#napowrimo day 25

[torrentialmonsoon]

every time i see you the heartbreak repeats like the dj breaking beats, making music for you to enjoy. i'm tired of music reminding me of you. just sick and tired of seeing you.

[beautifleye]

Proust Questionnaire

Sitting on a bench people watching Unable to see the day the cure releases this disease from me Trying to defeat this petty person that lives inside of me Selfishness triggers animosity that uncovers ignorance My mother is my shero for a myriad of reasons Food has always been an extravagance that hasn’t been the healthiest Melancholy tirades have left me in sullen moods Kindness sometimes…

[writinginnorthnorfolk]

[when i think of you]

after e.e. cummings i see your bike left haphazard on the edge of the forbidden cricket pitch fringed with golden hued birds-foot trefoil and clover, sky overhead cross-hatched with vapour trails, like the lines that sketch your face now; your face then was freckled, your breath sweet with bubble gum, lips stained orange with the juice of a Jubbly (do you remember, it was the cheapest ice…

[blackinkmess]

NaPoWriMo 2023 - Day 25

Your gentle hands sliding across my skin looking for the place where you will begin. You feel the energy remember the landscape you loved to travel. We’ve bided our time waiting to get it right, but it will be worth the journey. After the distance we’ve endured, it feels so good to return. 

[wheatfieldspoet]

awakening

soft, i turn around to look at you after catching my breath and think about how nice this is: laying next to you, so close, unsleeping in this comfortable silence of smiles

when you complain about the cold, i huddle closer (i fear you can hear my heart but then i press my hand to your chest and feel yours race— i see, the both of us are conducting electricity)

your fingers come to dance on my back knowingly and i fold into myself like a makahiya plant (in english, a “touch-me-not”, but that’s not truthful in this moment), my voice shrinking along

the sound of your quiet laugh tickles my ear; i lift my gaze to find yours waiting and you kiss me, petal-soft, and i wilt in your hands until you make me bloom under your touch again

a tv show we did not finish said that the night is dark and full of terrors; talk to me until the sun comes up, until it cascades through the curtains and we blame our squinted smiles on the light

— jade a.

escapril day 30: “do you hear that?”

@poetryorchard day 30: the quiet romance of sleeplessness

napowrimo day 25: Write a love poem that names at least one flower, contains one parenthetical statement, and has some lines break in unusual places (in the style of somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond by e. e. cummings).

[ialwayscomewhenyoucall]

Sometime Past Sunrise

Izzy feels… warm. He’s comfortable like he hasn’t been in months, since before all this fucking nonsense with the Revenge and Stede fucking Bonnet.

And then the night before comes back and he blinks his eyes open to find his head resting on Bonnet’s chest.

Fuck.

He’s feeling safe and comfortable cuddled up to—

Thought you’d sleep the day away, Iz.

Izzy startles; Ed’s voice, low and sonorous, is close enough to his ear that breath ghosts across his skin. His bare skin.

’s not like you to miss the sunrise, Ed says.

Oh hush, Stede scolds. He works harder than anyone else on this ship, he’s allowed a lie in.

Ed’s arm snakes around Izzy and he hooks his chin over Izzy’s shoulder. ‘course he can have a lie in. ’s just more fun if he’s awake.

Are you going to talk to me or just about me? Izzy growls.

Stede lifts Izzy’s chin, kisses him lightly. It’s a chaste kiss, not like others they’ve shared, but he feels himself relaxing into it all the same.

My apologies, Israel. Of course we want to hear your thoughts.

I—

His voice catches in his throat.

Stede’s eyes are so fucking earnest, so intent on hearing everything he has to say.

But— he’s not sure what to say. Edward’s crowded up behind him, molded up against Izzy’s spine, and Stede is looking at him like he’s some sort of precious treasure and—

Breakfast? he croaks.

Of course! Stede looks delighted.

I’m not letting you get away, Ed murmurs in his ear.

****

NaPoWriMo day 25 - stede/ed/izzy and morning for @vexbatch

[secretsinthedarkthepodcast]

NaPoWriMo (2024) Day 25: What is your greatest fear?

