14 - The Waiting Room

Where are you waiting?
In the waiting room.
Why are you waiting?
Because we hope for what is to come.
What are you waiting for?
Whatever comes.
Hoping it doesn't.

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13 - Waiting

Time has become a vice.
And every second twists the screw a little further.
Time has become a rack,
where every minute stretches out the nerves.
The waiting is never over (we even wait to wait).
Until it is.

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12 - Trust

These days we walk in strange and unaccustomed paths,
with alien plants and soporific scents.
We know the route.
We’ve seen the signposts,
and we hope that other people know the way.

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11 - Sharing

You have become a glass being.
A transparent shape of greys and shadows.
I can see your outlines and your workings,
and the secrets you keep close,
but not what they mean.
You don’t wish to share.
You never wish to share.

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10 - The Way of Things

Sunlight.
Daylight.
Day.
And today the sun is almost welcome.
Trees grow straight.
Dogs run fast,
and we still have hope.

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9 - This and That

In such a state of that pain,
it is clear that this pain cannot come too soon.
They will fight, and one will lose.
The other will withdraw,
If all goes well.

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8 - Flowers

Flowers on the shelf.
They remind you that there is
a world and you have a place,
and the place is colour
and the form of beauty.

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7 - Bright, Loud and Sharp

If the light is bright enough,
the darkness will not overcome it.
If the sound is loud enough
the silence will not smother it.
If the pain is sharp enough,
sleep will not wash it away.

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6 - Bedside Manners

How would you like me to be?
What is the right way for today?
What is the best comfort for me to do?
What shall I say, today.
What is best for you

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My poem is called Exquisite Torture and it's one of my longest poems to date. I like it alot, maybe more than I like this book. It's close;)

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5 - The Vigil

I've had my share of pain,
and it runs through my head
in those hours beside your bed
but watching you I know how
it is nothing like the pain of now.

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4 - The River

Pain is a river, always flowing,
sometimes hardly a trickle,
sometimes overwhelming,
but always flowing.

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3 - The Monster

All night you've been fighting,
and it's a jealous monster, with green claws.
Morning sees it slink back to its lair.
Undefeated, waiting for the dark.

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2

Success, they tell me, but to me,
success means lack of pain.
No more pain
and life to go on as before.
To them, success means
wave you out the door.

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A Song of Hope
A tanka by J.D. Dawson

Sing to me of Spring
Of blooming flowers and trees
With signs of new life
Warmer climes and longer days
And better times soon to come

Prompt provided by www.napowrimo.net

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1.
To start, the pain is sharp,
a broken edge of glass,
enough to carve bloody lines
across your forehead.

My only wish is that
whatever let you sleep still let you,
and that your tired eyes
did not meet mine.

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First poem of the month written just after midnight titled Customer Service addressing form letters, automated replies, and other idiocy.

Longest poem to date. Lots of idiocy.

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Poetry Roundup for the Month of April: 47 drafted in my Notes app and 7 handwritten. 3 shared online. Publishable? TBD Na/GloPoWriMo National/Global Poetry Writing Month #NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo #NaGloPoWriMo #AprilPoetry #Poetry

Poetry Roundup for the Month of April: 47 drafted in my Notes app and 7 handwritten. 3 shared online. Publishable? TBD

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Wrote another poem tonight, along the lines of my previous post, self-therapy. In this case, trying to determine if I am a narcissist.

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Wrote another poem today, this one based on "I don't miss you, I miss who I thought you were." Tentatively titled "Until you broke it."

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Today's poem is one for my son. Hoping he likes it as much as his little sister liked hers.

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Started another poem but it's a hot mess and I can't decide if it'll ever amount to anything. I think the subject matter is too close to my heart to sort out how I feel. Worth exploring...

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Drafted a weird slant rhyme this morning. My husband (the lyricist) would hate it so of course I'll show it to him when he wakes up;) I should learn his handle so I can tag him...

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Drafted a poem to vent my longing for a permanent residence, which I've never had in my entire life. Hopeful, sad, and a little resentful, the words didn't make me feel any better.

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Created a new poem to explain the need to flirt with my husband at an absolutely unsuitable time. Called it "Giddiness" and decided that flirtiness needs to be a word. Decided the spelling based on happiness.

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Today's poem is a character profile on my youngest child. She drives me crazy but is so endearing ...

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Today's poem was inspired by a news story on FB, which I've titled "How The World Ends." No, it's not aliens.

Spoiler warning: we do it to ourselves.

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Angry with news of intended cuts to the #LGBTQ crisis line in the US, I wrote another angry poem to vent my rage.

Third poem today, and definitely the best.

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Decided to draft another character poem. Relatively easy but absolutely unpublishable. I need to try writing them as a poet would describe them. Apparently I'm not the poet.

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Tried poetry today but my brain wouldn't cooperate. Maybe later.

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