Poetry
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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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End of year schedule madness
We’ve entered the realm of Christmas parties and end-of-year celebrations. I had my work party last Wednesday – good chicken, disappointing dessert, my poetry group end-of-year do today and my writing group Christmas party tomorrow! As we’ve done in the past, the poetry group visited the Ian Potter Centre at the National Gallery of Victoria…
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ABC
A poem can start with anything But seldom leads to any Cause worth exploring Don’t think about it Everything is worth writing about For yourself, or for someone else Get the idea down, fix it later However, you must remember I can’t be the one to fix it Joust wordily with your thoughts Kill procrastination…
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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…
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NaPoWriMo Wrap-up
I made it through the challenge of NaPoWriMo again for April 2019! It is always a struggle to feel that my poems are any good when I do this challenge, I seem to churn out so much rubbish, but as with NaNoWriMo, the point is quantity over quality. I will have to set aside some…
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NaPoWriMo 2019 WIP
So far I have written eighteen poem as part of NaPoWriMo this year. I wouldn’t necessarily say that they’re all good, but they’re not all bad either. I will probably go back to them later in the year and review them, There’s sure to be a couple that are worth working on. I had be…
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And now for some poetry
It turns out I work best when I’m working on a deadline, and a month-long challenge is like a deadline every day. In April I usually participate in National Poetry Writing Month. Modelled on the popular National Novel Writing Month, which I do in November, NaPoWriMo provides prompts and encouragement to help you come up…
Fleur Blüm 