NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 1 + April PAD Challenge 2020 Day 1: Escape on the Asphalt Sea

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on an asphalt sea my son and I ride

as long as the weather is on our side

we make a journey to retrieve

items from a place that we must leave

on an asphalt sea

as the earth turned, so did the tide

fortune has not been on my side

I search for reasons to believe

on an asphalt sea

some days I do not mind the ride

other days I wish to escape inside

over the years there have been reasons to grieve

I examine the dreams that my mind may conceive

on an asphalt sea

~cie~

notes

I combined the NaPoWriMo prompt with the April PAD Chapbook Challenge prompt AND the April PAD Challenge Countdown prompt. Go me!

Heeding Haiku: First Snowfall

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outside my new home

the first snow begins to fall

melancholy hope

~Cie~

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #99: Crossroads of Summer

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I

buttercups

peeping through fog

opening to the sun

buttercups

I missed my turn once again

may I back it up?

peeping through the fog

on the way to take boxes

last stop on the way

opening to the sun

my heart opens very slowly

fearing further pain

II

sunshine lights

on hibiscus leaves before their

own dark

sunshine lights

but sometimes the sunshine lies

as much as shadow

on hibiscus leaves before their

time comes to fade for autumn

fall's first frost comes soon

own dark

indeed, I once thought I could

instead, dark owned me

~Jane & Cie~

Notes:

The "sleighs" of this team of Troku were created by Jane Reichhold (1937 - 2016). The wild horses pulling the "sleighs" were wrangled by me, or, more likely, I was wrangled by them.

The second stanza of the first Troiku references a favorite song: Aqualung by Morcheeba. This song has deep personal significance, and we'll just leave it at that.

Tan Renga Challenge 2019: Day 8: Autumn Begins

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cricket silence

between scraping sounds

autumn begins

for me a new beginning

or perhaps the end of all

Jane & Cie

Note:

The Hokku (Haiku) portion of the poem was written by Jane Reichhold. The Ageku, or closing stanza, was written by me.

Come the fall, I should have pictures of the old hotel my son is buying to renovate. This probably sounds a lot more posh than it is. This building is in a town listed on the Colorado Ghost Towns website, and it needs a lot of work.

For me, this move is literally either a new beginning or the beginning of the end. I have run out of options.

NaPoWriMo 2019: Day 26 + Poems in April 2019 Day 26: Creatures of Colorado

 Copyright Karin Gustafson

Surely there will be

Birds in north Colorado

Maybe some red ones

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Maybe there will be

Bears in north Colorado

I hope not too close

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Maybe a ghost will

Haunt northern Colorado

That ghost will be me

~Cie~

Notes:

Will wonders never cease, I think I actually fulfilled the criteria for both prompts.

The NaPoWriMo prompt asked for repetition.

The Poems in April asked for writing about rebirth.

If my son and I do move to the small town mentioned in the previous poem, it will be a rebirth.

You see, even stopped clock is right twice a day.