DAY 8
midday turns into midnight
the solar eclipse
all the mystery has gone
would have been more fun and scary
when it meant a visit from the dark force
or that the world was going to end
the sophisticatd and scientifically informed
scoff at these primitive notions
as for those poetric types
some are staying inside]
with their cats
lights on
rattling their rosary beads
waiting for it to be over
DAY 9
ODE TO MY BED PILLOWS
i hold you close
at night
my comfort
my refuge
my joy
i am loathe to leave you every day
i look forward to returning to you
every night
i love you
DAY 10
enough of this cheery badinage
he would say
no one had a clue what he was on about
a delightful eccentric in 1975
i miss him as he was
i miss all of us as we were
age
is not kind to hippies
DAY 11....APRIL (what it means to me )
WHATS GOING ON? _ newwhatsgoingon.blogspot.com
april love
pat boone singing corny songs
1957
april showers
an understatement
in sydney at the moment
(floods )
april is poetry month
masochists writing
more than one poem a day
at 3am - exhausting but fun
shakespeare's birthday
swimming season over
coooler weather
bringing out the woolly socks
an overall tinge of sadness
heralding
the coming days of winter
Apologies LOL
DAY 12
my marmalade boy
could convince anyone
that he could do anything
he convinced me that
he could only eat red salmon
fresh prawns and chicken
DAY 13....POETS and STORYTELLERS UNITED
not so long ago
this could really happen to
long suffering wives
Simone de Bauvoir
had lots to say about this
in"The Second Sex"
simone changed our lives
girls of my generation
said no thanks no way
not bad for a guy
who writes books about lions
witches and wardrobes
DAY 14
i moaned
all afternoon
you did not come on time
i wont be able to shop it's
too late
i should
say thank you luv
this is my shopping mall
this does not happen here in OZ
it did
Good for you doing the poem a day. I enjoyed this poem so much, can just see all those poets, pens scratching away busily.
ReplyDeleteBravo for doing poetry month up right! About poem 11--you've captured it all. I used to do the doom and gloom and then the mystery, but now I just enjoy the way the air changes, ready to take whatever comes.
ReplyDeleteHi Rall, good for you for doing NaPoWriMo. Oh, I remember Pat Boone and his white bucks. Had to have a pair!! Ha, you shared "April Love." I usually think of "Moon River." Smiles.
ReplyDeleteall the mystery has gone...the post eclipse was a let down.
ReplyDeleteImpressive collection of poems!
Good on you, mate! From a fellow April-masochist.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun to watch people, lucky to see it at its best, react to the eclipse. It wakened some to the cosmic adventure we find ourselves in on planet Earth.
ReplyDeleteI knock on your 'door' and what do I get ~~ six dynamic, thoroughly enjoyable poems! [reactions from Helen]
ReplyDeleteDay 8 - my own brief encounter. Day 9 - I giggle. Day 10 - Thoughtful. Day 11- Sighs. Day 12 - Laughing. Day 13 - You go Girl.
These are great. Keep them coming! You are cooking this April!
ReplyDeleteLove your poetry. I didn't turn myself into a masochist this year...I don't have a poem a day in me this year.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your encouraging comments.
ReplyDeleteLoved reading it all.
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