NaPoWriMo
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2025 – I’m almost afraid to look
I’ve seen a meme a few times in the last couple of days that says something like: ‘I don’t want a new year, I’d like a gently used year. Perhaps 2015?’ It does feel like everything has gone to shit lately, the US looks about ready to fall over, and here in Australia it’s not…
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Local Celeb Sighting
I slid open the door, read the sign:Door is closed to keep it pigeon outstepped in and turned to close it againwhen the pigeon, of sign famehurried forwardHow aggressive this bird must be to have its own noticeAnother renowned pigeon, dubbed Frankis a fixture at the Northcote Plazaa larger, but less illustrious, shopping centre one…
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Write Poetry in April
The days are getting shorter again, and we’re about to change the clocks so that means it’s time to get into gear to write some poetry. The last few years I’ve participated in NaPoWriMo (National/Global Poetry Writing Month). An initiative run by Maureen Thorson, to coincide with National Poetry Month (in the US and Canada).…
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Bring on 2024!
I don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve seen enough articles about how they don’t work, and I’ve seen how busy the gym is in January compared to other times of year to know resolutions are often abandoned. Instead, I like to write myself a list of goals that I can work towards in the…
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It’s been real, 2023.
As is my tradition at the end of the year, I’m writing this post to wrap up and update you all on my progress against the goals I set at the start of the year, you can read about them in my Welcome to 2023 post. Here’s the list of goals: This year has had…
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30 Poems in 30 Days
And now it’s over again for the year. I managed to do all thirty, though not all on their allocated day. At least one I missed as I came down with the dreaded COVID about a week ago. Thankfully, I’m feeling much improved, though not quite back to previous levels of health. I’m going to…
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Simile
Write a poem quick and dirty Like sex pressed up against a wall Write a poem sharp and punchy Like noodle soup with extra chilli Write a poem long and languorous Like a hot bath at the end of a long week Write a poem full of cliched similes Like a children’s book written for…
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NaPoWriMo 2023
People who have followed by blog for a while will know that I have done a NaPoWriMo a few times previously. The basic idea is that I write a poem every day for the month of April. The woman who started it, Maureen Thorson, provides prompts each day, but they’re optional, so sometimes I don’t…
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Welcome to 2023!
The last days of 2022 have been really rough – Mum wasn’t well at Christmas and wasn’t able to participate in the family event, plus my back pain issue has been really fared up for some reason. I’m ready to welcome in a new year with hopefully a few less challenges. As usual, I’m setting…
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Disconnect
We’re always looking for contact, scrollingBut never quite connecting, separate We never quite connect, separatedBy a bubble, a wall around ourselves Create a wall, a place to hide ourselvesAnd always longing, yearning to be seen A longing, yearning for someone to seeWho we are, instead of who we present To be who we are, not…
Fleur Blüm 