April 2023 was National Poetry Month
I am a member of a poetry discord that focuses on speculative poetry as a place for speculative poets to meet and get critiques and learn about markets to submit to. They also welcome readers, which is generally how I consider my relationship to poetry.
However, for National Poetry Month, we were invited to write a haiku or other poem each day and post it. It was quite fun and the comraderie about our poems was wonderful. I participated, even though I am no poet. Here are my attempts at poetry each day but two of April 2023.
1st, haiku
I have done my chores
Foundation, glue, pound-pound, frames
The bees will be pleased
Foundation, glue, pound-pound, frames
The bees will be pleased
2nd, limerick
For the 2nd of April, I wanted to try
A limerick in the hopes it would not make me cry.
Alas, a poet, I am not, I admit!
Perhaps my poetry marks me a misfit.
Still, I will persist, and aim for the sky.
A limerick in the hopes it would not make me cry.
Alas, a poet, I am not, I admit!
Perhaps my poetry marks me a misfit.
Still, I will persist, and aim for the sky.
3rd, tanka
Today is so rough
I canceled an appointment
Only to notice
I canceled the wrong session
After an email from him
I canceled an appointment
Only to notice
I canceled the wrong session
After an email from him
5th, haiku
Sometimes you live with
Attention sucking monsters
Who won’t let you write
Attention sucking monsters
Who won’t let you write
6th, tanka
Sometimes a series
hasn’t aged very well but
a new book release
still soothes your soul because the
characters are beloved.
hasn’t aged very well but
a new book release
still soothes your soul because the
characters are beloved.
7th, haiku
Ahsoka trailer
means a Rebels rewatch is
in Order. Ghost team.
means a Rebels rewatch is
in Order. Ghost team.
8th, haiku
Under the wire
To write my daily haiku
At least it is done
To write my daily haiku
At least it is done
9th, tanka
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My cherry tree blooms
Later than other local Blossoms but I still Appreciate its efforts, Sakura, photo attached |
A lone cherry blossom on a cherry blossom tree, wet with raindrops. Photo by Adria Bailton
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10th, haiku
Put day job on hold
Planned to paint, rainy, wrote words
Started new novel
Planned to paint, rainy, wrote words
Started new novel
11th, haiku
Today is a day
For writing: Daily poem
A haiku, 3-k
For writing: Daily poem
A haiku, 3-k
12th, haiku
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Shoulder stole or dog?
Boston terrier says why Not both? I say, Ouch. |
Sparky and Peaches, Photo by Adria Bailton
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13th, limerick
What to do with ye old hair?
How do we make the lady look fair?
Shall we put it in a bun?
What if she goes on the run?
Be careful lest she end up all bare!
How do we make the lady look fair?
Shall we put it in a bun?
What if she goes on the run?
Be careful lest she end up all bare!
14th, haiku
Seven-fifty is
My goal. Have I started yet?
No. Haiku is done.
My goal. Have I started yet?
No. Haiku is done.
15th, haiku
I wish Clarion
West all the best; it seems I
Am not for them now.
West all the best; it seems I
Am not for them now.
16th, haiku
Rain is a strong word
For the weather. But it is
Not dry from the sky.
For the weather. But it is
Not dry from the sky.
17th, haiku
Do you make playlists?
My phone: new-fangled mix-tapes
Digital cassettes
My phone: new-fangled mix-tapes
Digital cassettes
18th, haiku based upon predictive text
He was like, oh yeah
but that’s okay I’m going
back out and get my
but that’s okay I’m going
back out and get my
(hair straightened finished the line)
19th, haiku
A concert last night
Sleeping in, yard work today
All my words written
Sleeping in, yard work today
All my words written
20th, haiku
Some days swallow you
Whole. Minutes pass faster than
They should. Then loss comes.
Whole. Minutes pass faster than
They should. Then loss comes.
21st, haiku
Today’s haiku is
An ode to Taskmaster and
How it made me smile
An ode to Taskmaster and
How it made me smile
23rd, haiku
Sleep, fuzzy brain, sleep
No haiku, tanka, or a
Poem yesterday
No haiku, tanka, or a
Poem yesterday
24th, haiku
Your shoulder and its
blade are supposed to function
Separately. Unfreeze.
blade are supposed to function
Separately. Unfreeze.
25th, haiku
Shitty day at work
Come home, check email. Day gets
Better. Acceptance!
Come home, check email. Day gets
Better. Acceptance!
26th, haiku
Why is this week so
Slow? Today felt like Friday.
But it’s just Wednesday.
Slow? Today felt like Friday.
But it’s just Wednesday.
27th, haiku
Hoo-ray! It’s Thursday!
The slow week is coming to
An end. I’m relieved.
The slow week is coming to
An end. I’m relieved.
28th, haiku
First night this spring warm
Enough to sit on my deck,
write and enjoy life
Enough to sit on my deck,
write and enjoy life
29th, haiku
The end of the month
Is near. A poem per day
Has been excellent.
Is near. A poem per day
Has been excellent.
30th, haiku
The month ends with a
Haiku about how I hit
My hand with a mall-
Haiku about how I hit
My hand with a mall-