The First Fool

 

Guess I'm not the first fool to spin on my axel

Mad as a hatter over you

I can't help but magnify your glory

The hold you have on my heart feels like a vise

Yes, I let you trespass in my head

Take over my mind like an opium addiction

Blow out my brain with one sensual gesture

Terrorize me with your wicked caprice

I tell myself I need to remain elastic

By myself flooded with a cascade of desire

Staying home waiting for your call for months

I can taste the sweetness of you on my palate

How can I live without you any longer?

Hoping today you'll finally notice

Hating myself for loving you

Mad melodies marauding through my mind

Make me want to defy reality

How can I lift myself above this insanity?

All I want to do is fly to you

I need you now, don't make me wait forever

Bleeding my heart out trying to figure

Some way to sow the seeds of love in your soul

I wish I was worthy to dine at your table

How can I rise to your level when I'm so far below?

How can I put my name on the tip of your tongue?

How can I make your gorgeous voice sigh that you feel the same way as I?

~cie~

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-day-5

Write a "The First (blank)" poem

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/04/05/wordle-235/

MLMM Wordle

Magnify

Opium

Elastic

Axel

Trespass

Palate

Sensual

Months

Caprice

Cascade

Gorgeous

Gesture

https://www.napowrimo.net/day-five-8/

This prompt challenges you to find a poem, and then write a new poem that has the shape of the original, and in which every line starts with the first letter of the corresponding line in the original poem.

Well...

I didn't use a poem, I used a song: Hopelessly Devoted To You by Olivia Newton-John. I used the first letter of every line, but beyond that, I took a whole lot of liberties.

https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2021/04/04/wordle-497/

Sunday Whirl

above

below

blow

defy

figure

fly

lift

sigh

sow

table

tip

wait

https://only100words.xyz/2021/04/01/three-line-tales-270/

I used the image from this prompt, but this is obviously a lot more than three lines.

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Lunch Break: 2739

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Wonderful as always. I enjoyed the pop of color in the first Haiga.

At Purple Twilight

 

Image copyright Diztant Dreamer

https://www.instagram.com/diztantdreamer/

at purple twilight

red lights coming on inside

similar houses

~cie~

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-day-4

Write an "active" poem.

It may not be active in an obvious way, but the (alien) world described in this Senryu is alive and active.

https://www.napowrimo.net/day-four-9/

Today's prompt asked us to choose a photograph shared by the Space Liminal Bot. (http://twitter.com/SpaceLiminalBot). I chose the image above.

https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2021/04/writers-pantry-64-librarians-are-magic.html

Today's piece fits in nicely with an overhaul that I'm doing on a story written by my sixteen-year-old self. I know I could say "written by me at sixteen," but although we share the same soul and her experiences shaped me, looking back on the person I was at sixteen is like looking at an entirely different person. I know now that this disconnect and my tendency to dislike myself stems from the trauma that I've endured throughout my life. 

This is one reason that I tend to get defensive when people react with horrified surprise to my revelations regarding my relationship with myself. You don't experience life the way I do or have the same struggles with yourself that I do? Great. But don't go acting like I'm bad or defective for feeling as I do, or having experienced life the way I have. How would you like it if someone did that to you?

Imma dedicate this poem to Prince because he loved purple and because he was kind of an alien, but he made it work. I'm still working on the "make it work" part.

~Ornery Owl Out~

Free use image by Open Clipart Vectors

I was bummed to discover that Open Clipart Vectors no longer features their work on Pixabay

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Bad Heir Day

 

Image by Mote Oo Education from Pixabay

the miscreant heir who plays bass

engages in behavior most base

should he continue to err

then to his despair

from the will he will be erased

~cie~

Day 3: Write a communication poem.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-day-3

This poem communicates...something.

https://www.napowrimo.net/day-three-7

The prompt was to make a deck of cards with words on them and choose one.

I didn't do that.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/04/03/double-take-saturday-mix-3-april-2021/

Never let it be said that I'm incapable of following directions.

