NaPoWriMo #25

wander
by ds hearn




with speed thoughts pass unbidden
working across time zones splitting
hairs or lack of inspiration
in this voice void of time
without time
stuck in time
not my own

NaPoWriMo #24

in the cube 
by ds hearn




your voice too loud
your words break tears in my ears
my teeth grate try to smile
ignore the staccato of irritation
building as i try
to ignore the beating
words on words in my head
can't hear myself think
think
breath
think
extravagant luxurious hot tubs
take me away
i can't
i'm working
words of exasperation i can't say
words
work
breath
tick silent clock tock
tick breath
tock beat
word
falls
breath
sigh

NaPoWriMo #23

saturday morning without clouds
by ds hearn




sun brings lawn mowers
waking to birds laughter heat
cars being washed steam

NaPoWriMo #22

before coffee when the cat still sleeps
by ds hearn




there is a moment
when her green eyes open. blink.
soul shines heart beats. blink.

NaPoWriMo #21

determination or stubbornness
by dshearn




and yet she persists
(me) against the odds i try
counting down minutes

NaPoWriMo #20

finger on the button of nuclear annihilation
ds hearn


one hundred days. breathe.
one hundred and one days. out.
one day more. heartbeat.

NaPoWriMo #19

when you say you have something for me but you only want blood
ds hearn


aggitation screams
floating on a cloud like tears
your voice in my head

NaPoWriMo #17

After "Spiritrial" His Rhythm in My Body, His Words Still Echo
DS Hearn

Coming into this space from the space of the work
the work of another on being in his body
in his body and subject to color blind obviously not
a body held and controlled or attempt to control
but the heart and the mind say
no
color of his skin determines impressions
from outside
assumptions of intent or possible action not depedent
on reality because they are not
color blind
heat of a truth in his body in his words
his activism born of survival being pushed down
being pushed away being swung by the gut
being in the moment when trickling spiritual senses
smile pull him in when survival says
smile and be the good one
no
be good and be true
his truth
speak it

NaPoWriMo #16

I'm so far behind that calling each poem "day #xx" seems silly.

So I'll just number them

It's the last day of NaPoWriMo and I'm only halfway there.


Lives in my Body
DS Hearn

I'm learning about my body
words written in my body no words on my body
silent scars tears adhesions steeled for more
everlasting trauma infused in my dna or is it
move it through breathe it through
write it out
sticky
may not be
eradicated
but sticky
is only part of the story

NaPoWriMo Day 13 2017

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Cinquain
"This form still consists of five lines, but now has a specific syllable count starting with a two syllable line, and followed by three lines which increase by two syllables each time and the final line reverting to a two syllable line again."



politics on my mind
DS Hearn


resist
pay attention
lies and obfuscation
perpetuating hate, dis-ease
reach pull
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NaPoWriMo Day 12 2017

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This is a tanka poem. The history of tanka and the overview of the form.


the world swirls and we come together
DS Hearn


ire of the women
stillness not necessary
words swallowed hearts beat
trees on the wind empowered
swim in the ocean. life source
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NaPoWriMo Day 11 2017

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But on day 16 because I'm super late and super behind.


Failed Attempt at Rhyme
DS Hearn

I should write a limerick
Then jump, or skip, or kick
Cuz words will fail me so
I'll sit, relax now go go go
Look, my poetry is dancing on a stick.
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NaPoWriMo Day 10 2017

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Upside Down
DS Hearn


If I could tell you
That everything is okay
Would you believe me?
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NaPoWriMo Day 9 2017

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Re-Entry
DS Hearn


words of your words mine
echoing circling forward
enter my dream. breathe
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NaPoWriMo Day 8 2017

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The Stories We Are Told Are Not Us
DS Hearn


the words we bring are
not the entirety of
our being. blood flows
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NaPoWriMo Day 7 2017

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Arriving at Re-Vision
DS Hearn


velvet chairs hearken
nostrils awakened by fire
hearts enter the room
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NaPoWriMo Day 6 2017

Haiku 

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Tears and Outrage at Building the War We Don't Want

DS Hearn

leveling players

field in state of overgrown

retaliation

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NaPoWriMo Day 5 2017

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Today, haiku.

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Friendship After an Absence

DS Hearn

hazel eyes downcast

painted toes reach enter sand

whispers, where have you been?

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NaPoWriMo Day 4 2017

Another etheree for the month. New, raw, writing.


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Writing to Fill Abandoned Spaces
DS Hearn


pen
often
words scrambling
meaning evades
blank paper daring
bold emergence pink eyes
which cannot be contained stare
indication of innocence
forgiveness repealed autonomy
taken turned back into blatant revolt
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NaPoWriMo Day 30 : Farewell (for now)

And the final writing prompt from NaPoWriMo for 2014:

Today, as befits the final poem of NaPoWriMo, I challenge you to write a poem of farewell. It doesn’t have to be goodbye forever — like I said, NaPoWriMo will be back again next year. If you need a little inspiration, you might find some in perusing this selection of goodbye-and-good-luck poems from the Poetry Foundation website.

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FAREWELL
an etheree
by Dot

bye
for now
another
month sets, thirty 
poems written, one
each day from prompts profound.
some wild, some free, some form bound.
each unique, created with heart
chasing passion and exploration
dreaming on the page in transformations.

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