Okay, I need to play catch-up, here! I haven’t gotten to post for a couple of days, so this will be a long one! Hang in there with me!
For Monday, the prompt was to write an aubade. Napowrimo.net describes an aubade as, “morning poems, about dawn and daybreak. Many aubades take the form of lovers’ morning farewells, but . . . “ The challenge was to write an aubade to Monday, so here goes!
Monday Aubade
The moon watches
The sun awaken
Knowing that few
Will welcome its shine.
The moon snickers
Just a bit
To hear the cries,
“Just a little more time!”
The challenge for yesterday was to write a poem about money. There were so many ways to go with this one, but this is what I ended up with:
Evil Roots
You are touted
As the root
Of all evil.
Actually, it’s
The love of you.
I weep not for your
Poor reputation.
I feel you’ve plenty
Of love to see you through.
Today’s prompt is to write a palinode. A palinode is a poem in which you retract an earlier opinion. Here is mine:
Palinode on a Friend
At first, she was
An intolerable bore.
At first, she thought
Herself above
The likes of me.
At firs,t she looked
As though she smelled
The rankest of odors
As I walked into the room.
At last, she looked
As though I might
Be interesting.
At last, she thought
She might be wrong.
At last, she is
The greatest friend
That I could
Ever know.
That was for you, Shelly!
Whew! Finally caught up! Thanks for sticking with me! I’ll see you all tomorrow!
For Monday, the prompt was to write an aubade. Napowrimo.net describes an aubade as, “morning poems, about dawn and daybreak. Many aubades take the form of lovers’ morning farewells, but . . . “ The challenge was to write an aubade to Monday, so here goes!
Monday Aubade
The moon watches
The sun awaken
Knowing that few
Will welcome its shine.
The moon snickers
Just a bit
To hear the cries,
“Just a little more time!”
The challenge for yesterday was to write a poem about money. There were so many ways to go with this one, but this is what I ended up with:
Evil Roots
You are touted
As the root
Of all evil.
Actually, it’s
The love of you.
I weep not for your
Poor reputation.
I feel you’ve plenty
Of love to see you through.
Today’s prompt is to write a palinode. A palinode is a poem in which you retract an earlier opinion. Here is mine:
Palinode on a Friend
At first, she was
An intolerable bore.
At first, she thought
Herself above
The likes of me.
At firs,t she looked
As though she smelled
The rankest of odors
As I walked into the room.
At last, she looked
As though I might
Be interesting.
At last, she thought
She might be wrong.
At last, she is
The greatest friend
That I could
Ever know.
That was for you, Shelly!
Whew! Finally caught up! Thanks for sticking with me! I’ll see you all tomorrow!