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Tag: #napowrimo

Mr. Fletcher, my dear.

Such a claim to…
ignominious… glory?

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2022, Haggard Hawks, Horace Fletcher, Twitter

Norman Doors

Norman Doors confuse and are begging to be pulled… pushed?

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2021, breaking rules, Norman Doors

wave goodbye

Great Waves of contradiction meet in foam, the after-spray falls cool and wet on your face.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2021, choices, Go to the limits of your longing, rilke

wrong turns?

I now own my road
And revel in its
redemptive reality.

And that will make all the difference.

#napowrimo, choices, regrets, Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken

Nailing the Nailer

Nail me. I’ll nail it.

#napowrimo, Humanity, learning, nail, Poetry, Pride, Purpose, right, selfishness, SoCS, think

beyond the blue

It’s good to get rid of the darkness.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, blue, draft, Life, Poetry, sad

validated

Today I live and stand in my own story.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, choice, hope, Life, Love, Poetry, recovery

postmortem

I do miss the antediluvian remarkbut you still nailed it. the PBS pedagogues, too.I like the switch around original way … More

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, #poetry, analysis, antedeluvian, autopsy, meaning, Poetry, think

just baggage

Laughter – just baggage

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, baggage, blog, Poetry, profanity, upbringing

means to an end

trust the poem just to say what it wants.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, creative, destination, hay(na)ku, journey, means to an end, Poetry, process, prompt, trust

playing around

good for your brain like music.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, capitalization, Poetry, punctuation, spacing

The Messenger Project

A plan was hatched. A true “chicken or the egg?” scenario, if you think about it.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, collaboration, erasure, Poetry

the natural

Mary Oliver is my girl. always my muse.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, mary oliver, Poetry, pure, unassuming

emboldened

about the practice
 of doing.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, Patience, Poetry, Purpose, simplicity

lost in translation

repeated efforts,
demands, to get
accurate translation
all in vain.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, dreams, interpretation, Life, Poetry, search, symbolism

chicken little?

I fear you’ll think
that I’m not sane
my brain in pain

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, chaos, chicken little, falling, Poetry, sky

Three Stars

I admit the possibility of a system issue on my end.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, Amazon, Michigan, Poetry, ratings, stars, Stay Home Stay Safe, tech support

nightmare

Frogs, fingers,
“we only want you”
this poem becomes a witch’s brew

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, COVID-19, dream, ExxonMobil, Goodnight Moon, Mandela, nightmare, Poetry, quarantine, Renaissance Center, South Africa, Trump

detestivity

stick in the mud!
I accept your derision.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, decision, detest, festivity, messy

lifehill

“There’s no chairlift in sledding!”
I shout to the lighthearted in skis.
Envious? Likely.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, Life, Poetry, skiing, sledding, snow

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