April Musings - 23. NaPoWriMo 2018 Weeks Four and Five

NaPoWriMo Weeks Four and Five

22.

Dream Poetry

Perfect words capture

Profound sentiments

And revelations

Woven with gossamer

Strings which dissipate

Upon waking.

23.

The Iron Doors of Grudge

Icy metal grips hearts frozen by

Slights imagined or

Painfully real

Breath-stealing

Paralyzing

Crushing

Until

Released by words of grace.

24.

Cosmic Complaint Counter

“How may I help you today?”

“I wished upon a shooting star and it didn’t come true.”

“Well you don’t always get what you ask for in life,

But maybe you got exactly what you needed.”

“The moon was too bright last night.

I couldn’t sleep. Please turn it down.”

“Housewares start in Aisle Ten.

Ask about our heavy-duty shades.”

“This planet sucks. There’s no intelligent life here.”

“Now that, we agree on.”

25.

Food-stained tapestry

Melds memories and flavors

Woven through decades

26.

The Other Side of the Moon

Joy, mystery, and delight

While darkness lurks, out of sight.

27.

Catfish

Bottom-dweller curls its whiskers

In a parody of old-time movie villians,

Waiting to open its gaping maw

And capture unsuspecting prey,

Unaware it’s not fooling as many as it thinks.

28.

The Carnivorous Poem

Stalker of words

Devours confidence

Consumes phrases

Pregnant and ripe

In a bloody alphabet soup.

29.

Fairy Tale Perspective

Once upon a time, a story was conceived in the dark recesses of an author’s mind. It grew slowly at first, a sentence at a time, until plots twisted painfully, causing the suffering author to seek release. Once born, the story grew exponentially, taking root in all who read it, demanding children of its own. Soon, shelves of sequels and fan fiction adorned homes throughout the land. The author tried to stifle the story’s voice, but it had gained too much power to be snuffed. Fearing for his sanity, the author went into hiding in an attempt to end the story once and for all. He wrote furiously as the days turned into weeks, then months, fueled by the relentless urging of multitudes of words. He clutched the epilogue in triumph, purged of the accursed idea that finally let him rest, happily ever after.

30.

Ten Rainy Wishes

I wish to dance in the rain,

Jump in puddles barefoot,

And open my mouth to drink the falling water.

I wish I could see a rainbow

And find the pot of gold at the end.

I wish for a cup of hot tea.

I wish for the sun and the moon and the stars to come out.

I wish to take a nap.

I wish the rain was flavored coffee creamer.

I wish that the deluge would wash away all that’s bad in the world.

I wish I had eleven wishes, so I could ask for an umbrella.

Prompts used:

26. Full moon prompt – write a moon poem

23, 24, 28, 29, 30: Random Stolen Titles Ad Absurdum – use a title from the provided list to jumpstart your poem. As you can see, I was inspired by a lot of these titles!

Note on #30: This poem was a collaborative effort. Every other Monday, I run a speech therapy social skills group for adults with developmental disabilities, and this was our project today. There are four group members, plus myself, so we each supplied two wishes for the poem. The last wish belongs to aditus.

I am indebted to aditus for his help with making these poems much better than they started out.  Thank you to all who read, commented, reacted, and participated in this year's National Poetry Writing Month challenge.  This is my third consecutive year completing NaPoWriMo and it remains quite challenging, especially the final push at the end of the month.  I am thankful for all who took the journey with me.  Until next year...