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April Musings - 4. NaPoWriMo 2016 - Week Two

If anyone would like to know the prompts that I used for each poem, just send me a PM and I'll be happy to pass it along. Even though there are only six poems featured, I am on track with writing a poem a day due to participating in the Renga poem with several other GA members. It will be published at the end of the month.

Poem #7

Breath of Life

Animating essence coalesced into

Claymation figures,

Mere golems without it.

 

Poem #8

Slumbering, she waits,

ready to perk up

at a moment’s notice

to happily release the

elixir of life.

 

Poem #9

I want to be famous to

Toe-tapping, frowning people waiting in lines.

As the polite, patient reminder that being a jerk

Will not get your groceries scanned faster.

 

Poem #10

Words

The intimacy of ink on paper has been

Replaced by Times New Roman or

Arial glowing incandescently as

indifferent fingers rely on auto-correct instead of

Knowledge.

 

Poem #11

Spring is a flibbertigibbet,

Gaily flouncing from

Warm sunshine on green sprouts to

A whirligig of blinding thundersnow,

Besmirching her reputation as

Nature’s golden child with her shenanigans.

 

Poem #12

I was thirsty for education,

So I enrolled.

Ten years and three degrees later,

I matriculate the college of life,

Fact rich, but knowledge poor.

 

I was thirsty for travel,

So I drove all day and night

Until there was no more road,

Then turned around and drove back.

 

I was thirsty for companionship,

So I turned to the internet

Leaving my body sated

But soul unquenched.

 

I was thirsty,

But realized along the way

That the well to drink from

Is always there if you know

Where to look.

A huge thank you to AC Benus for his advice with these poems. Also an overdue thanks to one of my best friends, R, whose idea it was to participate in NaPoWriMo. She helps keep me motivated to write and accountable for keeping up with the one a day writing schedule. Lastly, a huge thank you to all who read and comment on my attempts at poetry. Your comments also keep me motivated and I love reading them. :hug:
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Parker Owens

Your number 12 is a true gem. It is as impressive and thought provoking as anything I have read recently. And you're so right: anxious, frowning toe-tapping will never make anything happen faster!

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Aditus

I like number #7, it's exactly as you said. I also learned a new word: Claymation figure. Number #11 made me grin. those old-fashioned words are pure onomatopoeia sometimes. Number #12 talks to me. Poetry has way to make things clear, has it not? Thank you for sharing, Val. :)

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On 04/15/2016 01:19 AM, Parker Owens said:

Your number 12 is a true gem. It is as impressive and thought provoking as anything I have read recently. And you're so right: anxious, frowning toe-tapping will never make anything happen faster!

Thanks, Parker. I really appreciate the review and am glad you liked them. :)

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On 04/15/2016 03:01 AM, aditus said:

I like number #7, it's exactly as you said. I also learned a new word: Claymation figure. Number #11 made me grin. those old-fashioned words are pure onomatopoeia sometimes. Number #12 talks to me. Poetry has way to make things clear, has it not? Thank you for sharing, Val. :)

Thanks for the review, Addy. I love old-fashioned words. I had a fun time with that one. :) I'm glad some of the others spoke to you, too.

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Mikiesboy

Another wonderful collection, Val. Claymation! Huh, never thought I'd see that word in a poem, but it was terrific. They all were!
Week 3.. here we come.

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On 04/15/2016 06:06 AM, Mikiesboy said:

Another wonderful collection, Val. Claymation! Huh, never thought I'd see that word in a poem, but it was terrific. They all were!

Week 3.. here we come.

Thanks so much :):hug:

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AC Benus

I like number 8 as a great personification of a coffee pot. It's perfect.

 

And I think 12 is the strongest one of the month so far. I like how it paces itself and paints several pictures to relay a single emotion.

 

Nicely done!

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On 04/15/2016 07:32 AM, AC Benus said:

I like number 8 as a great personification of a coffee pot. It's perfect.

 

And I think 12 is the strongest one of the month so far. I like how it paces itself and paints several pictures to relay a single emotion.

 

Nicely done!

Thanks so much, AC. I really appreciate you taking the time to give me your input every day. I'm glad that #12 is so well-received. The title just spoke to me.

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On 04/15/2016 11:54 AM, Headstall said:

Loved, loved, loved #12... awesome Val!

Thanks so much, Gary. I'm glad so many people like it :)

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Dolores Esteban

"So I drove all day and night until there was no more road, then turned around and drove back." I read it several times. It's simple, logical and at the same time weird. I like it a lot.

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On 04/22/2016 06:27 AM, Dolores Esteban said:

"So I drove all day and night until there was no more road, then turned around and drove back." I read it several times. It's simple, logical and at the same time weird. I like it a lot.

Thanks :)

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Aviana

Wow....Word  such an honest poem. We really have been relying so much on gadgets nowadays that we have forgotten the essence of curiosity, and gaining knowledge by our own strength...

All your poems were awesome but I have to say my favorite was #12 poem. It shone like diamond!! Wonderful!!

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7 hours ago, Aviana said:

Wow....Word  such an honest poem. We really have been relying so much on gadgets nowadays that we have forgotten the essence of curiosity, and gaining knowledge by our own strength...

All your poems were awesome but I have to say my favorite was #12 poem. It shone like diamond!! Wonderful!!

Thanks so much, Aviana.  I'm glad you liked my poems.  #12 seems to have struck a chord with a lot of people. :)  Thanks for commenting!  

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