Showing posts with label November PAD Chapbook Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label November PAD Chapbook Challenge. Show all posts

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Morning Calls


Morning Calls

The gull is herald
of a new day.
Throws back its
head and cries out.

What does it mean,
this morning scream?

Is it a wake up
call to others
or the exclamation,
"I'm still here."

The 2017 November PAD Chapbook Challenge is underway. This is the poem I wrote for day one. The prompt is new day. Good luck to all the poets who are poeming and the prosets who are doing NaNoWriMo. Have a fun and productive November.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

To the Author


To the Author

I am submerged
in the words.
Surrounded
by your choice
of nouns, towns,
sights and sounds.
The characters
you created; the
stories you related.

No more will come.
You have left
 all you could.
Every time
I read them,
I am immersed
in your love of words.

 I wrote this poem as part of Robert Lee Brewer's 2015 November PAD Chapbook Challenge. The prompt was submerged.

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Once Upon a Sailboat


Once Upon a Sailboat

I was once
upon a sailboat
when the weather
turned so fast
I had to face the fear
that this sail
might be my last.

The river changed
from glass to swells,
the sky from blue to gray.
The steady breeze
became great gusts.
The sun simply
went away.

We came about
and headed back,
our progress
made in spurts.
Forward, capsize,
right the boat--
we reached the dock,
relieved, unhurt.

I have always
loved the water
and I always will,
but I never forget
a storm may form
when all seems
bright and still.

I wrote this poem for Robert Lee Brewer's 2015 November PAD Chapbook Challenge. The prompt was to take the phrase, Once Upon a (blank), replace the blank and use the completed phrase as the title of the poem. What is your "Once Upon a (blank)" poem?

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Monday, November 2, 2015

Celebration

Mother Nature went heavy on the blue today.

Celebration

The fireworks are popping
a little out of season
but for good reason.
They celebrate
a goal achieved through
determination, resilience
and camaraderie.
The pops continue
as end of day turns
into new morning.
On any other night,
we might resent
a disturbance at
such an hour.
Tonight, we
surrender to the noise.


I'm posting a little early because of today's blue sky and the freshness of last night's World Series victory by the Kansas City Royals. Surrender is today's prompt for Robert Lee Brewer's 2015 November PAD Chapbook Challenge. I have a feeling any prompt Robert gave today would have ended up in a poem about the Royals.

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