April 30, 2010 - Final Day of NaPoWriMo!!

Wow, the month went by so fast. Hard to believe it is the last day of April already! :)

Day Thirty Poetry:

Driving

Speeding through places unknown
scenery as distant as to you
as the other side of the Earth
hair flying from the open window
music blasting as you sing along
letting the journey pass you by
until you reach your destination
a college visit to a friend

April 28,2010 & April 29,2010 - NaPoWriMo

Day Twenty Eight Poetry:

Sorry, I wasn't able to get to my computer yesterday to post my poem, so here it is:

Smile

That smile, so secretive
just before the curtain opens
the performance has begun
as you dance across the stage
with the colorful silk in hand
flourishing, tossing, catching
letting the audience in
to the meaning of your smile


Day Twenty Nine Poetry:

Listen

Open your ears
and listen carefully
what can you hear?
the static
from an empty CD
or the bristling
of the wind
over the blasting
of the television
do you listen?

April 27,2010 - NaPoWriMo

Day Twenty Seven Poetry:

The Song

the lights dim
the microphone
clutched firmly
in your hands
as the first note
leaves your lips
the audience
disappears
for and instance
you are by yourself
owning the stage
until the clashing
of many hands
brings reality
crashing down

April 26, 2010 - NaPoWriMo

Day Twenty Six Poetry:

The Camera

Through your lens,the world fades to gray
focuses on the tiniest of details
the loose thread hanging from your jacket
the small chip of your tooth
from when you first fell off your bike
or expands to show the bigger picture
a family, brought together by sadness
the emptiness of a newly planted garden
but in either case, you make time
stand still if only for a moment
so that no one else will ever be able
to forget

April 25, 2010 - 5 more days of NaPoWriMo!!

Day Twenty Five Poetry:

Ode to a Broom (Revised!)

Your sturdy handle,
like the graceful arc
of a ballerina's back
as she dances with purpose
to the sensual tune
coursing through the studio.

Each movement
an extension of another
spinning, twirling,
creating circles on the floor,
a perfectly executed arabesque
followed by a grand jete.

Your tousled hair sweeps
delicately across the stage,
one coupe follows another
brushing everything else
out of its path
to dance alone once more.

You crave cleanliness,
the glistening hard wood
of a newly washed studio
so you may pirouette to a finish,
claim the spotlight one last time
before you retire with one final curtsy.

April 24, 2010 - NaPoWriMo

Day Twenty Four Poetry:

So, I decided to use a prompt for my poem today. Here is what it was based on: 8. Write to something (or someone) beautiful that is no longer here.

Your Absence

When I was younger,you were always there
bursting out of the ground with color
every time spring would come around
I would watch as you slowly grew
from the pale green leaves to stem
until I came home from school one day
and there you were in all of your beauty
with all of your friends gathered around
as a child I would play in your home
and as I grew, helped mom plant
more friends for you to play with
underground in the cold fall weather
yet, no longer do I see your crimson petals
or the sunny yellow of your comrades
for you all have been taken away from me
by beast that will be stopped by nothing
not by a fence or even by a spray
they bite off all of your heads
spitting them out to lay
a fallen monument on the grassy ground
or dig up your bulbs in colder months
so that you are no longer here
the days go by now without your presence
during your favorite time of year
and I miss you.

April 23, 2010 - NaPoWriMo

Day Twenty Three Poetry:

The Lesson

they sit in silence
their desks in a row
waiting for direction
for their knowledge to grow
from English to history
wow, this class is such a mystery
the lesson is poetry
and how poets use rhyme
though rhyming is really hard to do
and they wish they could, don't you?
yet really every child
is just biding their time
waiting for the bell to ring
and be released into the hall