march thirty one: #30poems30days, the last day of national poetry month, April 30

So, I’ve been totally off my game this year for National Poetry Month. I was doing so well at the beginning of the month when I had a lot of down time but towards the end of April, I just couldn’t keep up.  So, to round out the month, I want to eek out one last poem. This is an homage to graduating seniors everywhere. Congratulations graduates and here’s to the rest of your life.

 

finals week

heads hang low

books open

eyes glazed over

pajama pants

become your outfit

of choice

as you work

to cram

a semester’s worth

of information

into your head

with energy drinks

on tap

like happy hour

as you intake

coffee

like a patient

who needs

a blood transfusion

as anxiety builds

you realize

that

it’s all a crap shoot

unless you

keep calm

relax

and do your best

because

in the end

it’s all about

how tough you are

and how these

past four years

of your life

will be

worth it

in the end

degree in hand

it’s over

#30poems30days

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march thirty one: november poetry chapbook challenge from writer’s digest, prompt #1

William Faulkner’s Underwood Universal Portable sits in his office at Rowan Oak, which is now maintained by the University of Mississippi in Oxford as a museum. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I recently started following Writer’s Digest‘s Poetic Asides editor, Robert Lee Brewer.  For the month of November, the challenge is to write a poem-a-day and submit your finished work for a Chapbook Challenge. I’m getting a late start (10 days in) but I’ve decided that since I haven’t written any poetry since National Poetry Month with the NaPoWriMo Challenge (www.napowrimo.net), I thought November is as good a time as any to write new poetry. So here goes.

Find out the daily Chapbook Challenge prompts by visiting Poetic Asides on Writer’s Digest at:

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/2012-november-pad-chapbook-challenge

Prompt #1 is from Moriya Koleva

Mariya’s Prompt: Write a matches poem. The matches could be sticks that make fire. Or it could be matches from a game. Or the verb of “to match.” Or as in the phrase “He’s not a good match for you.” Or whatever other match you can make.

My poem:

prom date

When I went to prom

we wore matching outfits

purple and gold lace

my first bustier

you wore a matching cumberbund

and bowtie

too bad

our futures didn’t go together

no high school sweetheart for me

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march thirty one: national poetry month – 30 poems in 30 days, April 30

The 2006 State Champions of the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Well, I made it, it’s the last day of April and I have written a poem for each day. I took on the 30 poems in 30 days challenge from the National Poetry Writing Month website, http://www.NaPoWriMo.net and I’ve officially celebrated National Poetry Month as all poets should.  Thanks for following along and I hope you  have enjoyed the journey as much as I have! Here’s my last poem for April:

payday haiku

bone thugs said it best

people scrambling for checks

its first of the month

 

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march thirty one: national poetry month – 30 poems in 30 days, April 29

haiku for the work week

Sunday, day of rest

take time to recuperate

prepping for Monday

 

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march thirty one: national poetry month – 30 poems in 30 days, April 28

haiku for Music Of The Past (this poem was inspired by the fact that for the last few days, old school songs from the 80s, 90s, and most recently the 60s, have been popping in my head very randomly.)

music in my head

Old School was a way of life

where is the talent?

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haiku for business

to entrepreneur

is to wish upon a star

American Dream

 

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march thirty one: national poetry month – 30 poems in 30 days, April 26

Global hair texture map (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

haiku for hair texture

interesting convo

he said he liked my hair straight

false identity

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march thirty one: national poetry month – 30 poems in 30 days, April 25

haiku for NPR (National Public Radio)

public radio

practice your listening skills

learn lots of new things

 

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haiku for locavores (I attended a local food cooking demo that taught us how to support local farmers and how to cook healthy foods that will not only sustain our bodies but the local area too.)

learn to cook good food

helping us to live longer

support our farmers

 

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Earth Day

green

has many reasons for existing

it comes in handy

when you need a little change

it’s an action word

when we recycle and reuse

it’s  the nutrition

that helps our bodies maintain

it covered the paths

our ancestors walked on

before construction

green is a  living breathing thing

it is powerful

creates wealth

and encourages

both a human and environmental poverty

it”s necessary

for sustaining

us to eat, grow, and love

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