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

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 15

Today's prompt is to write a poem in Terza Rima.  It consists of three-line stanzas, with a "chained" rhyme scheme. The first stanza is ABA, The second is BCB, the third is CDC and so on.  A common way of ending a Terza Rima poem is with a single line standing on its own, rhyming with the middle line of the preceding three-line stanza. This looks fairly interesting so I thought I'd give it a try.....

It was a strange and quiet day

and i didn't have a plan

nor anything to say

but then i nearly ran

with certainly no reason

when i saw that man

what an odd season

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 14

Today was a beautiful day and I was happy to be off after a very long and busy weekend. I spent the day cleaning and changing curtains to welcome in Spring.....

Open the windows

Let in the fresh air and light

Let you soul revive

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 13 - Putting on the New Day

Putting on the new day

A fresh start

A different way

Opening a new book

The first step

A different look

Yesterday is left behind

All the past

Is out of mind

A fresh start

A different way 

Putting on the new day

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day12

A Little Slice of Happiness - served up with a  little Haiku.......


A nice cup of tea
Some laughter and good friends
What else can be said

NaPoWriMo 2014. Day 11

The didactic cinquains is embraced by young adults and older poets for its expressive simplicity and refers  to word count, not syllables and stresses. Ordinarily, the first line is a one-word title, the subject of the poem; the second line is a pair of adjectives describing that title; the third line is a three-word phrase that gives more information about the subject; vvthe fourth line consists of four words describing feelings related to that subject; and the fifth line is a single word synonym or other reference for the subject from line one.

Weekends

Rest, relaxation

Dancing, singing, laughing

Enjoying moments of fun

Unwind

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 10 - The Tanka

So now it's time for the Tanka -- frankly I just like the way that sounds -- "The Tanka"

The Japanese Tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem, traditionally written in a single unbroken line.  A form of waka, Japanese song or verse, Tanka translates to "short song" and is better known in its five-line 5/7/5/77 syllable count form.

I'm a little close to the wire tonight, so I'll see if I can make it under......

A barren wasteland

The last of a tough winter

So now we will wait

As the darkness turns to light

And we watch for the first bud

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 9

I should probably write a Haiku at least once a week - even though they look like a 30 second poem, they really take a little longer to get them right. 

This week the weather has been amazing and it makes me want to write a little short haiku about my favorite season Spring......

The days grow longer

Butterflies will be here soon

Spring is everywhere

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 8

A Little Bit of Gratitude on My Birthday

Thank you God for another year

Happiness, family and friends are near

Another year another day

No regrets I have to say

Kindness goes a long, long way

You cannot get as old as me

Over time I've come to see

Unless you are blessed by Thee

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 7

A guarded heart

Keeps pain away

No chance for hurt

Or sorrow today

No pain allowed

No sadness here

The door is shut 

There is no fear

Close it now

It's out of mind

And even love

Gets left behind

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 6

A peaceful evening

No wind or rain

Quiet thoughts

Are what remain

An evening prayer

A little wish

Tomorrow please

Be just like this

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 5 The Golden Shovel

Today's prompt is a Golden Shovel.....basically the last word of each line in your poem is a word from another poem.  I took an Emily Dickinson 

Luck is not chance (1350)

  by Emily Dickinson

Luck is not chance—
It's Toil—
Fortune's expensive smile
Is earned—
The Father of the Mine
Is that old-fashioned Coin
We spurned

And so here goes.....

I took a chance

It was my luck

And now it's mine

You gave me that

Your smile

Just a little Lune

Two great things today -

I finally made it to a yoga class - the first in a very loooong time.....
and today's prompt a lune is a sort of English-language variation on the haiku,  a three-line stanza. The first line has three words. The second line has five, and the third line has three. 

I love a Haiku!

Love you Yoga

Yes, I have missed you

Feeling great now!

Throwback Thursday

drifting back to carefree days

riding bikes

jumping rope

dreams of the future 

so much hope

silly things we did all day

laughing

singing 

lots of play

I think about those things and see

that carefree girl

inside of me

The Woodpecker

Pounding, hammering
such a steady beat
the work it just seems endless
yet sap's an awesome treat

A steady rhythm through the day
and nightfall brings a rest
nesting in a wondrous home
a carved and roomy nest

A new Season

 NaPoWriMo 2014 has begun!  

And so I pause and I ask...prompt or no prompt?  The choice is entirely up to me.   Last year I didn't use the prompts - maybe once or twice.....

Today's prompt is Bibliomancy Oracle - the Oracle gives you a thought and you take it from there.  So I went to the prompt and > nothing, nadda!

So the answer to my question is this - no prompt for me - at least not today.

I thought today I'd start with my favorite - a Haiku.  I learned how to write these in grade school.  I like them because they are short and to the point- perfect for the first day warm up.

Same disclosure as last year - like everything, I give this my best - it's not a competition, it's about having fun.  If you read my poems and like them, please let me know, if not, kindness would be greatly appreciated.

Over is winter

A new season has begun

My only thought YAY