National Poetry Month, day 30

I want to sweep words across the page to the swell and sway of my thoughts
Treble, darting ideas dancing harmony with the bass-drop beat of my heart
fast-twitch words adding snap to sinuous lines unrolling across the page
to fill and move your mind like music fills and moves my body

Holding this page in your hand, these electrons on your screen,
will your mind follow the lead I've written? How could I even know?
May the space here cleared give you something you can use; a moment of peace,
a kick in the brain, even just the pleasure of the poem ending.

National Poetry Month day 29

A pair of unconnected lunes for day 29 :)

playing with hair toys
magic comb
cascade ponytail

Fresh, on-trend glasses
youthful look
transitional lens

National Poetry Month day 28

Today I am very grateful for the NaPoWriMo prompt for today. I just couldn't get anything started until I read that prompt!

Drive out of the parking lot, into your week's vacation
Before that
Stroll out of the office with the remnants of jautiness
Before that
Clock out for the week, and for the month
Before that
Walk back to your desk to clock out
Before that
Remember you haven't clocked out
Before that
Stroll out of the office, jaunty and ready for vacation
Before that
Take one final look around your desk, happy to see everything in its place
Before that
Collect your things from on and under your desk
Before that
Change your voicemail greeting and set up your email autoresponder
Before that
Process, pass on, and clear any lingering tasks
Long before that
Request time off for the week after your birthday

National Poetry Month day 27

Today I've combined the NaPoWriMo prompts from today and Monday:

O what is it in me that makes me tremble so at voices?
Words poured into your ear, both intimate and impersonal when you're taking a call in the customer service phone bank.
The exactly phrasing varies, but you know that almost all the calls tell one of a few stories
Those few distill down to one voice reaching out through wires or towers or digital signals
This voice questing into telephonic infrastructure, trusting to technology for transformation and guidance,
For the means to reach out to you. This voice cast like a net in hope of finding the help, the remedy, the solution
You can provide

National Poetry Month day 26

I wrote a lune for my dad's birthday :)

On this special day
I love you!
Happy Birthday, Dad!

National Poetry Month day 25

A lune of enthusiasm and encouragement:

You know you want to,
2016
Story a Day May

I am super excited about Story a Day May this year, especially since I might actually manage to write all 31 stories! I will post about the process and my progress, and at least some of the stories. If any of you good folks will be participating, let me know - we can help each other stay on track :)

National Poetry Month day 24

Shoe Sonnet

Party shoes can be a lot of fun
Matching colors to your favorite dress
Trying on until you find the one
That's just the one to make you look your best.

The shoes you wear to work are different still
Footwear maketh how you are perceived
Even when you work more than your fill
What's on your feet trumps what you may achieve.

Even when you're going to the gym
You find a shoe designed for any need
Who can know the best match for your limb,
When so much of advice is mixed with greed?

Yet none of these can ever be so sweet
As walking, dancing in just my own bare feet