mother
kind compassionate
nurture grow attend
pain laughter pleasure adventure
explore attempt lie
selfish innocent
child
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Day 6: a diamante for my sister and her new baby—#NaPoWriMo #NationalPoetryMonth #30in30
Day 6: I have a new nephew today! My sister gave birth to a healthy baby boy this evening and in honor of them both, here's a little diamante. Congratulations!
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Day 5: spring haiku #NaPoWriMo #NationalPoetryMonth #30in30
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| Cherry blossoms at Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon |
I know what you're thinking:
5—7—5
Anyone can write a haiku, right?
Yep. Right. Anyone can. But a good one?
Did you know that haiku are traditionally written in the present tense and play with associations between images. They also contain a pause at the end of the first or second line as well as a kigo—a seasonal word that signals the time of year.
Here's mine for today:
sakura petals
carpet the pathway towards home
even in the rain
Haiku are simple, aren't they? Simple yet profound. Write one. Share it with me.
Monday, April 4, 2016
Day 4: Fickle Tease—my thoughts on April #NaPoWriMo #NationalPoetryMonth
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| Salmon River Hike |
In T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland," Eliot famously called April "the cruelest month." This might seem unfair to some, but I think it's spot-on. You can be cruel without knowing it. The NaPoWriMo Day 4 challenge is "to write a poem in which you explore what you think is the cruelest month, and why." I'm all too happy to explain it to you.
April can be gorgeous. Just look at these pictures from a hike I just took with friends near Mt. Hood. How can I not be seduced by the power vested in spring? Oh, but April can be flighty and capricious! Difficult for me to accept and understand. And I won't even talk about taxes. What a let-down!
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| A trickle |
Fickle Tease
April stinks of dirt and wet dogs
leaves blossoms on the ground like used gym shorts
April is too young to show his colors
to bleed petals and face all that the wind has in store
April needs a hand to hold to tease
he doesn't yet understand his orientation
April texts you madly
then goes quiet
April says he'll be right over you take your clothes off and wait—
he doesn't show up
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