week and I'm drained. Therefore, I declare this Haiku Wednesday!


Stillness all around
On an evening when I'm tired
Is a welcome friend

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 22

Today we were asked to write a children's poem - I thought I'd write about my dog - who doesn't love a pup!

This is the story of Shadow

Once there was a dog named Shadow
She was looking for a home
I brought her to my house
So she'd never be alone

She really is quite lovely
And happy every day
The thing she likes the most
Is to go outside and play

I think she was a gift
From heaven up above
She really is a sweetheart
And all she knows is love

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 21

Imagine there's a garden,
That always is in bloom.
And the door is hidden,
Inside this very room.

Walk inside the garden,
And fill your lungs with air.
Not anyone who enters,
Can bring inside despair.

Notice in the corner,
A little set of stairs.
And at the top you'll see,
A table and two chairs

Waiting at the table
Yes, it's really me
Hoping  that you'll sit
And have a cup of tea

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 20

It's time for a Triolet - A triolet is an eight-line poem.  All the lines are in iambicic tetramenter (for a total of eight syllables per line), and the first, fourth, and seventh lines are identical, as are the second and final lines.  This means that the poem begins and ends with the same couplet.  Beyond this, there is a tight rhyme scheme (helped along by the repetition of lines) - ABaAabAB.


A different girl I would be
Somewhere in a different land
If you had never looked at me
A different girl I would be
I guess it's pretty plain to see
Though it is hard to understand
A different girl I would be
Somewhere in a different land

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 19

It's Earth Day - my garden is tilled and ready for planting.    I just love everything about this time of the year

Each morning

As I wake, I feel

Renewed

Thankful and full of

Hope

Determined

Alert

Yet another day is here!

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 18

Today's challenge is to write a ruba'i -- a Persian form - a four-line stanza with a rhyme scheme of AABA.  Multiple stanzas are a rubaiyat.

I don't really have much going on in my head tonight - that may just be the weekend kicking in and I'm not altogether sure this format works for me either it feels a little choppy.....


It's Friday night and I'm feeling fine
I guess it's time for another rhyme
Finally sitting down to rest
I might just have a glass of wine

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 17

Today's prompt is to write a poem using at least 3 of the 5 senses -it also just happens to be National Haiku Day - here is my attempt to accommodate both....


Smell change in the wind
See new possibilities
Taste life that's ahead

Hear panic and doubt
Feel the fear holding you back
And still, Embrace it

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 16

What would National Poetry Writing Month be without at least one Limerick - and this one is all about me........


There once was a girl named Kate
Who always stayed up way too late
Her mind would just roam
Till she made up a poem
Cause it's just so much fun to create