NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 16

Write a poem incorporating or based on one or more of your answers to the "Almanac Questionnaire."


 SWEET HOME


Columbus is the capital of
Ohio the buckeye state in
The mid-west where Dayton
Was the home of poet
Paul dunbar who took
His craft to the next level
With ease until disease ended
His writing life

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 15

Write a poem that incorporates the idea of doubles.


DOUBLE-MINT



The pratt sisters
Are inseparable
Nearly identical
Not twins though
Born nine months apart
Closer than other siblings
In age they share in pairs
Even got two lovers they
Love  both the same
And they not ashamed
To admit it

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 13

Write a poem inspired by fortune cookies.


TRY TRY AGAIN

Decide plan and act
Have the courage to make a mistake

Try and fail
Try and fail
Try and succeed

Every act of self control
Produces a feeling of self respect

Average people make mistakes

Have the courage to be wrong in the trivialities of everyday life

Try and fail
Try and fail
Try and succeed

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 12

Write an index" poem


WHERE WOULD I FIND?



The thought of                                                                                                      
ABORTION
           Fertility    makes some people violent
                            enough to blow up buildings an
                            issue of
           Safety      so pray for those not wanting children
                            not to die especially

 ACCOUNTANTS       who manage the little money
                                     you have left in face of the IRS
                                     and

ADOLESCENTS        who don't really care but know that
               Defiance       equals danger and

               Drugs            become the detour
                                     to a happy life and
                                     empty wallet

                                      see ACCOUNTANTS
                                           

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 11

Write a poem in which you closely describe an object or place, and then end with a much more abstract line that doesn't seemingly have anything to do with that object or place, but which, of course, really does.


ON SOLID GROUND


First set foot on
Brooklyn soil more like
Concrete in Marcy
Projects right outside 605
Park avenue when I was 10
Looking up because I had never
Seen a building down south taller than
One floor before where years
Later my own sons grew into
Manhood at 552 Marcy avenue tip
Toeing through the urban terror
That marked daily living
Beyonce' and rocafella records
Were still just a pipe dream

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 10

Write a "book spine" poem

GREAT EXPECTATIONS


Ancient history
Is the collected poems
Of  Carl Sandburg  and the selected
Poems of Langston Hughes.
They are both an invitation
To read and write poetry.
Write down the lyrics of
Lowly life and poem your
Heart out.
Calling on all american poets
To learn about creating poetry and
Writing the life poetic.

NAPOWRIMO 2016 DAY 9

Write a poem that includes a line you're afraid to write.


FACING FEARS



This is the preface to
The line I'm afraid to
Write. Just know that
It takes a moment to
Collect and build up
Courage to go against
Myself and confront the
Boogie man like this so
Bear with me...

I'm not scared of dying and
I don't really care. If it's peace
You find in dying then let
The time be near.

There I wrote it.