It is April and National Poetry Month. Here we go
again with 30 poems in 30 days. I think I’ve been doing this since 2013. I
usually end up with more than 30, but I’m in grad school this year and we’ll
see how it goes.
I give myself 10-15 minutes to work a rough draft
and 10 more to edit and then post it. It is a good workout every year of
stretching my imagination muscles. I hope you enjoy reading and take a stab or
two of a poem of your own!
Indeed
It
sounded like a sneeze, indeed
I
didn’t know it indicated complete
The
word was on repeat
Throughout
my childhood
I
caught the flash it lead
The
blood that washed not red
Bleached
white from black
It
brought me back
To
the how
I
whispered, “Are you there?”
I
wanted you to care
But
dead, I wasn’t sure
You
were the cure
Until
your power rose
Up
from and over descending
There
was a rising or extending
That
reached from birth to death
It
gave me breath
Again
to sing
Conquered
my shivering
It
ceased the trembling
The
quakey-achey heart
Reached
down into parts
Unknown
Up
from the grave he arose
Like
a mighty triumph ore his foes
The
Victor who vanquished
My
sins he languished
Away
they slipped
Forever
ripped
Asunder
Nobody’s Fool
The
first day of forever
Stretches
far as blue open sky
No
clouds
The
storm passed us by
A
chaser saw the eye
It
was a man, part God,
Who
was born humble
Crawled,
bawled, slobbered, waddled,
Unsure
learning to walk
Talked
one word at a time
He
was man
Talking
in the temple to his elders
Working
with his hands to wood
Getting
splinters and when cut bled
His
hands rough,
His
sweat and dirt
Came
off with water
He
got hungry
And
when thirsty drank
A
mother told him his birthright
A
story of an angel who told her
She
would hold him briefly
God
told him from Heaven
When
he was old enough to comprehend
He
knew he didn’t blend
He
found friends
He
told them to follow
He
led, even though
Some
said, “He’s out of his head”
He
kept on stepping onto the path
That
he knew would kill him
There
was life at the end
For
his friends
For
his foes
For
those that wait
He
came
He
saw
He
went
He
rose
And
he comes again
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