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Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:38 pm
by indar
MARK! about time you showed up---29 in one fell swoop. I'm off to read them now...
Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:40 pm
by indar
We don't lust for life,
it's just greed and
fear and vanity.
We don't grieve for others,
we just cry for our pathetic selves.
Colm--some of us just don't want to leave the party
Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:39 am
by Colm Roe
indar wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:40 pm
We don't lust for life,
it's just greed and
fear and vanity.
We don't grieve for others,
we just cry for our pathetic selves.
Colm--some of us just don't want to leave the party
Linda,
These are the people who become ghosts, trapped between worlds by their reluctance to leave the party
Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:34 am
by Gyppo
Colm Roe wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:39 am
Linda,
These are the people who become ghosts, trapped between worlds by their reluctance to leave the party
It
could be worse. We could be condemned to spend eternity in a 'groundhog day' version of NAPO. Trapped in a perpetual April.
Remember, we
chose to be here this month. How many of you would be here if someone had told us we
had to be here
Gyppo
Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:09 am
by Colm Roe
Gyppo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:34 am
Colm Roe wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:39 am
Linda,
These are the people who become ghosts, trapped between worlds by their reluctance to leave the party
It
could be worse. We could be condemned to spend eternity in a 'groundhog day' version of NAPO. Trapped in a perpetual April.
Remember, we
chose to be here this month. How many of you would be here if someone had told us we
had to be here
Gyppo
But we were told to be here! Tracy made us do it
And he'll do it again
Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:44 am
by Gyppo
I believe there was
some element of free will
But it can be difficult to avoid a challenge, can't it?
Gyppo
Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:59 am
by Gyppo
I'm winding up this year's poetry 'marathon' with something relatively short and gentle. It's been lurking in the form of a few scribbled notes since almost the beginning. Now it's out there, roaming the streets as it were.
You can only protect and hoard your verses for so long. Sooner or later your 'brain children' have to leave and fend for themselves. Sometimes we can steer or nudge the reader to a certain conclusion, other times they will find meanings we never imagined, or echoes of their own life and experiences which lift it beyond mere 'marks on a page'.
That is both the curse and the blessing of poetry. Sometimes misunderstood, and sometimes re-understood.
It's been a glorious month, travelling with you all.
Thank you.
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NAPO 30 - 2019
I could take a bus ride
I could take a bus ride,
travel to the place she lived,
and roam the streets.
Maybe pass her in the crowd,
each of us unrecognised,
unaware, and never knowing.
I could visit her last known address
and maybe knock on the door,
possibly finding an echo of her life.
Or perhaps I should stay at home,
pen in hand,
and just enjoy the memories.
For I am older now, half-set in my ways,
and my chair, like my memories,
is mostly comfortable.
Gyppo
Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:11 am
by Colm Roe
Bittersweet Gyppo.
A nice gentle way to finish your 30.
Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:52 am
by Vaughn Neeld
Hello all. I will comment more later, but I have to be away from home for a while today.
Atop Trail Ridge Road
The mountains laugh
as sunshine spills
from an azure sky.
Columbines and lupines
dance in the wind,
taunting boulders
for their immobilioty.
Atop the world,
I stare down
upon a frozen lake,
then tilt back my head,
spread my arms,
spin,
breathe in,
a Rocky Mountain High.
Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:13 pm
by lisaeagle65
ajduclos wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 7:37 am
written yesterday as a gift for my granddaughter's birthday...
Day 22
On Brooke's 18th
And it came to pass
that the young are born
and the old get older
life in between is filled and fast.
The best years, those-
live learn love
wrapped in much invincibility
immortality
tempered by touches of insecurity
fragility.
When times are easy and bright
when times are tough and dark
in all times
your family is always here
always arms opened wide
welcoming you inside
no judgments
only unconditional love.
And someday if the stars align
you'll have children of your own.
But for now
today here's my wish
my admonition
my counsel
for you
Pépère's sweet girl:
Follow your Heart
Listen closely
It will never lead you astray
Journey hand in hand with your Muse
You are an artist
And your life a canvas
Use your paints and brushes
Color outside the lines
There are no limits
But the limitations
You place on yourself
Spread your wings and fly
Soar!
And it came to pass
Ahh, the words, the honesty. This is special Aj... Outstanding writing everyone.. I am humbled, truly..