National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!

Tinker1111 · Post by **Tinker1111** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:10 am

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 on.

I will repeat this,
I will honor this substance,
I will write of this,
I will apply this to all things,
I will.
~~Judi Van Gorder

Post by **Tracy Mitchell** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:03 pm

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

Post by **Tracy Mitchell** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:07 pm

Indar, George, Gyppo - you magicians are writing faster than I can digest, but I am loving the ride.

Cheers.

T

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:59 pm

My left leg is the longer one.

Accepts the fullest weight

while my right side hangs

a little over the surface.

The world always seems

to be dipping away from me

out to an invisible edge,

that mystic relic from before science.

ajduclos · Post by **ajduclos** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 3:09 pm

Day 3

Dance

Piled and shoved
Stacked and scattered
Man made massif
Awaits resolution

Solo sashaying
The prance of avoidance
Til the call of the cotillion
The draw to the ball
Entices reluctant partners
With domestic resolve
To dance the dirty
Dish Dance

Vaughn Neeld · Post by **Vaughn Neeld** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 3:22 pm

3.

Forsynthia

Forsynthia,
in her golden-yellow dress,
awaits Spring's first carress.

Post by **Tracy Mitchell** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 4:39 pm

Vaughn - you are developing an intentional series? Is this a recognized form you are following? these are wonderful, especially the last one.

And I mentioned I have poem which your #1 brought to mind? Forgetful me - it's been circulated for critique next time. I am losing my mind, I think sometimes, but then other times I don't think.

Cheers.

Post by **Tracy Mitchell** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 4:40 pm

Dave - your #3 is so heartwarming, in a non-OTT way. Cheers. I think we have something special going here.

T

Post by **Colm Roe** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 6:55 pm

30 ways to die.
#4

His house, recently renovated,
old appliances replaced.
Financial details condensed
in neat accessible files,
his will renewed, and maybe
a few letters written, words
careful and specific
to be read post-mortem
for his children.

He even bought his own plot.

Affairs in order
it was just a matter of when.
Well liked by all, including
the many people he employed...
the people who found him.

It finished with a rope
tied to a forklift
a noose around his neck
an accelerated car
a horizontal hanging.

Post by **Sharon Leigh** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 8:36 pm

Kirlian

I do not know what it is to be left. To be the one
sleeping beside ghosts, to be soil, socket. I've been
the other-- the one who left for cigarettes.
Like a wall of herring flashing silver,
I flick away if you come too close. But you, unwilling,
are plate and capture both, holding my corona:
sharp, magenta, streaming.

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