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Friday, April 30, 2021

National Poetry Month 2021 | Part II - Writing

Here are some of the poems I wrote this month, including a few haikus :) All of these were written as I was laying in bed at night trying to fall asleep. 

Swirling and summersaulting
bold playfulness within the glass walls
Who knew a river otter could
thrill and inspire

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harsh words are the friends
who overstay their welcome

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it's a free for all 
like a summer's day cannonball
splashing in inky ideas

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pen and paper at the ready
but laryngitis strikes again

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I've forgotten my manners
and have been chowing down on poetry.
Stuffing and shoveling it in one sitting like
Thanksgiving mashed potatoes
rather than savoring and letting the flavors soak in

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You are the coda to my comma
the code to my coma

The vowel remains.
The vow made new. 

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What words can't say 
the mind rehearses
like a spelling bee champion
the night before
laying in bed the record plays on
memories overlay the background music
that doesn't exist

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it's the classic game of white vs. black
I'm always white.
I always get the opening. 
Is this what they mean by privilege?

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HAIKUS

writers block no more
ten p.m. scramble for pen
don't want to forget

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Norm, Ellen, and Cal
a fearsome trio they make
three little chickens

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three little chickens
no need for warm dry mittens
after all, no paws 
- SJW

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