NaPoWriMo Day 4

"Lambs"

Where have these come from?
Where are they going?
Do they know what they are getting into?
Are they aware of what awaits them
At the end?
Would it change their feelings now,
Dampen their happiness,
Circumvent their smiles?
Or would it change nothing,
Their fate decided in a larger,
More cosmic design
Of which they secretly approve?

NaPoWriMo Day 3

Dark and lonely water

We are drawn to it

Seeing the nothingness in its depths

Stillness and decay mixed together

Bottomless pit of peace

Calm

Silent

Dead

The teeming microbes say otherwise

NaPoWriMo Day 2

"Rain"

The heavens have opened up
Once again
And the floods are covering the earth
Once again
But I am no second Noah
And all I can do is curse
The skies.

NaPoWriMo Day 1

"Beginnings"

Often the beginning is messy
Like a piece of paper full of marks
That haven't found the sonnet yet.
Often the beginning is boring
Like countless scales and arpeggios
Before you can play the sumptuous sonata.
Sometimes you want the beginning to be over quickly.
Like a leap into deep, cold water,
The worst part is often
The beginning.

NaPoWriMo 2012

April 1 is the first day of NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month) 2012.  Each day for the 30 days of April, the participants in this casual online gathering write one poem on any topic.  These poems can be posted on one's blog, or not.  (NaPoWriMo is not the writing machine that NaNoWriMo is, for sure, but I kind of like that -- it's more like what NaNoWriMo was when it started years ago, before it became something of a big business.)  I am posting about NaPoWriMo here because I plan to participate in it, and post each day's poem here.

You are skeptical.

I can see it on your face.

You are thinking about the 31 Days of My Favorite Writing Instruments plan, back in January, where I blogged about my favorite pens and pencils.

TWO of them, NOT 31.

Well, I never let the facts and reality get in the way of my enthusiasm.  So I am planning on writing a poem a day in April, and posting each poem here.  They will be dying works of art, for sure, but it will be the act (and regularity, hopefully) of writing that will be important here.

Wish me luck!

Review: Palomino HB Pencil

Next up, in my 31-day tour through my favorite writing instruments: the Palomino HB pencil from California Republic (the makers of the now more famous Palomino Blackwing pencil).

 

 

Review: PaperMate Write Bros. Black Medium Point Pen

The first in my 31 days of favorite/interesting writing instruments!  Comments are welcome.