Kathy Trithardt's Blog, page 5
October 20, 2014
Wayward Ways
I have wayward ways
One part of me could just leave today
One part of me thinks that I should stay
Want to travel the world someday
I have wayward ways
Sometimes I miss our nights
But adventure always fights
To take me from this place
The world has got me turning
The world has got me turning
To start a new, to start a new, to start a new.
The world has got me turning
The world has got me turning
To start a new, to start a new, to start a new.
I have wayward ways
Don’t make up my mind easily
I wish I could have it both ways
Go and stay without hesitancy
I have wayward ways
Sometimes I miss our nights
But adventure always fights
To take me from this place
The world has got me turning
The world has got me turning
To start a new, to start a new, to start a new.
The world has got me turning
The world has got me turning
To start a new, to start a new, to start…
Travel maps, comfort of my home
All mixed up, adventure, new life start
Travel maps, comfort of my home
All mixed up, adventure, new life start
The world has got me turning
The world has got me turning
To start a new, to start a new, to start a new.
The world has got me turning
The world has got me turning
To start a new, to start a new, to start a new.
Wayward ways
I have wayward days
How long before I leave?
This is my October 20th contribution to Poem A Day October. Since I like having a framework to mimic, I used this method [that I just made up]: pick an singer I know nothing about (Ryan Adams), pick one of their band names (Whiskeytown), find a song name on that page listing (16 Days), look up the lyrics and write something to the tune of that song (a song I have never before heard, to my knowledge). If someone wants to record this version of the song with the music from the original song, that’d be neat to hear.
October 19, 2014
Vaudeville
Sloths, clowns
Glasses on the ground
Flying dragon
Replaced by a vacuum
Speeches stolen
Pits escaped
Fears faced
One billion souls
Immersion therapy
Expecting a baby
Spiritual journey
Found poetry while
Rehearsing a show
(This is my October 19th contribution to Poem A Day October.)
October 18, 2014
Busy
Free time: that’s something
I really wish I had now
But I will survive
(This is my October 18th contribution to Poem A Day October.)
October 17, 2014
W-I-N-T-E-R
Why won’t will win?
Inefficient, ineffective
Never nearing
The true top
Erring, effort
Reeling, regretful rest.
(This is my October 17th contribution to Poem A Day October.)
October 16, 2014
Afterlife
I can only be tentatively certain
That this realm of existence
Is more than someone’s dream
Complexly contemplating characters
Who weave in and out of each others lives
But if I put that theory aside
I am only certain of this life
And cannot comment on whether or not
Others exist when we leave this one
I am in no hurry to test the existence of the afterlife
Regardless of the demon who plagues
My mind. Taunting me that I am
Wasting this existence, and should just
Give up, as though I can hit restart and
Try again. The demon lies. I refuse to
Call a mulligan. I am not always as
Efficient as I want, but I am doing
What I can, which is all we can do in this life.
(This is my October 16th contribution to Poem A Day October. I used the following writing prompt: Write about the universe, theology, or the afterlife.)
October 15, 2014
Evil
Uncaring, not engaged, she perches on the outskirts
Always looking in, always keeping her distance
Can’t warm her frozen heart in this crowd
Plotting how to escape, unsure why she attends
She enjoys the suffering
This malicious mortal, section of self
Weighs my shoulders down, curls them
Inward. Tells me I’ll never succeed
Tells me all matters of lies and truths
If she has me to play with, she lives
Forever, taunting and berating.
I fear that other people see her
Instead of me. She craves the attention.
(This is my October 15th Contribution to Poem A Day October. I used the following writing prompt: Write about the evil version of yourself.)
October 14, 2014
S-T-R-E-S-S
Satisfaction with my job
Tends to hit a little snag
Right when I’m not listened to
Especially when what is proposed
Sticks me with more work than needed
Seriously, I just want to retire for winter.
(This is my October 14th contribution to Poem A Day October. I used the following writing prompt: Write a poem in some kind of meter. Or write an acrostic, rhyming poem, or something with a structure you usually don’t use.)
October 13, 2014
Awake
Eyelids fluttering
I welcome the glow of light
Rush away the dark
(This is my October 13th contribution to Poem A Day October. I used the following writing prompt: Write a poem that starts when the narrator or subject is waking up.)
October 12, 2014
Lies
So easy is it to mask all that
We know to be true
That I can flourish from one
Moment to the next
Without leaving a trace of myself
Never revealing a single hint
Of identity, nothing that sticks
In the mind of unsuspecting
Civilians; they never grasp
The words to describe me
When their statements are taken
But I rarely leave their
Houses without grasping
That which has the most
Material value.
(This is my October 12th contribution to Poem A Day October. I used the following writing prompt: Write a poem that is entirely untrue or made of lies.)
October 11, 2014
Autumnal Equinox
Equinox unfolds and my body starts to hide
Dragging down all joy, trapped in a locked box
Only a few know of this imprisonment inside
My chest clenching burden while my mind talks
Endlessly draining energy and clarity
My mood darkness and I steady for battle
Triumph sometimes feels like a rarity
Armed with foreknowledge, I’ve a plan that’ll
Remind me of my sanity during this six month time
That moistens my eyes and dries all vein
Learning self-care while chanting that I’m
Going to break through this maze in my brain
(This is my contribution to Poem A Day October for October 11th. I used the following writing prompt: Write about abandoning or cutting ties with something or someone.)
