Tag Archives: poem a day

Love Is An Elephant

Posted on April 21, 2016 by 1sojournal

NaPoWriMo: Day 21 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com Love Is An Elephant Sometimes standing right there in the middle of the living room being ignored at all costs. Able to survive in driest of climates with a long trunk that sucks up, stores memories … Continue reading →

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Sometimes A Wilderness

Posted on April 20, 2016 by 1sojournal

For NaPoWriMo: Day 20 http://1sojournal.wordpresss.com wild, easy, graceless, hands, same, unkind For Six For Wednesday http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com strips, tight, drums, grave, signs, shattering Sometimes A Wilderness Haven’t visited your grave in a long time. Isn’t meant as an unkindness. No longer … Continue reading →

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Finding Yellow

Posted on April 19, 2016 by 1sojournal

For NaPoWriMo: Day 19 – and Surprise http://1sojournal.wordpress.com Finding Yellow Excited, wondering where all of this will take me. Definitely away from drawn blinds that enclose desk, meds, notebooks and coloring pages. Box of cookies call, but I promised myself … Continue reading →

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Zen of Maybe

Posted on April 18, 2016 by 1sojournal

NaPoWriMo: Day 18 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com Words: mistake, reason, breathe, maybe, turning, glued Zen of Maybe Maybe this constant turning to find something new or exciting is a mistake, not a reason. Maybe gluing self, fixating on idea that happiness is necessary, … Continue reading →

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Small Gifts

Posted on April 17, 2016 by 1sojournal

NaPoWriMo: Day 17 – Smorgasbord Sunday http://1sojournal.wordpress.com/ For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #55 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ green, blue, red, shoes, loose, pants, dining, ants, good, news, miles, whining For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #247 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com forget, stretch, rest, left, hole, lost, sight, first, … Continue reading →

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Slip-Sliding Away

Posted on April 16, 2016 by 1sojournal

For NaPoWriMo: Day 16 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com Slip-Sliding Away No longer plan specific destination for each day. What comes, happens. On the good days, I simply feel nearer to the me I wish to be. Words slip and slide smoothly over paper … Continue reading →

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Betwixt Music and Mayhem

Posted on April 15, 2016 by 1sojournal

For NaPoWriMo: Day 15 http://1sojournl.wordpress.com halfway, midnight, mortal, forest, slow, purple Betwixt Music and Mayhem A long, long time ago, halfway passed midnight, when mortal loses meaning. When a deep purple forest rests beneath a sliver of moon moving slowly … Continue reading →

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Child Wise

Posted on April 14, 2016 by 1sojournal

For NaPoWriMo: Day 14 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com child, walk, silver, cradle, keys, moon Child Wise The child, even in the cradle holds the keys to the man he will become. No matter the paths chosen or ignored, even forgotten. No matter the … Continue reading →

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Brief Ode for Poets in April

Posted on April 13, 2016 by 1sojournal

For NaPoWriMo: Day 13 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com minstrel, dawn, strings, blue, flow, fingers, jangle, dangle And Six For Wednesday – 2 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com Brief Ode for Poets in April We poets are minstrels of another hue. Or maybe we are only foolish. Wrapped … Continue reading →

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A Fibonacchi Poem

Posted on April 12, 2016 by 1sojournal

For NaPoWriMo: Day 12 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com/ dark, shimmering, face, room, candle, dance A Fibonacchi Poem one small candle shimmers face dancing silhouettes across dark walls of emptied room. Elizabeth Crawford 4/12/16 Notes: The Fibonacchi form is syllabic and based on what … Continue reading →

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