Where did April go?<\/p>\n
At NaPoWriMo<\/a>, the suggestion was “So I challenge you today to write a poem based on a headline \u2013 it doesn\u2019t have to be \u201cbig\u201d news \u2013 it can be any news at all, from the girl in your town who won a contest for growing a potato that looks like Queen Victoria to the tabloid offering definitive proof that aliens are designing celebrity Oscar gowns.” LOL it’s April 29th – what news story would that be then?<\/p>\n Meanwhile Not Without Poetry<\/a> called All-y all-y in come free and said: “Today is a free day! Go write that poem that\u2019s been lying in wait. Or use one of the prompts that you had to skip previously. Or just start something deliciously, gloriously new!” Hmmm and what new thing was starting out today?<\/p>\n Thoughts on a Royal Wedding<\/p>\n Sunlight and flowers Don’t you feel that tear, They seem so happy So my friendly witness from afar I can think for them – After my very early rise this morning, I spent the day sewing down a long stretch of facing. Sewing multiple lines of black stitches down a long side of a quilt needs a lot of light and probably would have been easier with more sleep. But it’s still a lot more done than when the sun came up today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Where did April go? At NaPoWriMo, the suggestion was “So I challenge you today to write a poem based on a headline \u2013 it doesn\u2019t have to be \u201cbig\u201d news \u2013 it can be any news at all, from the … Continue reading
\nInvited and crowds
\nSpit polish and shine
\nSilk and jewels
\nPrecision and timing<\/p>\n
\nthat little catch, at their joy?<\/p>\n
\nno matter how nervous.
\nThey balance on the familiar
\nThe touch of hands, the look,
\nthe intimate smile.<\/p>\n
\nof this stately wedding –
\nwho gains more?
\nMy kind wishes to them
\nor for me, their hopeful happiness.<\/p>\n
\nstay open to love, be kind,
\nsing for each other.
\nOr is that message from them
\nto me?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n