Poem: Harsh
I’ve been too harsh little one, too harsh and I don’t mean it but I stick with it sleepily in the dead of night at the very edge of my limits and when you have none, but that’s not your...
Tagged: napowrimo
Poem: Mah! (and a NaPoWriMo Update)
First up, the update. I’m not actively writing poetry. No real reason, only the odd poem here and there has been forthcoming and I’m working on a couple of other things like freelance writing, finding a new day-job and working...
NaPoWriMo Round Up Week #2
So I’ve fallen behind with National Poetry Writing Month. The first week went very well, but over the course of the last week, I’ve only written three poems. I’m not overly worried, while the aim is to write thirty poems...
NaPoWriMo Round Up Week One
National Poetry Writing Month started in 2003 inspired by NaNoWriMo. I’ve done both, won NaNoWriMo once though I don’t participate much anymore. I do participate in both NaPoWriMo every April and OctPoWriMo (October Poetry Writing Month) every year too. I...
NaPoWriMo – Day 26
It’s not quite what I expected, the way she responds to me pushes me away and tells me that I am not for her. And I turn away and let her go but not without trying to reach out with...
NaPoWriMo – Day 25
The proper words cannot compare with the proper emotions I must convey hidden behind the best smiles and nervous shakes I try to explain everything. I don’t have those emotions but still have the words carry them around to remind...
NaPoWriMo – Day 24
I keep them all locked up broken bits of myself and the only things that keep me together are the lies I’ve told to keep the secrets to myself. I will never say a word. Carrying it swirling around my...
NaPoWriMo – Day 23
We twist ourselves into other beings that aren’t true out of a need to be within a circle of influence we can’t contain or control. Foolish as we are. It’s pressure from the inside and out we are who we...
