Tag Archives: National Poetry Month

April PAD Challenge: Day 1

Posted on April 1, 2017 by 1sojournal

April is national poetry month, and is celebrated by a Poem A Day challenge to anyone who loves poetry. I am busy teaching an online class, but will attempt to offer something each day, through the month. Simple short verses, … Continue reading →

Posted in PAD Challenge: Day 1 | Tagged April, inspiration, National Poetry Month, PAD Challenge, pain, Thotpurge, wind | 4 Comments

While The Pelican Was Water-skiing

Posted on April 12, 2013 by 1sojournal

For Miz Quickly’s Impromptu Poetry Prompts Day 12: Play http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ While The Pelican Was Water-skiing This totally unknown woman was playing with poems, trying to find home for forest green future imbedded with semi-precious questions constantly seeking soft blue answers. … Continue reading →

Posted in While The Pelican Was Water-skiing | Tagged former poem revisited, impromtu poetry prompts, kaleidoscope image, Miz Quickly, National Poetry Month, new phrases, photo, play, poem a day | 8 Comments

Pssst!

Posted on April 11, 2013 by 1sojournal

For Miz Quickly’s Impromptu Prompts Day 11: I ‘ve got a secret http://imprompt.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/april-11/ Pssst! I have a secret to tell, but if I speak it, it will no longer be a secret. Yet, the need to tell it grows stronger with each … Continue reading →

Posted in Pssst! | Tagged itch to tell, keeping secrets, losing sleep, Miz Quickly, National Poetry Month, poem a day, poetry prompts, pssst, secrets | 9 Comments

Party of One

Posted on April 10, 2013 by 1sojournal

For Miz Quickly’s poetry prompt Day 10: Alone or At A Party http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ Party of One That phrase has always struck me as somewhat strange, needing rearrangement. Like the woman at a party spending her time moving placemats and plates. … Continue reading →

Posted in Party of One | Tagged busyness, dreams, fitting in, mask, Miz Quickly's poetry prompts, National Poetry Month, never belong, party of one, poem a day | 9 Comments

Coloring Life

Posted on April 9, 2013 by 1sojournal

For Miz Quickly’s poetry prompt day 9: Color Now http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ Coloring Life When young, I was green with the need of growing, waving hands, constantly asking questions, mostly getting sighs for answers. Some might now say, I am soft blue … Continue reading →

Posted in Coloring Life | Tagged birthday poem, blue and green, color, future, growing and knowing, Miz Quickly's poetry prompts, National Poetry Month, poem a day, semi-precious stone | 9 Comments

Tangent

Posted on April 8, 2013 by 1sojournal

Miz Quickly’s poetry prompts Day 8: not to prompt http://imprompt.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/april-8/ Tangent drowning pain when it pooled in her spirit and left stains on the fabric of who she had become. __Tom Lowe The 24th Letter She tried, really tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Tangent | Tagged accidental prompt, addiction, alcoholism, forgetting, National Poetry Month, poem a day, stain removal, The 24th Letter, Tom Lowe | 12 Comments

Well Traveled Poem

Posted on April 7, 2013 by 1sojournal

For Miz Quickly’s poetry prompt #7: places http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ And for Poets United Poetry Pantry: #145 http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Well Traveled Poem This poem will look you straight in the eye, tell you it has never been owned, never held home because it … Continue reading →

Posted in Well Traveled Poem | Tagged imaginary, known and unknown, Miz Quickly poetry prompts, National Poetry Month, places, poem a day, poem speak, Poets United Poetry Pantry, travel | 17 Comments

A Gambol With Time

Posted on April 5, 2013 by 1sojournal

For Miz Quickly’s poetry prompt: day 5, sound http://imprompt.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/april-5/ A Gambol With Time Am becoming jaded by this game I have been playing. Chasing after tiny tiles, racing after pacing clock, always getting chopped off, just before I am finished. … Continue reading →

Posted in A Gambol With Time | Tagged distraction, gambol, game, Miz Quickly, National Poetry Month, poem a day, rhyme, sound, time | 10 Comments

Ode To Those Golden Years

Posted on April 4, 2013 by 1sojournal

For Miz Quickly’s poetry prompt day 4: write a work poem http://imprompt.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/april-4/ Ode To Those Golden Years Work is not what I do, that was before, always driven by another’s demands Now do what I please and mostly it’s play, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ode To Those Golden Years | Tagged counted syllables, day four, double tetractys, Miz Quickly, National Poetry Month, poem a day, retirement, syllabic form, work poem | 8 Comments

Such Words As I Cannot Find Now

Posted on April 3, 2013 by 1sojournal

For Miz Quickly’s poetry prompts: Day 3 http://imprompt.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/april-three Plus Joseph’s Naming Constellations: Excursion Panning For Gold http://namingconstellations.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/recursion-three-panning-for-gold/ And For Margot Roby who gave me a lift, a load of ideas, and some wonderful laughter http://margoroby.wordpress.com/ “Such Words As I Cannot Find … Continue reading →

Posted in "Such Words As I Cannot Find Now" | Tagged Cento Poem, Day 3, et al, Joseph Harker, Miz Q, National Poetry Month, poem a day, poetry prompts, stolen words and lines | 10 Comments