I used all the homophones from this prompt.

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Lunch Break: 2738

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A striking Haiga with the thorny plant.

Trees of Tomorrow Tanka

 

Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay

could I be so bold

to see what the future holds

keep searching ahead

shall we plant a fence of trees

that will outlive you and me?

~cie~

The tree pictured above is an American plum. My son and I want to plant trees that are low-maintenance, suitable for Colorado's nutrient-poor and often dry soil and will attract pollinators. As an added benefit, the fruit of these little beauties is edible, and I spent part of my disability back payment to buy a nice water bath canner. I would like to try my hand at making jams and other preserves.

If we take good care of our trees, they will beautify our little town and bring happiness to future generations. It is our goal to leave things better than we found them. We all need to take better care of our world if we want it to keep taking care of us.

The Prompts

April PAD Challenge

Day 2: Write a "what does the future hold" poem.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-day-2

D'Verse Poets

https://dversepoets.com/2021/04/01/oh-my-its-april-fools-day/

Haiku My Heart

https://corazon.typepad.com/recuerda_mi_corazon/2021/04/haiku-my-heart.html

Mindlovemisery's Menagerie Music Challenge

Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/04/02/keep-searchin-well-follow-the-sun-challenge-179/

NaPoWriMo Day 2

Write a "road not taken" poem.

https://www.napowrimo.net/day-two-8/

I...um...sort of followed the prompt. This poem is about a road that my son and I are looking down but haven't taken yet.

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A Rumpled Thing Left Out to Dry

 

Image by Kranich17 from Pixabay

and now, introducing me

when you look at this rumpled old thing

just what is it that you see?

I've spent an entire lifetime

trying to iron myself out

and I claim that I'm almost there

but the truth be told

I feel like I was left 

for too long in the spin cycle

I try to tumble dry

the tears from my eyes

as I realize

that I still haven't managed

to warm up to myself

I emerge from each battle with me 

dizzy and covered in dryer fuzz

although I have a big body

I mostly feel mighty small

I know people don't care for bulky me

the way they do for silky bits of finery

folks think it's perfectly acceptable

to snub those who look like me

they tell me I'm carrying too big a front load

and I have too much junk in my trunk

when I try to think about me neutrally

I know that I have a good quality or two

I'm an easygoing cuss

a wash and wear kind of gal

I'm definitely not one of your fine delicates

one of those dainty damsels 

that dashing heroes like to pick up

like a lace hanky dropped on the floor

ladies whose unlined faces

appear to be permanent press

so long as you machine wash warm

and dry flat

but as these downy chicks

tumbled by life's tide

become wrinkled 

they are folded up and put aside

it isn't that the fellows

won't take a tumble with me

it's just that they think of gals like me

as a pre-soak

a warm-up for the dainty delicates

that they drape from their muscular arms

to accessorize their designer suits

when they go out on the town

a pretty little accessory

that they can fluff and fold

and tuck away in a drawer

until they're ready to use her again

I decided to rinse my hands of men

who cycle through women's lives

with all the tenderness of a tropical storm

I don't want to be kept

hanging on the line

with clothespins or lies

waiting for the prairie wind to dry my tears

~cie~

Prompts 

April PAD Challenge

Countdown Day 2: Write an "almost" poem.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-countdown-t-minus-2

Countdown Day 1: Write a warm-up poem.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-countdown-t-minus-1

PAD Challenge Day 1: Write an introduction poem

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-day-1

D'verse Poets

https://dversepoets.com/2021/03/30/poetics-put-your-words-on-spin-cycle/

D'verse Words

fluff & fold

spin cycle 

permanent press 

wash & wear

cycle 

dryer fuzz 

machine wash warm 

tumble dry 

dry flat 

presoak 

wrinkled 

front load

rinse 

fine delicates 

clothes pins

downy

tide 

NaPoWriMo

Day 1: See the world in a new way

https://www.napowrimo.net/day-one-3/

I did not expect to metaphorically be comparing myself to laundry, but here we are.

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