NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 8

Write a poem about a flower.


FLOWER POWER


It was natural
High school lovers
Cultivated in the organic soil
Of our southern hometown but like
The domesticated sunflower that
Tends to spread rapidly
Becoming invasive dominating
The soil
Her love drove me out of
The garden of paradise

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 6

Write a poem about food


FRUIT BOWL


Give me my little green
Apples. Let them mature
And ripen in the Sun.
Let them be nurtured
By nature's nutrients.

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 5

Spend some time looking at the names of heirloom plants and write a poem that take it's inspiration from, or incorporates the name of, one or more of these garden rarities.


My childhood recollections are
Of the Burpee seed catalog
The mailman left
At our house filled with
Pictures of the flowers
My mother planted in her
Garden by the roadside
Zinnias and morning glories
In beautiful splashes of
Pastel colors that made
Springtime the
Season of choice

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 4

Write a poem in which you explore what you think is the cruelest month, and why.





WINTER ARRIVES


Blustery winds blow and
Form a brisk Arctic chill
Over the land.
It forces gloves up
On the hands woolen
Caps down over the
Ears.
A slick icy frost ushers in
December closing out the year
With it's cold emptiness
A prelude to Springtime's warm
Embrace

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 3

Write a poem in the form of a fan letter to a celebrity.


Dear Marvin Gaye
Thanks
Your music
Has given us good advice
We know how to handle
The romantic slice
Of
Life

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 2

Write a poem that takes the form of a family portrait.



SNAP-SHOT


After the Lloyd-Joy family reunion ended
We-all crowded on the brick stoop
On Tompkins Ave for one
More pic before sundown.
Daddy already teetering taking turns
From a silver flask tucked next to Uncle JT's
Heart. Junior still in grown folks business busy
Peeking at Aunt Pauline's Jesus
On the cross tatoo inked on her chest.
Sissy sitting alone looking silly pretending
Like she don't care Grandma's cat
Tabby died last week.
And poor Momma trying to keep us holding
Those cheesy grins still one
More minute so she could
Click-clap-flash capture another
Snap-shot for her prized collection

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 1

Write a lune:


Tic-toc You Don't Stop


Life keeps you busy

At all times

Going, going, gone.