Day 32

Struggle for normalcy.
Grasp for ordinary.
Such are the days now.
The unspoken words on all lips,
“When will the storm break?”

When will we crawl above ground
and survey the damage?

It’s Easter.
Most think of bunnies and searching for eggs.
I think of the empty tomb and the hope that is suppose to bring.
I always supposed that on that day, magic happened,
and the world was saved on that day.

Most likely not.
His followers still had to hide.
Fear ruled while the words, “He has risen,” slowly spread.
The hope seen in the story
2,000 years in the making.

Each day a new bit of hope slips into my daily reading.
A test, a drug, a statistic.
Fragment of hope.

I don’t remember when it started, but
years, maybe decades ago on Easter Sunday,
an old friend always emails or texts me the words, “He has risen.”
I always give the hopeful reply, “He has risen indeed.”
Some years I send the words first.
Two old Christians sharing the ancient infinite story in just seven words.

When will there be seven words for day 32?

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Friday Wisdom – The Unknown

The problem with heading into the great unknown is that you don’t know what will happen.

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NaPoWriMo Poem 1

April 1

A humming bird darts past.
Hovering in front of a flower.
Drinking in the freedom of the air.

I stand in my confinement,
in the fortress
as microbes assault the ramparts

Flitting emerald bird flies to
the camellia panted for mother
after we gave her back to the earth.

 


This is the first poem I wrote the the NaPoWriMo.  I have been able to get one for everyday and likely won’t post everything I write, but I actually liked this one so here it is.

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Rainy Writing

It’s April.

It should be sunny in California.  There should be puffy clouds, puppies, bunnies, and ducklings floating in the blue.  There should be smells of fresh grass. There should be a gentle breeze bringing the hope of spring.

Instead, it’s raining – a steady rain soaking the world and forcing kitties indoors.

The reality of being stuck at home is taking its toll.  We’re starting to see what happens in a global crisis – some unite in common purpose, some become selfish, and some try to deny reality.

What’s a poet to do? Pick a side and join their chorus?  What side is compassion on?

Perhaps I just think too much.  Maybe if it were sunny I could build another planter box, and my busy hands would keep my mind silent.

Maybe.

April is also National Poetry Month.  Many bloggers are participating in NaPoWriMo – National Poetry Writing Month.

Last year I thought about participating, but dismissed it as not the way I work.  I tend to think about a single poem for a long time before I actually write it down.  NaPoWriMo asks you to write a poem a day.  I’ve tried doing that at a couple of writing conferences.  It’s not easy for me and the resulting poems weren’t exactly what I wanted, but they weren’t horrible.

So this year I’m thinking of trying.  I am stuck at home and sometimes breaking old creative habits can surface new ones.

I should have started on Wednesday, but … well life and indecision.

Well, today I decided to start.  Fragments of poems have been popping into my head, so of the five poems I should have written – I’ve completed three.

Many people who do this share their poems with daily posts.  I haven’t decided if I’ll do that, I might.

But right now the rain is easing and hope that the sun will break through.

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