Happy National Poetry Month!
For Writers
If you are writing your way through National Poetry Month, we invite you to share your poems here for your fellow poets to read. Just add your poems to the comments, throughout the entire month of April.
For Readers
Remember, your free prompt book via The Write to Poetry is also helpful if you want to read your way through National Poetry Month.
In addition to your free book, we highly recommend the curated Every Day Poems, where you can get a daily poem or read through the archives.
Again, Happy National Poetry Month. We love doing poetry with you!
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L.L. Barkat says
if i write a poem
each day of my life,
my life becomes
(does it not?) ….
poetry
bethany says
Clever, and yes.
Fun poem, L.L.
L.L. Barkat says
thank you so much, Bethany! 🙂
I think it would be great to do fun poems this National Poetry Month. (Going to keep that in mind 🙂 )
L.L. Barkat says
this morning
the cherry blossoms
melting
into the sky
bethany says
Awww….gorgeous!
L.L. Barkat says
the seamstress
out of doors:
rain.
so much rain.
but all about the dining room
red velvet
so much red velvet.
falling, flowing,
lightening
the day.
bethany says
“so much red velvet”
Made me smile. Thank you, L.L.!
And yes, absolutely, to fun! 😉
L.L. Barkat says
A light breeze,
the sun,
and forsythia skirts
swaying.
bethany says
~ lovely ~
L.L. Barkat says
wondering if
the house was going
to come down—
timbers shaking,
new cracks snaking
but, no, the cherry blossoms
dance beyond the intact window
slow-coming
out of their
seams
and the house
still
stands
bethany says
Whew! I’m so glad to hear the house still stands!
L.L. Barkat says
not knowing anything about how much a house can take, it was quite a disconcerting experience. (and, of course, in the moment, not knowing if the phenomenon would gain steam or subside!)
now my girls and i are saying it was like the earth shivered. 🙂
bethany says
I’m shivering thinking of the rattle! So glad you all are okay!
L.L. Barkat says
invisible
though it is,
you always know
how the wind
blows—
its true direction
clear
in the bend,
the turn
of what’s
seen, what’s
real
Bethany Rohde says
Here is a blackout poem I created from a page in a novel. I just added punctuation & capitalization here. I might collage or color around it.
A book-lined garden home
the friendliest world
Her gift of visitations—
wildrose sunlight
a moment of wonder clean in
L.L. Barkat says
oh wow. love this. especially “wildrose sunlight” and “clean in”
really nice cadence and striking images 🙂
bethany says
L.L., thank you so much. I haven’t written poetry in months, so it was fun to discover that I wanted to try. And reassuring to submerge myself in someone else’s words – and then play with choice and arrangement. I just finished using white gesso to blank out the rest of the words on the page. Perhaps I’ll try and send a little photo. 🙂
L.L. Barkat says
would *love* to see a photo! (and that is so encouraging that you made the discovery that you wanted to try… and then found a way)
🙂