LETTING GO

Love me, love me not
It doesn't matter that I
Am expendable
Here today, gone tomorrow
It's just a matter of time

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 20

WRITE A POEM THAT INCORPORATES THE VOCABULARY AND IMAGERY OF A SPECIFIC SPORT OR GAME

SPEAKING OF ASPECTS




First of all
I don't know why
They would even
Bring up astrology
Speaking on it as
If they had some sort
Of experience forecasting
Strengths and weaknesses
Of planetary positions as
They orbit the zodiac
In sextile or trine aspects
Of lunar cycles and solar
Eclipses in a natal birth
Chart because believe it
Or not I have studied the
Fine art of prognostication
They have not

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 19

WRITE A POEM THAT RECOUNTS A CREATION MYTH

THE BEGINNING OF BEGINNINGS



Impending flood interrupts
Daily comforts of the
Black headed people
Of Mesopotamia
Blessings bestowed

By the Sumerian gods of
Ancient Iraq seven
Days and nights a terrible
Storm released waters
Which over ran the land

A chosen few were saved from
Extinction when the sun god
Utu appears and recreates
Life from the remnants
Of the ark
In the end was the beginning
Of beginnings

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 18

WRITE A POEM THAT INCORPORATES NEOLOGISMS OR MADE-UP WORDS.

SILLY STORY




That love at first sight
Fiasco was iffycadiculous
From the jump especially
Looking at it from a humanistical
Perspective because people
Change their nature switch
Horses in mid-stream become
So deymonished
They don't even love you
Like that anymore but you
Knew that already yet
You still fell for the noshonment
Story I don't understand some
Silliness makes no sense

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 17

WRITE A NOCTURNE; A ROMANTIC OR DREAMY MUSICAL  PIECE APPROPRIATE TO EVENING OR NIGHT. TRANSLATE THIS SENSIBILITY  INTO POETIC FORM.

SECOND CHANCE





Got a broken


Heart to mend


Taking a chance


On love again


Taking a chance


On trust again


Until true love's


My friend again

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 16

WRITE A POEM IN THE FORM OF A LETTER TO A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING, OR IN THE FORM OF A BACK-AND-FORTH CORRESPONDENCE

SUICIDE NOTE




Dearest lover by
The time you read this
My life will be over
But in case you should
Wonder why your
Sweet good thing
Would want to die I
Sat down and wrote
This suicide note.
Who would've thought
Us coming to an end
After all we've been
To each other not us
Not ever I thought the
Love we had would last
Forever and life without
You now what on earth
Would I do so I hope you
Understand my pledge
To live without your love
I'd rather be dead.

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 15

WRITE A POEM THAT REFLECTS ON THE NATURE OF BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING

MIDLIFE CRISIS


As I am now in the
Autumn of my
Years I look behind
And see vignettes of
The man I grew into
Look forward to
Smoothly transitioning
To the wheel of
Elderly life all
The  while hoping
Saying a prayer
To see my
Grandchildren grow
And maturate become
Seeds of hope for
The next generation

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 14

WRITE A "CLERIHEW"  - A FOUR LINE BIOGRAPHICAL POEM THAT SATIRIZES A FAMOUS PERSON

SCARED STRAIGHT




Stephen King of horror
How your image grows
Can you tell a starving writer
How to write hit shows

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 13

WRITE A "GHAZAL" POEM

I opted out of today's prompt and wrote the following poem instead:

THE DARK SIDE



Truth is the light
That people profess
They want to know yet
Cannot handle the
Responsibility which
Comes with  illumination
Even if it does set them free
Darkness is safer
Not to know
Is bad not to wish to know
Is worse

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 12

WRITE A POEM THAT EXPLICITLY  INCORPORATES ALLITERATION AND ASSONANCE

AT ALL TIMES



Life keeps us
Busy always going
Doing renewing at
All times yet in between
The moments never
Lose sight
Never forget neglect or
Disrespect the source
From whom all
Blessings flow

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 10

WRITE A POEM THAT IS A PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE IMPORTANT TO YOU

A MOTHER'S LOVE IS FOREVER





She taught us the
Meaning of real love
This mother of mines
Heavy lines on her
Dark face the stress
Of working and living
Off welfare benefits at
The same time
Real love had her
Hiding  the
Zenith tv and princess
Telephone in the hallway
Closet from the investigator's
Eyes as she tries to keep
The case open keep the
Checks coming so we
Could live decent lives
Like every other child

