April 30, 2023
BY Jenni Astramowicz0
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Once again
an untimely end
to familiar intention
an ember
abandoned
in the ash
the question
will you return
again
once
again
still
burning
deep
in all my black
NaPoWriMo 2023
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Thursday, April 6, 2023
April 06, 2023
BY Jenni Astramowicz0
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Souls
sought
in surveys
and glossy mag quizes
Seeking a sense of self
scattered about in
star charts
tea leaves
and a tossed bit of bone
how easy
to follow the flying monkey
madness
slumber in a sea
of red poppies
startle
awake
in snow
when
all the answers
to all the questions
before you
within you
are beneath you
just
refuse
ruby sparkle
NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 6
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
April 05, 2023
BY Jenni Astramowicz0
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I am haunted
memories like voices
fill
this empty space
where my heart leaches out
onto ivory parchment
too consumed
with terror
that my words
would spill
over the edges
unable to sop up
the gush of grief
disintegrating
all remaining
form
skin
and
bones
to
pulp
grief
my ashen
remains
NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 5
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
April 04, 2023
BY Jenni Astramowicz0
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Nothing comes to the surface
so I seek
beneath the greasy suds
wrist deep in the weeks worth
of dirty dishes
for any
crystal inkling
reaching
grasping
gripping
an oil slick
serrated
steel
smile
in my palm
I close my hand
imbruing the water
with sanguine swirls
saponifying my mind
NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 4
Monday, April 3, 2023
April 03, 2023
BY Jenni Astramowicz0
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Ostentatious in their silence
the mooncalf and the mountebank
heavy with an unmasked intention
where is the light of the void
Come closer
careen over the edge
Echo your screams
in the light
of
the void
*Based on prompt to take a poem and write it in the inverse sentiment
I selected this gem from Rumi
Secretly we spoke,
that wise one and me.
I said, Tell me the secrets of the world.
He said, Sh… Let silence
Tell you the secrets of the world.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
April 02, 2023
BY Jenni Astramowicz0
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Is there anything more obvious
than a rhinoceros
hovering
weightless
above
my mind space clouds
The elephant
in the room
disregarded
like a thirty year old
Ikea bookshelf
it bows
to its obligations
waiting
for the day to come
when that next best thing
saddles up against the horsehair plaster
in a proud display
of power
Question is
which will give first
tired and strained
particle
board
or
the willingness
to make change
come through the door?
So I keep
close company
with the rhinoceros
while he watches
and
we
wait
the splintering
crack
of time
collapsing
tumbling all to dust
NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 2
Saturday, April 1, 2023
April 01, 2023
BY Jenni Astramowicz1
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Give in
flood the edges
the scraped up utterances
waters urges upwards
against
an almost
it is almost
enough
to quench
long parched
edges sun scalded
skin scraped
It is a mystery
how a point
long dulled
still opens
a merry
sanquine river
bleeds out
the lie
I tell my self
NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 1
Poem based on magnetic poetry pull: almost, lie, merry, mystery, water
AI generated image
April 01, 2023
BY Jenni Astramowicz0
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It is time...
As the winter gives way to spring
while brave blooms begin to pierce the crisp and crystallized soil
Words will wander onto the page...
Today marks the beginning of the National Poetry Month and as part of this I will be writing a poem a day for the next 30 days.
Here will be my words - unedited, sometimes rushed, often forced and just maybe, if the muse is kind, beautiful....
Join me on my poetic exploration of all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities:
nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect
(Feedback is welcome, kindness is appreciated)
Please also follow my fellow traveler, The Lackadaisical Poet
