Tag: Poetry

Anywhere But Here

~ Kay Shapiro ~ 3 Comments

Six of Swords

I want to run away from me
Maybe to sea
Or fly away
But either way

Don’t know what’s there for me to find
Just leave behind
All of the past
What didn’t last

To find myself, my soul renewed
Not all unglued
My heart alone
Now that you’ve gone

 

(Day 2 of OctPoWriMo 2019, with the suggestion to write it as Minute Poetry, which I’d never heard of. Learning new things every day! I like to have some kind of photo for each blog post, but couldn’t think of what would work, until I drew this card as this morning’s “Card of the Day”. Perfect match!)

Entropy

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Old Car Entropy 10.1.19

 

I pilot my vehicle through the waning days

With fairly regular maintenance, and increasing repairs

Some things I just live with because there are no true replacement parts

Only post-manufacture add-ons that must suffice, and so they do, more or less

I find I’m enjoying the ride more even as my cruising speed drops

I’ve figured out that I can only enjoy the scenery if it’s not zooming by

 

 

 

(My first attempt at poetry in I don’t know how long, inspired by discovering OctPoWriMo 2019 just in time to participate.)

A New Challenge – Poetry!

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OctPoWriMo Badge

I won NaNoWriMo for the first time in 2018, after attempts across the years dating back to 2007. I didn’t have a book at the end, and I don’t have a book now, but I do still have over 50,000 words in a Word.doc, waiting for my eventual attention. NaNoWrimo 2019 is starting to whisper in my ear, wanting a commitment I’m not quite ready for.

What I may be ready for, though, is OctPoWriMo! It’s been happening since 2012, but I only just found out about this 31-poems-in-31-days challenge and am read to jump on board.

I think my morning journaling session will take a whole new turn starting tomorrow.