Composed 5/4/16
Description: For the next several days, I’ll be doing WordPress’ blogging course Writing 101: A Poem a Day. Today’s theme is water and the (suggested) form is haiku. On a different note, I just noticed that this is also my 300th poem!
You make us up and
You’re just as human you can
Cradle, sate, or drown
Composed 2/15/15,
Description: Wow, is it the first day of Blogging U’s “Writing 201: Poetry” already? Well, I suppose it seems a bit earlier for me; you see, since I am located in the mid-west, I get these assignment a few hours before the “official” day-of. But I am definitely excited to get started!
Today’s assignment combo is water/haiku/simile, which made me happy enough! I am, of course, no stranger to haikus (e.g. a, b, c, d), and, in fact, my most popular poem ever is a haiku!
I was struck with an idea rather quickly. Likely, this was heavily inspired by the Bible study I was working on when I received the assignment email… And, for me anyway, it is still Sunday, so I guess it’s appropriate that my water-themed haiku with a simile is spiritual in nature…
The puddles ripple
In my wake but like God they
Soon forget my steps
Composed 7/29/14
Description: n/a
“I hate exercise”
She spits the words like poison
That’s where I get it
Composed 4/25/14
Description: (Day 25 of NaPoWriMo) Busiest. Day. Ever. Test, event planning, event carryout, cleanup… And finally relaxing at Steak & Shake with friends. It was actually this last adventure that inspired today’s poem.
She swipes her fingers
Across glittering jewels it’s
Her new addiction
Composed 4/20/14
Description: Poem procrastination via reading turned out to be very helpful. How do you writers out there tend to procrastinate?
Words won’t fly out my
Fingertips so I’ll cram them
In my head instead
Composed 11/16/13
Description: A short personal piece.
I can clearly see
The flaws in my logic but
It hurts anyway
Composed 9/3/13
Description: One of my first assignments of the year is to interview another person in my class and do a 90 second powerpoint presentation over them. We were encouraged to use photos from Facebook in our presentation, so I have spent much of this evening Facebook stalking some random guy. Which is just about the most fun/interesting thing ever. (PS This guy looks like a total sweetheart.)
I have discovered
My ideal job it would be
Facebook stalking folks
Composed 8/5/13
Description: But I’m lazy.
I tell myself that
I could rule the Internet
If I really tried
Composed 6/18/13
Description: Something I thought of at work this morning while mentally reviewing some past relationships…
I wrote no poems
I had no dreams I should have
Known that you weren’t him
Composed 5/31/13
Description: Something short and sweet today.
If I die because
Of your dumb little death sticks
I will be so pissed
Scraps of Paper 