Some magnets don’t stick

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Maggie C

Back in November of 2018, I discovered the joys of magnet poetry, and this website that facilitates playing (poeming?) online. I have a vague recollection that I was so excited, I committed to writing a magnet poem at least once a month. That lasted exactly two months.

So I’m recommitting to, uh, at least one more poem. Since 2018, they’ve added the option of choosing specific topics, and so the words that are “drawn” are easier to turn into something cohesive. For this poem, I used the “nature” option.

Nature Song

Breathe as the ancient forest.
Follow every warm wind.
Shine like a wandering soul,
and the rest is but a song.

Check out the link above and play along.

I Recant

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Maggie C

Today’s poetry challenge at dVerse is to write a palinode. As host Grace explains:

A palinode or palinody is an ode or song that retracts or recants a view or sentiment to what the poet wrote in a previous poem...

The writing challenge is to write a palinode. This can be in relation to a poem you have written before (please link or include prior poem)...

My prior poem, which I posted on April 13 of this year is Spring Reveal:

Whose legs these are I think I know;

Encased in jeans all winter, though.

Today I’ll shave, first time this year!

The spring reveal: legs white as snow.

And the palinode:

These legs of mine I will not show

Although it’s spring, it’s way too cold.

I’ll not yet shave as legs with hair

Are warmer than when they are bare.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Large-leaved Lupine

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Last photo of April ’21

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Maggie C

April is always my busiest month in posting thanks to the National Poetry Writing Month challenges that I try to participate in. I always think it’s going to energize me to keep up the momentum for the rest of the year, but that never quite pans out.

Last year, after posting daily in April, I averaged one post per month for the subsequent seven months. This year, I hope to perform better than last. I mean the bar isn’t that high, so…

I will be exploring new blog “challenges” this year, beginning with one I discovered on Manja Mexi Mexcessive‘s blog. The rules, as posted by the challenge host Bushboys World:

1. Post the last photo on your SD card or last photo on your phone for the 30th April.
2. No editing – who cares if it is out of focus, not framed as you would like or the subject matter didn’t cooperate.
3. You don’t have to have any explanations, just the photo will do
4. Create a Pingback to this post or link in the comments
5. Tag “The Last Photo”

The last photo I took on my iPhone last month:

Sebastian ~ hunting or hiding? He’s much better at the latter.

AtoZ: Z ~ Zoopacolypse

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Maggie C

zoned out zebras stare

zombies zigzag through the zoo

zephyr stirs their hair

Z is for Zombie

#AtoZChallenge: 26 posts in April, topics to proceed alphabetically. Creating a theme for one’s blog challenge is optional. My theme for 2021: a three line alliteration each day (5-7-5, haiku-ish) with the first letter of each line the same as the letter of the day.

Wordless Wednesday (on Thursday)

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Maggie C

AtoZ: Y ~ longing for the past

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Maggie C

yesterday’s years yawn

youthful yearnings yellowing

yield the yoke of yore.

Y is for Yesterday.

AtoZ: X

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Maggie C

xylophonists who

xeriscape with xenoliths

exude xeric zeal.

X is for Xeric.

Newborn

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Maggie C

You slip into the crook of my arm as I recline on the sofa, your diapered bottom cradled like a football. I can feel your body beneath my hand rise and fall with your breathing. You – most likely – can hear my heartbeat as your head rests peacefully on my chest. I could, I think, sit like this forever.

Budding hearts of spring.

All is new; life pulses through

Veins and vines and views.

______________________

dVerse haibun: The Present Moment

AtoZ: W is for Workout