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Today’s prompt from NaPoWriMo<\/a> was to write a Bop<\/a>: “The invention of poet Afaa Michael Weaver, the Bop is a kind of combination sonnet + song. Like a Shakespearan sonnet, it introduces, discusses, and then solves (or fails to solve) a problem. Like a song, it relies on refrains and repetition. In the basic Bop poem, a six-line stanza introduces the problem, and is followed by a one-line refrain. The next, eight-line stanza discusses and develops the problem, and is again followed by the one-line refrain. Then, another six-line stanza resolves or concludes the problem, and is again followed by the refrain. Here\u2019s an example of a Bop poem written by Weaver<\/a>, and here\u2019s another by the poet Ravi Shankar<\/a>.” <\/p>\n

I have to say that it was a beautiful day. I fixed two plumbing issues. I stripped the bed and did laundry. I finished a landscape which was sort of meh, and did a quick little still life of my favorite brushes. I looked at two watercolor-related books. I shook my head over the news. I watched the daffodils start to yellow up. I opened the bedroom window. But the words… been a hard few days. <\/p>\n

A Reminder of Ideas, Just in Case<\/p>\n

Before the month started I wrote down this:
\nA reminder of ideas, just in case –
\nFor those days when words didn’t flow from me
\nWhen there’s fresh laundry that needs my folding
\nand everything looks better than the page.
\nthe list of ideas that might be useful.<\/p>\n

Oh spirit of writing, where have you gone?<\/p>\n

Practice, perseverance, daily commute
\nThe work of dailyness, the clouds and sky
\nsonnets and haiku and some limericks
\nTaking time to look, A box full of paint
\nNo ideas but in things. Just do the work.
\nBeauty. Coming home. Walls full of paintings.
\nA wall full of my paintings. Hold to joy.
\nThe color of a lake. The length of days.<\/p>\n

Oh spirit of writing, where have you gone?<\/p>\n

Tonight this list is a whole universe
\ntonight the words are somewhere in between
\nToday I painted, I’d say with success
\na still life of my brushes. And I fixed
\nthe washer so it works. I folded sheets.
\nI reviewed the reminder of ideas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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