Thursday april 19, 11 more days

I am exhausted, depressed and frankly a little pissed off--what a great time to write poetry!
How do you motivate yourself to get going with a poem? I'm trying something to get muse going these days! right nowit is chocolate :)

Getting there!

WOwe! WHo knew April would be this busy? Trying to get a poem in a day has been a HUGE challenge...much more difficult than last year. I admit that there are days when I haven't written and then spend a day or two in catch up. However, you can't rush the muse! I can write in my novels each day if I set that goal but this is because they are plotted and researched and character driven so I have a sense of where I am going. I have tried to use form and strusture to do the same thing for my poetry but some days the muse just firmly refused. Anyone else have this issue?

yesterday was more Haiku

but today I tried Slam poetry...it was okay for a first attempt but I am DEFINITELY no Shane Koyczan!! still Ilike it and I think I'll try it again. That is certainly one good thing to come out of Napowrimo for me--I am writing daily and trying new things--it's all good!

cherry blossom for day 3

in honour of the upcoming cherry blossom festival, I decided to focus on haiku today
they are short
so I wrote 2!
they turned out okay but are not ready for submission to the contest just yet
One of my fav haikus is credited to William Shatner:
     

Haikus are easy

but sometimes they don’t make sense

Refrigerator

day two-done

yesterday I wrote while waiting to get in to see the Doctor--good thing they were busy! I needed the whole 45 minutes to come up with an idea and let it sprout...later, the poem solidified and then needed some editing to make it what it became.  I don't typically like to edit poems too much. They seem so short and timely, like a snap shot...maybe this is only my view though...what do you think?

day one- done!

okay, it wasn't the best poem I have ever written but I wrote it nonetheless--this one needs refinement before posting but as promised some will get posted---eventually!
Check back to see which ones or feel free to post some of your own!