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April 7
Unfettered

The vagabond’s trail
winds without destination.
I’d love to hike
unfettered by expectation.
~~ jvg

“Notes:"

24 Syllables
Prompt: vagabond
Prompt: hike

I wish there was a "Like" button here.  I'm trying to read the poems I'm encountering in this 30 day quest but there is only so much time and responding within a thread is a little awkward unless you follow right behind the poem you have read.  So much good poetry out here.   April 6 Rosy Buttons Th...

I love the trash can poem above, I have to bring mine up from the road when I get home from the office. I however never see neighbors, we are pretty spaced. But it brings up a question, how does one indent on this site? I’m involved in 3 different challenges which is getting crazy writing 3 a day. S...

April 4  Sleepless in Occidental  I've come to realize along with getting old comes confidence, wisdom, knowledge, and experience. I love that part of it.  Unfortunately, it also brings a nightly dose of creaky joints, a thirty year old mattress, the need to pee, mushroom heat, and tingly fe...

Judi - I just got back from a 4 mile hike, log on and see your poem. Nice take off on " I will... ". Is your blog easily findable? T Thanks Tracy,  My blog is at PMO, Tinker's Blog ,  I am trying to put up something each Thursday but because I wanted to recognize International Walking Day, I posted...

Today, Wednesday, April 3, 2019 is International Walking Day.   I wrote this poem to open my blog for today. But it works for my April 3 Poem a Day commitment too. Wednesday Walk The trail is wet from yesterday's rain. The earth soft under my Sneaks. I place one foot after another and will myself o...

#2 An Evening Walk Mint, wild sage, lambs quarters prosper along the ground beyond the rise. Lines of steel connect despair from distances beyond, petri dishes afroth with desolation and craving. When cancers darken tips of a butterfly’s wings, how long can the center hold? A plover steps and pecks...

April 2

Forest Symphony

From the forest,
a birdsong aria.
Descant strain
above melodic notes,
confection of sounds.
     ~~ Judi Van Gorder


Prompt: 24 syllable challenge using the word  "confection"

April 1

Apothecary

white and blue
pill box

lids snap closed
click open

sort and store
prescribed

medications
each day

palmed, swallowed
routine

warnings glossed
until . . . .
~~Judi Van Gorder