Catching up, are we?
Here are some more poems I've done for NaPoWriMo!
20
We worry too much
To dream today.
"There's much to do,"
He used to say
Stomping.
We insist on a schedule
But I demand breaks,
Resting.
I'm weak for it, probably, you
Topic
poetry
A collection of 34 issues
23 - yo, Batman
I looked up to you
As my favorite superhero
(Behind Storm)
Because being rich
With a lot of time on your hands
Seems a lot more plausible
Than being powered by the sun
You seemed more real
and honesty,
I'll trust A Vigilante more than
A fucking cop--
18: To Be A Cat
Today's prompt is "write a poem in which the speaker expresses the desire to be someone or something else, and explains why." And a surprise extra prompt from Day 16. Kinda? Eh.
Let me have a life of
no worries, something
devoid of
capitalism and
racism
17: Demons
Day 17: Demons
(Doja Cat's "Demons" song.)
take 1
I can float above.
But sometimes, when they go low
We all go to hell.
take 2
Not nearly enough clout or anything to have haters or anything,
Until you count those in power
Installing rules, not
Catching up (Random Days)
Here are some more poems I've written this month so far! I usually try again with prompts I find interesting, and leave room for revisiting concepts I like. And I hope you like these!
For more inspiration, visit the official National Poetry Writing Month blog!
Day 1 w/
Day 12
Today's prompt is to tell a tall tale... I took this opportunity to dabble into some of my favorite concepts.
The Grey Princess
Scientists call xir an
Anomaly.
Somehow born and lost to time,
Xie managed to find the way
Here, but
Not 'sideways'
As our
Things to Write on the Bathroom Mirror After We Move In (with dry erase marker, of course)
Today, we’d like to challenge you to write either a monostich, which is a one-line poem, or a poem made up of one-liner style jokes/sentiments.
GOOD MORNING
すてきだね x
(a heart is drawn, "ey/em" in the middle)
"You're six feet above ground.
Two.
This one, to get it out of my head
untitled
There were bright colors in my fear.
Once I am lured in by song
The movie slowly turned,
Entrenched by darker hues
Falling from the shadows of malevolent flight.
There's nothing delicate
In fighting back, this time.
Retaliation
If I Could, I'd Meet You Again
I wrote it this morning, and it just so happened to also fall into today's prompt: "a poem that centers around an encounter or relationship between two people (or things) that shouldn’t really have ever met."
As for the others out-of-order, I'll post
Janelle? Inspiring Me? But of course.
But seriously, I've been riding that high since I saw her in concert.
...maybe I should write about that. Meanwhile, a poem.
floating, almost
I want to feel that again,
The wonderful ache in my heart
To mirror floating through water
Into a dream of not-home-anymore
But you
