2012 Poetry Challenge - Saturday Poem

pumping gas

fetching groceries

getting a hair cut

buying stamps

mailing taxes

cooking dinner

washing dishes

writing this poem

all done on a sunny Saturday in April

2012 Poetry Challenge - Twitter Poem

Twitter posts are limited to 140 characters - here is my poem within those parameters, complete with /s - and with four characters to spare!

writer's block not this is/ simply nothing to write/ driven to create, however/ personal challenge undertaken/ so daily poem yes this is

2012 Poetry Challenge - Day 5 - Senyru

Senyru follows the same form as haiku - 3 lines, 5/7/5 syllable count - however, where haiku is season-themed, senyru can follow any theme. Here is my offering for today:

your heart signs joyous
while my heart burns searing pain
is not love just grand

2012 Poetry Challenge - Day 4 - Your Life

Your life is
your own of
course, but then

They want you
to drop your
life, pick up

Theirs and do
not see why
you say No!

2012 Poem a Day Challenge - Day 3 - Enough

This came to me in the middle of the night last night:

I
say to myself
I
am enough
right here
right now

I
am the promise of the rainbow
fulfilled

2012 Poem a Day Challenge - Day 2

Here is what came to me for today's entry:

Sun's rays playing tricks on me
or perhaps wind is showing power
Coolness reigns instead of warmth
in this breezy sunlit hour

1 Apr 12 - A New Month of Poetry

And here we are, back to April, which means we are back to National Poetry Month! This year, I have started a group on Facebook to share this challenge of writing at least 30 poems in 30 days there as well.

So let the writing begin! And to start the ball rolling, here is a poem I wrote this morning based on watching two birds huddling in a tree from the window of a conference room at the Sheraton downtown whilst at a writers' conference yesterday.

Two birds huddling
on a branch against the wind
one flies away, leaves
other alone, cold