Poems 25-30 for NaPoWriMo

My final batch of daily poems for National Poetry Writing Month, with poems from Sunday the 25th to Friday the 30th. While I definitely struggled to write every day with end of the semester craziness and writer's block, I am glad I participated in this challenge.

April 25th:

some days you miss your

mark, but that’s okay just be

gentle with yourself

The prompt for this poem was to write a poem to be read at a certain occasion. The occasion I chose was days when I feel like I am not doing my best.

April 26th:

stuck

right

beneath

my gums, it

aches constantly; my

stupid wisdom teeth coming in,

and stupid me for

waiting so

long to

fix

it

A fib poem that I wrote late at night when I realized "oh crap, I haven't written a poem yet today."

April 27th:

a little girl,

waiting on a swing

in the dark,

watching the sky

to distract her from

her lonely tears;

a sky full of distant stars,

so far away, too far away,

worlds unknowable,

unexplorable to her,

and then

tears of anguish,

tears of desire

The prompt for this poem was to take inspiration from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. I found inspiration in the word degrasse (adj. entranced by the vastness of the universe, experienced in a jolt of recognition that the night sky is not just a wallpaper, but a deeply foreign ocean).

April 28th:

Where are you?

What are you doing?

How are you feeling?

Wanna play?

Want me to open the window?

What is that?

What is in your mouth!?

What are you eating?

Wanna go outside?

Why won’t you drink water normally?

How are you?

Wanna sit with me?

Do you know this medicine is helping you?

Do you know that I love you?

The prompt for this poem was to write a poem with questions. This poem consists of the questions I ask my pets throughout the day.

April 29th:

my favorite scene

is when the sun shines

right before a storm;

the dark navy clouds

background the sunlight

that bathes the trees,

in a yellow gold light

turning the dull green

of the leaves

into a lush tropical lime

This poem was inspired by the view out my window.

April 30th:

How to Have an Adventure:

pick a destination or two,

and your company;

pull up a map,

and then misread the map,

taking you on a tour

of places you’ve never been to

in the middle of nowhere;

arrive at your destination late,

but take in everything -

the budding sprouts, the uneven bricks,

the singing birds, the blowing wind;

take lots of blurry pictures,

because you are too busy enjoying

to focus on the camera;

meander from your destination,

stopping at places that look cool,

and enjoy them even more than the original goal;

and once you are too tired to keep adventuring,

start heading back home

make sure to stop for snacks

and get lost again

The prompt for this poem was to write a series of directions in the form of a poem.