Starting The New Year With A New Batch Of Poems

As always, these poems are prompted by Tanweer Dar’s #MastoPrompt word of the day over on Mastodon. He’s on a large server that is federated with most significant server, so if you’re a writer, give his challenge a try. Some folks do #SmallPoems, others do #MicroFiction.

I’ve just been doing the poetry challenge but starting today, I’m adding microfiction. I’m cheating tho. I’m writing snippets using characters that have been living in my head for over a decade. I’ll start posting those next week. Anyhoo, here’s this week’s poems:

Vestige

Summer has vanished
Without a vestige of warmth
Don’t forget your coat

Repeat

Repeat the things that
bring laughter, love, and joy.
Minimize the rest.

Minimal

Minimal effort
just a few words each morning
poetry habit

Crevice

Fell in a crevice
between awake and asleep
got a reset day

Last

May today be the
last day of your life that you
blame yourself for it

(this one hit a nerve with a lot of folks. Did it affect you, too?)

Dawn

I am not a lawn

It dawns on me now
that all my fears were planted
to keep me docile

I fight against fear
Mow it like weeds and brambles
Uncontrollable.

Neck

I’ll stick my neck out
It’s likely to get chopped off,
perhaps dull their axe.

Some thoughts on this week’s poems

I struggled to “feel” it this week. All the same, I wrote something every day, and I think most of them came out okay. I stuck with the haiku structure all week (Dawn is a leading line and then two haiku) which is unusual. I find that when I’m struggling, structure is good, and haiku is a particularly strict structure, which can be useful.

If you are thinking of getting into a writing habit, a daily poem can be a good way to start. You don’t have to be like me and share it with the world. Keep it somewhere private if you prefer. There are a lot of benefits to daily writing, not least of which are mental health benefits. In any case, I hope you like my poems. Please leave a comment letting me know what you thought.

Thank you

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