Thank you for reading Yeah, I can't imagine going through this without a computer and the Internet. It allows me to do my job and also keep connected with my friends.
I had to stop and think for a minute, and remember what I posted, since your opening line for April 1st is eerily similar to what I wrote this morning. I'm glad you stopped by. You'll find a mixture of melancholy, despair, laughter, and hope in my offerings this month. Going forward, I'll be posting every Sunday, including the poems I wrote for the week. Thanks for joining me on this journey.
At your giggle for the day.
Thanks so much Navigating the new world we live in is not easy. I find writing these helps me sort through my emotions. I hope they'll become brighter as the month progresses
Poem #1 March 30th
Today, I put a stuffed penguin in my kitchen window.
I read on social media about kids doing a ‘bear hunt’ to ease boredom.
I don’t have stuffed bears, but I do have stuffed penguins.
It was something to do for ten seconds.
I didn’t shower today because I did yesterday and I don’t smell.
Yet.
I’m wearing my red pajama bottoms from Christmas.
The ones with the reindeer with a bowtie around their neck and a wreath around their antlers.
I won
April is National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), and the challenge is to write 30 poems (one per day) throughout the month. This year, I decided to do something a little different. Each day (or every other day, depending on my mood) I will write a 'postcard'--a short poem about my daily dealings with the COVID-19 pandemic. I will also write other poems as the mood (and daily prompts) strike me. I think it will be an interesting exercise to see how the poems change across the course of the month.