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April 14, 2020
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 14: Penelope
It little profits that an idle queen Match’d with an aged hubby, I meet and dole Unequal laws to savage twins, That hoard pacifiers Eat not or sleep And know not me. I cannot...
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April 13, 2020
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 13: Stolen
Lifted cupcakes on a school trip From a shop in Kathmandu Just to see if we could. We could. I wouldn’t today Knowing they’d suffer Thanks to Covid. Here’s the prompt. Here’s another poem.
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April 12, 2020
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 12: A Triolet on Facebooking in the Time of Corona
Scrolling through my Facebook feed Takes my mind off Corona It’s just something I need Scrolling though my Facebook feed My social fix is what I greed Of mental illness it’s the seed Scrolling...
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April 11, 2020
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 11: Flowers Powerless
Roses are red To me, feel dead. What I want is a fresher Stand-in for you, lover. Here’s the prompt. I was never a flower person. I like them more now, but I’m keener...
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April 10, 2020
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 10: Hay(na)ku
Home Besieged castle Dying of boredom Here’s the prompt. I like writing short poems, but ironically I found myself wanting to write more here! Oh well. Here’s another poem.
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April 9, 2020
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 9: Two Parallelograms Poem
Boredom Not easy to kill Formatting Helps time fill. My first shape poem, thanks to the NaPoWriMo prompt. Couldn’t get the formatting right in text here (yes, that’s ironical) so I’ve uploaded a picture...
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April 8, 2020
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 8: Papa Patriarchy
Putting a door on a woman’s mouth My foot was already in my mouth Its usual place You can’t slam the door now Papa Patriarchy. This prompt was fun- taking the first line from...
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April 6, 2020
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 7: Cocaine Hippos
Hippo Hip hop He pop He poop Pablo was hip Considered a curse As were the sons of his hippos Like the drugs he peddled They caused havoc wherever they meddled But like his...
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April 5, 2020
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 6: The Owl in The Garden of Earthly Delights
How are you a wise owl? You ask I eat humans whole Pooping them out Not that wise you see Hoping to get wisdom From the witless. Why do I do it then, you...
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April 4, 2020
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 4: Maid in Dreamland
I dreamt I fought With my maid The household Was scolding me I woke up in sweat Realized I don’t have that maid right now Courtesy COVID I’m the maid. Here’s the prompt. Here’s...
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