Poetry |
Posted by MeeAugraphie
Mar
28
2009
A single
Poem
Required
Insidious, or not, but never to be
Late.
National Poetry Month is almost here! How much fun is that going to be for those of us that go for the poem a day. For that matter, for those of us that go for even one poem one day!
And for that matter, how much fun to leap around, blog to blog, to see what has popped from the minds of others. Work can go idle this month, I am tired of not reading y’all’s poems… wait.. maybe just somewhat idle… I do have to eat, but I am shuffling my other priorities around to make sure this month is as special as it should be, and that includes going back to do the prompts offered in the blog world. I can’t wait. It will be my non-material birthday present to myself, I think.
Try it! Poetry only has to be perfect if YOU want it to be….
Poetry Tumble, Too continues:
Just Be
if only so we, too, can follow along
may you sing your joy
may you warm a heart
may you stretch your dreams
may you increase your wisdom
may you shed your tears
may you bend to help
may you set high goals
may you remember
to just be.
MeeAugraphie
03/24/09
Are you geared up to write poetry every day?
Poetry Tumble Too continues. For how it began, click here. For where it stumbled and changed to lead to this poem, click here.
04. Heart Rebuilding
the rebuilding of a heart
bears watching
for it progresses much as this:
a cool breeze tickles your cheek
in the midst of a never ending summer
a pile of blocks strewn about pulls you back
to the castle they once were at age four
the moment you think there is no more
yet another bite of chocolate remains
you turn the corner and he is there
turning the corner and you are there
the catch in your heart as you view
a hawk swooping down from the sky
the promise of a future kiss
the first bumbled attempt already replaced
the rebuilding of a heart
bears watching
if only so we, too, can follow along.
MeeAugraphie
03/21/09
I continue my Poetry Tumble Too, where my last line becomes the first line of the next poem (and often quite unrelated in thought).
03. Focused
to join her team
she must swallow her pride…
open her mind…
distract her heart…
focus on the goal at hand…
and all that can come
only after she has insured
her mask of smiles will remain intact
throughout her jog.
Through an arched tunnel,
where memories of high fives
stolen kisses
and perceived connection
still adorn darkened walls,
to push one foot forward
after the other
will be a strain
for each step will take her
farther from what was
and toward what is:
the limelight of shattered relationships,
the domain of gossip’s corner,
the billowed curtain of self-doubt,
the flooded pillow of tears
the rebuilding of a heart.
MeeAugraphie
03/20/09
To read them all in chronological order, click on the link or come back anytime and click on the page titled Poetry Tumble, Too. To read how this started (and who’s line inspired the first poem in the first series) or to read all 47 poems in my Poetry Tumble, click on the link or come back and click on the page titled Poetry Tumble.
Note: though the poem flowed out as normal, I did edit a bit in the middle of the poem.
I am in one of my organizing moods – at home, at work, blogs, and so on. Are you? Is there something in the air? Or is it just a carryover from tax preparation?
I think I like this template, a lot,so it is time to add back in a few things that were on the former templates. However, my blog was really slow to load. Is it for you?
Change, a great thing! Or is it?