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 9

WRITE A "NINE LINE" POEM

NO TIME TO SPARE





On a sunny day
Young men and women
Laugh and bask in the
Rays of their dreams
With no time to spare
Dark old voices
Laugh behind their backs
At time wasted
Dreaming idle dreams

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 8

WRITE A POEM THAT RELIES ON REPETITION

TWISTED

You ready to go

I beg you to stay

Addicted to your comely way

Addicted to your style

And grace

Addicted to your lovely face

And under the sky

Your soft brown eyes

Addicted to your twisted lies 

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 7

WRITE A POEM ABOUT LUCK AND FORTUITOUSNESS

AFFECTION MISPLACED




The girl of my dreams
Was not who I thought
Not worthy of worship
Not worthy of being
The queen
Lady luck whispered
Just go
Run like you stole the
Hope diamond
And never
Look back

NAPOWRIMO 2017 DAY 6

Write a poem that looks at the same thing from various points of view.

BLOOD IS THICKER



Blood brothers
But we cousins
Friends for life
But we cousins too
First cousins one
Left home behind
For a better chance at life
Though we apart
We still blood brothers
We still cousins too who
Vowed to stay in touch as
Years passed us by as
Life caught us up
Couldn't keep still
Didn't keep track of
Days and time gone by
Friends for life
But we cousins too
Blood brothers
Even though the
Years grew us apart

SIMILE and METAPHOR in a POEM

A SIMILE is a METHOD of COMPARISON  using the words "LIKE" or "AS".

When, in a POEM, something is said to be "LIKE" another thing, it means that the POET is using SIMILE to convey his/her feelings  about what he/she is describing.


For example: In the statement "Her laughter was like a babbling brook,"  the POET is comparing the laughter of the girl to the sound made by a babbling brook.


A  METAPHOR is a METHOD of COMPARISON where the words "LIKE" and "AS" are not used.

To modify the earlier example, if the statement had been "Her laughter, a babbling brook," then it would be the use of METAPHOR.

TONE, THEME, and SYMBOLISM in a POEM

The TONE of a poem is roughly equivalent to the MOOD it creates in the reader. Much depends, however, on interpretation. A POEM gives it's readers clues about how to feel about it.

The TONE may be based on a number of other conventions that the POEM uses, such as REPETITION.

TONE is not in any way divorced from the other elements of POETRY.  TONE is directly dependent on them.

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THEME is what the poem is all about.

The THEME of the poem is the central idea that the POET wants to convey. It can be a story, or a thought, or a description of something or someone.

The THEME is anything which the POEM is all about.

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POEMS will often convey IDEAS and THOUGHTS using SYMBOLS.

A SYMBOL can stand for many things at one time and leads the reader out of a systematic and structured method of looking at things.


Often a SYMBOL used in the POEM will be used to create such an effect.

A POEM 4 TODAY

LOOKING INWARD



Always been a recluse
More like introvert
Searching through the
Real final frontier my
Inner being where a
Secret world inside has
My full attention

ALLITERATION in a POEM

ALLITERATION, like RHYME,  is also used in a poem for sound effect. Several words in the sentence may begin with the same letter of the alphabet  or syllable sound.


FOR EXAMPLE: In the sentence, "MANY MINUTE MINIATURE MOMENTS," the sound of the alphabet "M" is repeated in all the four words continuously. When you say these words aloud, the sound effect generated is called ALLITERATION.


ALLITERATION occurs when initial vowel sounds are repeated through several words.

the RHYME in a POEM...

- A POEM may or may not have a RHYME.

- RHYME occurs when the final accented syllables of words sound alike. They usually occur at the end of a poetic line.

- A POEM that has RHYME means that the last words of the lines match with each other in some form. Either the last words of the first and second lines would RHYME with each other or the first and 3rd, second and the fourth and so on...

- RHYME is basically similar sounding words like 'cat ' and 'hat', 'close' and 'shows', 'house' and 'mouse,' etc.

                     FREE VERSE POETRY, THOUGH, DOES NOT FOLLOW THIS SYSTEM.


A regular RHYME scheme may make the poem's lines more predictable or easy to memorize.