Start with a word
not just any word
Word moist with truth
revealing my truth
Truth hard to find
seek til you find
Find its purpose
aware of purpose
Purpose to write
so hope to write
Write now
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NaPoWriMo Day 30 prompt to give directions. I hope this will help me keep writing after today.
Field is plowed
not yet planted
need rain
enough to keep
the soil down
a rich bed for seed
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NaPoWriMo Day 29 prompt on out the window. Written while traveling through Iowa.
(When life is a question does anybody have an answer?)
What am I going to do with my life? he asks
Can you really answer that? she responds
Why can’t I just get on with my life?
What kind of a life do you want to get on with?
Can we take this in another direction?
What direction do you want to go?
Can I consider space?
Is space what you want to do with your life?
Can I be buried in space?
To be jettisoned into the universe?
Why not?
Do you want your body to expand twice its size?
That’s what would happen?
Can you see yourself frozen in space for millions of years?
What if I’m close to a star?
Do you want to burn to a crisp?
Why are you asking all these questions?
Do you really want an answer?
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NaPoWriMo Day 28 prompt to write a poem of questions.
my words travel
out into a void of hearing
wanting to stop the flow
to see if you are listening
I do that all the time
just stop in mid-sentence
or in a poem when
suddenly the words stop
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NaPoWriMo prompt for day 27. My choice
I am traveling through the Ozarks as I have a number of times, same highway, same destination. This time is different. The dogwood trees are in bloom, their flowers making thickets of white in a low canopy among tall oaks.
Where I am, surrounded by Ozark Mountains, the sun is setting and now the quiet water of the Lake of the Ozarks reflects the moon.
Spring in the mountains
flowers of many colors
open up to me
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dVerse prompt for a haibun in a state of now
What do I do with a drunken husband
What do I do with a drunken husband
What do I do with a drunken husband
Leave him in the morning
Pray stay I will do better
Pray stay I will do better
Pray stay I will do better
Don’t leave me in the morning
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NaPoWriMo prompt to write a parody . I could go on with this but I am on a road trip.
Destination takes us winding through hills and valley into the lake area. This is the time of camping, outdoor cooking, fish grilling, forget about what you wear while you smoke an old stoogie by the campfire (not me but the guy across the way).
Each day will see a new state— starting with Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, Idaho, and finally Washington. Beautiful country this USA.
flatland and mountain
from going down to rising
sleep is deep in dreams
Anteaters have worm tongue
long and fast
150 movements per minute
Anteaters have lips but no teeth
Sometimes called ant bears
cuz anteaters have long fur for protection
Anteaters dig with powerful arms
into a hill of ants
where the smell brought anteaters
to feed quickly with their tongue
before the ants fight back
Anteaters have a gizzard
where the insects are ground
with sand and dirt
in this
convergent evolution
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Gossips have worm tongue
long and fast
150 movements per minute
Gossips have lips but no teeth
Sometimes called gossip bears
cuz gossips have long fur for protection
Gossips dig with powerful arms
into a hill of gossip
where the smell brought gossips
to feed quickly with their tongue
before there is fight back
Gossips have a gizzard
where the gossip is ground
with sand and dirt
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NaPoWriMo prompt to write about an animal and then change the name of the animal to a different word. I thought gossip would be interesting.
So comfortable in my life
eat drink sleep create
ready to create a better way
moving into new areas
really moving
no time to eat
there will be food later
drink water
prepare a bed
with many pillows
tomorrow will travel
towards a new destination
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NaPoWriMo prompt to respond to a poem of choice. My life feels upside down right now, but looking at the new upside. Today was moving day.
Wouldn’t do it
Couldn’t take
Knee or gun
To anyone
How to make
Policing
into
Peacing
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NaPoWriMo Day 22— “…and that’s all I have to say about that.” Forrest Gump
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