Category: PA
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Day 29.1: NaPoWriMo 2021
Two Years Ago … when my world became the perimeter of the garden and the internal dimensions of four walls, and the outside world existed mostly on the evening news, and you and I, we dealt with trivials like waiting for falling leaves to dry before raking, most of them empaling on the metal scrapping…
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Day 28: NaPoWriMo 2021
I.I Know Why the Sky Is Blue . . . but why do I worry aboutthings beyond my control. Things that have me by the neck,and won’t let you go. Like . . . I wake up, surprised I’m notdressed as a pauper. Or I’m so poor that I burn myclothes for heat. Or one…
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Day 27.1 NaPoWriMo 2021
Remixed Daydream Here I am againdaydreaming, just like Mum always saidI did too much of … daydreaming ofwarm ruby-stainedfingers, and June fields of white blossomstucked into ripeningstrawberries, and the airis a touchablememoryof scent, solitude, and future,and I recall thinking,one day I’ll have an orchard. And I did. Written for PA Day 27 “Remix or rewrite an old…
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Day 26: NaPoWriMo 2021
Well Wells it wasgreen as fevergrassthose patina domesthe slopesthe steep your Bob Marley t-shirt andthe boiled potatoes with cream the tea we took at threethe light blinding your eyesin the fierce heat the honeysuckle verandahwhere we ate burnt toastand watched the clock tickon and tick on…
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Day 25: NaPoWriMo 2021
Miz Quickly’s Day 25 “Hat” and PA’s “Thankful” Two For Day 25 I.Hat On Seventeen Syllables Noise.Let’s be silent,put a hat on my headto keep my voice inside. ❅ II.Ring Clear (rewrite) I’m thankful that I’ve not lost the soundof my loved ones voices.Those dead and long gone,still ring clear in my head. Written for Miz…
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Day 24: NaPoWriMo 2021
for Miz Quickly’s Day 24 prompt: Merit The Merit of Parental Advice I earned 32 Girl Scout badges,made 1st class scout twice, but my mother said,her finger poking at me, You better hope you can findsomeone to marry. Poetic Asides Response Poem In Response to Atwood’s Three Desk Objects What minutes tick and what hours…
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Day 23: NaPoWriMo
Day 23: Miz Quickly & PA, and a Haibun for dVerse Poets. Like Unplugging I. (for Miz Quickly & PA) Just A Few Desires, yes, a few likeseeing brilliance rising offthe sea, morning sky that’s an aquamarine-holiday colour,and white-dashed beachesso bright that your eyes sting, and silence,yes, silence from radio voices.And I still want sex…
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Day 22: NaPoWriMo 2021
Day 22: Miz Quickly’s Impossible prompt and PA’s Animal prompt Haunted Fog I.Blind Fog The cliffs drop offinto whiteness,a blue and grey brewof updrafts and silk.The air, it feelshaunted by fog.That chill,is proof of it all. II.Delirium Fog Four crows on the lawn,appeared from nowhere.Stepped through someinterior door, and broughta delirium fog with them.…
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Day 21: NaPoWriMo 2021
Day 21: Miz Quickly’s Emotion and PA’s Ekphrasis Poem The Postman’s Daughter There was a time of innocence.A child’s care with tinsel and looping bobbles on branch ends, but sky always overclouded, darkened with flaws of grey.A postman’s daughter knows — Christmas is not a happy time. A postman’s feet are worlds of pain. A delivery of misery…
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Day 19: NaPoWriMo 2021
A Bad Day for Smoke and Mirrors I. When Plato said, Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder … he forgot about mirrors. II. And who said Only good comes from self-revelation. My frame is tipsy with gravity and in need of scaffolding, my knees crack when I stand, a noise to wake the…
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