poemcrazy collection – Page 4

Plum Nelly

She is a peach,
   a pleasure to behold, 
      ripe-ready to be held,

         slightly out of reach.

^{Poem title from chapter 16 of poemcrazy by Susan G. Wooldridge.}

Peace to your ♥!

I’m a magician skilled in sleight-of-mind,
A merchant in the trade of now for then,
A seer in a present state of blind,
A dreamer living in a wonderwhen—
A fancy way of saying I can pass
A daffodil and only see the grass.

^{Poem title from chapter 7 of poemcrazy by Susan G. Wooldri}^dge.

On walks around the block, I’ve also passed neighbors working in their yards and been totally oblivious to them. Embarrassing. Peace to your ♥!

Your Move / stirring the sky

NaPoWriMo21 Day 28. Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a poem that poses a series of questions. I’m posting the poem I wrote this morning along with one written earlier this month as part of my poemcrazy project. It asks only a single question, but a provocative one, I think. Peace to your ♥!

Your Move

Do you feel glossy inside and outwardly matte?
Do you have a rainbow heart no one else can see?
Do the lively words in your mouth sound flat?
Does the dancer in you long to dance free?

There is no photo that can do you justice.
There is no pot of gold to serve as clue.
There is no effervescing kiss.
There is a choreographer—you.

Stirring the Sky

     A million words...

                    ...which ones are yours?

^{Poem titles from chapters 43 and 46 of poemcrazy by Susan G. Wooldridge.}

please don’t understand

Polenta is yellow,
Magenta is red,
Please don’t understand
A word that I said.

NaPoWriMo21 Day 26 – Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a parody of another poem or song. My poem parodies “Roses are red, / Violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, / And so are you.” It was written earlier in the month as part of my poemcrazy project, which I’ve now, incredibly, completed–60 poems in 14 days! And already compiled in book form, which I’ll be sending to Susan Wooldridge soon. Peace to your ♥!

where do you come from / from my grandmother

I’m posting these two poems I wrote earlier this month as part of my poemcrazy project, since they fit today’s prompt. The titles appear one after the other in the book’s table of contents, and I immediately felt that the second poem needed to be a companion piece to the first. Peace to your ♥!

where do you come from

Over the river and through the woods
To Grandmother’s house I go,
My basket’s stocked, the door is locked,
My hood is pulled tight—Well, hello, Mr. Wolf.
What brings you to my garden gate?
I can’t chat long, or I’ll be late.
I musn’t make poor Granny wait—
You say that Granny sent you here,
Her fever’s gone, her throat is clear,
She’s getting better, never fear?

from my grandmother

Hate to text but I’ve been waiting hours.
Did you forget about the goodies? No need
to pick up any flowers. Btw bought you a
new hoodie. Red, waterproof, perfect for
showers. Can always return it to Woody’s.

NaPoWriMo21 Day 23 – Write a poem that responds in some way to another poem. Prompt from NaPoWriMo.net.

dreamsense

I kissed you,
You kissed me,
We both kissed the baby,
And that made three.

The baby kissed the hamster,
The hamster kissed the fish,
The fish lit a candle,
And then made a wish.

The candle lit the curtain,
The curtain lit a wire,
The wire grew hot,
And that made fire.

The fire licked the treetops,
The treetops licked a fence,
The fence burned down,
And that made sense.

NaPoWriMo21 Day 21 – Write a poem that has lines with a repetitive setup. Prompt from NaPoWriMo.net.

Even more serendipity! I learned about sijo for the first time yesterday and was immediately able to use it for “a sengsong pot of possibilities,” also a poemcrazy poem. This third sijo is more elegant than what I posted yesterday, and I’ve entered it in a sijo competition.

Then today comes a prompt perfect for another of the titles! I have only five more to write to complete the collection. Peace to your ♥!

snowflakes and secrets

A single snowflake
Alight on your mitten. Oh!
Tiny miracle!
Not a word, not a breath now,
A brief wonder, and it’s gone.

NaPoWriMo21 Day 19 – I didn’t use today’s NaPoWriMo.net prompt.

Since I was the one who suggested yesterday’s poemcrazy prompt, I was especially interested to see today’s showcased poem. I love what Poem Dive did with “The Answer Squash.”

I wrote this snowflake poem this morning. Seems appropriate to post it on the heels of yesterday’s snow angel. Peace to your ♥!

the image angel

i am actually
a snow angel
in disguise

NaPoWriMo21 Day 18 – Write a poem using one of the chapter titles from Susan G. Wooldridge’s poemcrazy. Prompt from NaPoWriMo.net.

I’m delighted to see the poemcrazy prompt I suggested to Maureen show up as today’s prompt and hope others enjoy turning one of the book’s chapter titles into a poem. It’s been poem crazy here as I continue to be (over)inspired by the titles myself. Current count: 42 out of 60 poems written. I wrote “the image angel” this morning. Peace to your ♥!

Walt Whitman

If Walt had a fault,
it was his
revising and re-

vising and revis-
ing and re-
vising Leaves of Grass.

Poems multiplied
like rabbits:
twelve at first; at last,

over four hundred.
When he died,
still dissatisfied,

he left as a vast
legacy,
a magnum opus

of one and many,
each volume
a hymn of his whim.

NaPoWriMo21 Day 17 – I didn’t use today’s NaPoWriMo.net prompt.

Serendipity again! On day 15 I skipped the prompt–to write about a habit you inherited from your parents–and posted a poem about the moon. Today, when the prompt is to write about the moon, I’m able to post this poem in lune form(!) that I wrote last evening, about the multiple versions of Leaves of Grass we inherited from Whitman’s habit of constantly revising. I’m pretending the two poems were switched at birth. Peace to your ♥!

full moon me

The
moon
makes me
crazy like
a loon with a spoon
eating chicken soup with a fork.

NaPoWriMo21 Day 15 – I skipped today’s NaPoWriMo.net prompt.

Still working fast and furiously on poemcrazy poems. Posting this one from today’s batch. Peace to your ♥!

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