National Poetry Writing Month
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Café Gummo
I stand on stageCables at my feetCan’t move farLest I fall over the edge Beats a bit outThe drums slowThe guitar fastI’m in the middle I look out at the facesAll turned to meSome seem tiredUninterested Will they regret itToo loud, too countryToo slow, too rudeWhat do they think? Last week I enjoyed itBeing in…
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NaPoWriMo Wrapped Up
Just a short post today to say once again I have finished up my annual challenge of National Poetry Writing Month – NaPoWriMo. Modelled after National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, the idea is to write a poem every day over the month of April. I wrote every day, some of the poems were even…
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Structure before Meaning
Today I will try to write a poem that rhymeswith strong meter and developmentI acknowledge content suffers sometimesin the pursuit of perfect accompaniment Time marches ever onwards, I’m in a hurryto get one thing or another done. Finished before the next one is due. I scurry towards the end, usually diminished Lessened by the need…
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NaPoWriMo 2021
For the last few years, in April, I’ve signed myself up to the National Poetry Writing Month, or NaPoWriMo. Modelled of the novel equivalent, NaNoWriMo, in which I also usually participate in, the aim is to write a poem each day in April. This year I’m doing it again. I had a rough start, on…
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The year that was 2020…
I went back to find my new year’s post from earlier this year and boy, did I have no idea what was coming. Wow. Usually at the end of the year I do a little wrap up post, I cover the goals I set in the beginning of the year and how I’ve gone achieving…
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The end of NaPoWriMo and other iso-productivity
Yesterday, 30 April 2020, was the last day of NaPoWriMo and I managed to complete my thirty poems in thirty days, as I have in years past. WooHoo!! I didn’t manage to do a poem every day, there were a couple I missed, but I made them up the next day. Many poems were about…
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Hibernation
The cold weather is coming we’re locked in our houses my brain no longer works as it should – stuck a needle on a record skipping ‘round and ‘round the same day repeated Be creative, that will help pass the time be disciplined, use the time wisely but how can I when everything is…
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Florida Man
Wears a ‘F*ck the Police’ shirt to court wins case Leaves job at Burger King, steals ‘all their nuggets’, because ‘f*ck it’ Spends four hours yelling at people from roof of Wendy’s in underwear Gets tired of waiting at hospital, steals ambulance, drives home Suspected of using private plane to draw giant radar penis Tried…
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National Poetry Writing Month
Now we’re all staying home and not leaving the house for reals, I would like to invite you all to join me doing National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo). I’ve done it a couple of times before and while some days are harder than others to produce a poem per day, I’ve come out the month…
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Auckland Airport
I sit, headphones on, but no music playing I can listen to things around me without attracting attention The woman next to me on a phone call, the two men across the way watching some code of football. Rugby I’d guess based on the city I’m in. Slow revelation of meaning through poetry has never…
Fleur Blüm 