Day 25 has the brilliant questionnaire by Proust as our inspiration. And so this is mine! Forgotten thenThat we'll never know If someone read, if someone rememberedIf someone even pretended onceTo understand.Forgotten nowHow will we ever know That we matteredTill they stand on the bottom of the stairsOf the high-rise I plan to jump off ofAnd promise, not out of desperationBut genuine loveThat…

[astoryscribbler]

NaPoWriMo - Day 25

Still

You are never still

Don't believe the voices

That say you're stuck in place

trapped by puppet strings

Frozen in monotony

Because you are never still

Feel time tick in your lungs

Each breath brings the beat

That sets you moving

Through the rust and cobwebs

Yes you are never still

Every moment you stand in place

You still hurtle through space

Electricity flowing into 

Every step, every breath, 

Every blink

So you are never still

Even when you feel trapped

In cobwebs and wires

There's still time moving in your chest

Ready for you to move

[awyldepoetry]

Limelighter

Do you dance anytime that they ask, is it that? will you rise on command to amuse? And only the laughter, only the eyes seem to settle the restlessness in you brief, fleeting, you exasperate newly choreography you'll demean then deploy

Do I wait to be wound like a toy, is it that? do I suspend until I get to put on? And only the charm, only the wonder seem to soften the disquietude in me steady, lasting, I hold back, interlude games I'll rebuff, then play to win

-

A. Wylde

April 27th, 2024 NaPoWriMo 26/30 (Day 25 Prompt)

[mbfrezon]

https://quiltr.com/?p=24569

NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 25

Always be learning. • Practice. Persistence. Beauty. • Always do the work.

[pattytacuri]

Happy Poetry Month! Napowrimo-Day 25

It was a down day 🥹💔 Facts

[coloradomcpoeticslave]

Pearls draped around Columbines (Poem #20, NaPoWriMo 2024)

By Daniel Paiz April 20th is a date that means a lot of things across the United States. For some it’s a reference to smoking and partaking in marijuana-related activities. For others it’s a more somber day due to the events of the Columbine school shooting 25 years ago today. For Cypher Sessions, it’s our anniversary date as well, often celebrated with some NaPoWriMo. Twelve years ago, this…

[cendrineartist]

Call for submissions: The Auroras & Blossoms Magazine ( Issue 2)

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PoArtMo follows three major tenets:

Family-friendliness & clean language.

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Inclusivity and respect for all.

Inspired by NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month), PoArtMo seeks to promote positive and inspirational art and creativity, and has two long-term goals:

Give a voice to projects, concepts, and stories that foster positive discussions and outcomes; and

Build a nurturing, family-friendly community of like-minded individuals (ages 13 and over) around the world.

The Auroras & Blossoms Magazine gives a voice to writers whose work seeks to nurture hope and optimism.

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[mabhsavage]

NaPoWriMo Day 25: Lyta

Never in a million years Did I think I’d be meditating With Lyta Alexander Babylon 5 held and holds my heart Now dear Pat invites us to join her For meditation Fighting fear and dragons (And procrastination and bad habits But that’s maybe just me) Meditation doesn’t come easy To this frazzled neurology But she sits outside No silence Breathing suggestions – not rules I zone out…

[authormarialberg]

Poetry Month Challenges Day 25: Urge and Use

Poetry Month Challenges Day 25: Urge and Use #poetry #photography #abstractart #NaPoWriMo #PAD #AtoZChallenge #dVerse

Use in Urge by Maria L. Berg 2023 Urge & Use An urge can come from without—an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force—or within—an involuntary, natural, or instinctive impulse. An urge may come from within but then one may urge another to act on one’s urge. I’m not sure how I’m going to place urge on my chart. I found this interesting statement about “urge” in The Mind at…

[writeallywrite]

NaPoWriMo 2023: Day 25

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Day Twenty-Five Today’s prompt challenges you to also write a love poem, one that names at least one flower, contains one parenthetical statement, and in which at least some lines break in unusual places. I do not need regret,For all the love that I’ve had,Even all the heartbreaks,Will make me wiser (while being sad), Some are the sweetest,Some are the…