National Poetry Month – Day 29

I watched a poetry ‘gala’ online today to celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month with the Academy of American Poets. It was filled with big names like Regina King, Meryl Streep, and Sandra Oh, among others. While it was neat to hear these folks read great poems, it was also a little dull….

National Poetry Month – Day 26

It occurred to me today that April has been, for me, a month of great changes. It’s been five years since I ended my relationship (!), and then today, looking at the FB memories, these came up, and I thought it might be an okay list poem. (OTD = on this day) OTD 11 years…

National Poetry Month – Day 24

A fun exercise to play with language and see what happens. The Business Meeting complete doubt consumes hershe attempts to enchant with her corporate smileelaborates on south-facing windows, clean energyshe’s met with calm quietshe waves her hand as if erasing what she saidstarts over, endeavors to eclipse her past performanceher mind resounds with internal shoutingshe…

National Poetry Month – Day 22

Tonight, an as-yet-untitled bit of something new. It’s not done, but here’s what I have so far. my watch band broke in my sleepwhen I woke up, time mattered lessmy newly unfettered wristfelt feathery and free I stopped tracking certain number of steps every hourdidn’t plan my day the samedidn’t plan it at all it was…

National Poetry Month – Day 20

Verdict – Haiku Trio they found him guiltyeven with the videono one was certain relief but no peacepolice killed another oneas verdict was read the orchard is badthis is why there is no restit all must come down

National Poetry Month – Day 18

Lemon Drops light shone through my blinds that I again forgot to closelast night, so I was up early on a Sundaylistening to Ben Harper sing, “You looklike gold to me,” which always gets me dancingleaping this way and thatletting myself forget the real world for a momentliberated from its bad news, itslatest tragedies, always…

National Poetry Month – Day 17

Smash & Grab I saw the couple stop near my car they walked away murmuringI approached and I suddenly knew glass was everywherethe couple came back said they’ve seen it a lot on this street passenger side windowwas obliteratedbag that had had shoes in itleft carelessly on the floorwas gone foreverminimal loss overallsave expense of…

National Poetry Month – Day 15

some free-writing… Shot One today was my day, pfinally!rolled up to the COEwith my ID and QR code cones outlined multiple lanesdidn’t take longdidn’t hurt at allsat for pfifteen minutesletting that good Pfizer dosedo its thing pfelt a little tired apfterbut not bad, hope tomorrowdoesn’t lay me out shot one done

National Poetry Month – Day 12

Haikus for Daunte you should be alivenot just a trending hashtagyour Black life mattered the cop who shot youresigned from the force todayshe could make that choice protests continuepolice need to stop killingBlack people right now this kind of traumareverberates, keeps cominggrief becomes standard not even a yearsince the world watched George Floyd killedin the…

National Poetry Month – Day 9

I think after I posted day 8’s poem, I lost a bit of momentum because that one was so emotional for me and took me a while to write. So there may be some double posts coming up. Here’s one I just wrote for something miraculous that happened on April 9, 2021. Rarities Some things…