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mischievous stars, who led on the sun,
but could not stop from falling in love with the moon.

it tears itself apart and remakes itself constantly,
water freezing and ice melting, shattering rocks,
winds picking up all the pieces and hurling them
down cliff-faces,

Quillfeather wrote:

PCrew Pick April 30th

We have made it! It's officially the end of Napo. There's been so many wonderful poets, full and creative threads, poetic poems, and many fun events! Some of us completed our goals, and some of us didn't. But all of us expanded our poetry collection, read more poems, and contributed to the napo community over the course of this month.

And as we have highlighted amazing poets throughout this month we have one more poetry pick.
Todays pick is from the thread The Long Drive already a full thread and the specific poem is Sunday Sonnet #4 : 04/28 by @Ventomology

This poem uses a wealth of imagery that really puts the reader in the setting. Of starting on a new life journey, standing in an empty apartment. Expertly created. It ponders the nature of connections and the unknowns of life. One of my favorite lines was this

Will people that I meet become true friends
or, just as last time, when my time here ends
will our acquaintance die as a mere sprout?

It has such beautiful langue and definitely brings out the emotion of the piece.
I would definitely recommend reading the rest of Ventomology's thread.

Great job this napo poets!
#PCrewPick #NaPo24

Quillfeather wrote:

PCrew Pick April 30th

We have made it! It's officially the end of Napo. There's been so many wonderful poets, full and creative threads, poetic poems, and many fun events! Some of us completed our goals, and some of us didn't. But all of us expanded our poetry collection, read more poems, and contributed to the napo community over the course of this month.

And as we have highlighted amazing poets throughout this month we have one more poetry pick.
Todays pick is from the thread The Long Drive already a full thread and the specific poem is Sunday Sonnet #4 : 04/28 by @Ventomology

This poem uses a wealth of imagery that really puts the reader in the setting. Of starting on a new life journey, standing in an empty apartment. Expertly created. It ponders the nature of connections and the unknowns of life. One of my favorite lines was this

Will people that I meet become true friends
or, just as last time, when my time here ends
will our acquaintance die as a mere sprout?

It has such beautiful langue and definitely brings out the emotion of the piece.
I would definitely recommend reading the rest of Ventomology's thread.

Great job this napo poets!
#PCrewPick #NaPo24

Will people that I meet become true friends
or, just as last time, when my time here ends
will our acquaintance die as a mere sprout?

alliyah wrote:Lim's thread is a must-read!

Hijinks wrote:

April 28th PCrewPick

Today's #PCrewPick is the poem Sketch by @Liminality. This poem takes a good look at the messiness and imperfection that is often a necessary part of the creation process. (Very timely, as NaPo draws to a close!) In the second stanza, Lim draws a connection between this process and the process of creating friendships and relationships. I found the poem to be really thought provoking—and overall it has a calm, steady energy that is very enjoyable.

This has to be my favourite line:

the muted energy of drawing on a rainy day.

Go give the rest of Lim's thread a read! She's written so many amazing structured poems that cover an impressively wide variety of themes. And check out previous #PCrewPicks from this month in The PCrewPick Hall of Fame! #NaPo24

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Hijinks wrote:

April 28th PCrewPick

Today's #PCrewPick is the poem Sketch by @Liminality. This poem takes a good look at the messiness and imperfection that is often a necessary part of the creation process. (Very timely, as NaPo draws to a close!) In the second stanza, Lim draws a connection between this process and the process of creating friendships and relationships. I found the poem to be really thought provoking—and overall it has a calm, steady energy that is very enjoyable.

This has to be my favourite line:

the muted energy of drawing on a rainy day.

Go give the rest of Lim's thread a read! She's written so many amazing structured poems that cover an impressively wide variety of themes. And check out previous #PCrewPicks from this month in The PCrewPick Hall of Fame! #NaPo24

the muted energy of drawing on a rainy day.

print("-.. | -..")

print("because i cannot become, because i am a lost cause, because all i cause is calamity")

print(".- | ---")

print(me == you) #False . because we are not equal.

It’s the devil’s whistles that I hear
A constant hum on every side
With increasing volume and pitch
Pointy pins pressing on my brain

there are acres of light
on my desk, and i am a kaleidoscope of everything
that is wrong with me.

Meshugenah wrote:

Daily PCrewPick: April 20

Every day during NaPo a Poetry Crew Member will pick a different poem that stood out to them from that given week to highlight. All recipients of the "PCrew Pick" will be collected in our "PCrew Pick Hall of Fame" and receive an exclusive badge at the end of the month.

I was possibly a bit over excited when @Hannah appeared and started NaPo this year - I mean, an old YWS friend, excellent poet, and someone else who's also been 'round these parts possibly too long? Yes, please!

Her poetry has long been a favorite, but I'm really enjoying the new depths being explored. Hannah has this ability to take a moment or an idea and paint a vivid image, or evoke a specific emotion.

we are preparing
our own soft gray pre-dawn stillness
for someone to remember after passed decades

I could quote the entire final stanza from today's poem, nostalgia tastes different now, but those lines just pack a punch. Couple that with her title? Yes, please. I love a good mixing of senses, and nostalgia having a taste is delicious - especially with a poem not about food.


#PCrewPick #NaPo24

we are preparing
our own soft gray pre-dawn stillness
for someone to remember after passed decades

EllieMae wrote:

This is a tad bit late, but I wanted to highlight an incredible poem I read yesterday! The #PCrewPick for April 19th is Be A Lion by @AmayaStatham!

This lovely poem contains a wonderful drawing of a lion, with written text. The short but sweet message is powerful. I love Amaya’s poetry! She often blows me away with all of the variety of themes and ideas she uses in her writing. Here is a quote that I wanted to share:

Stand up
for yourself

let your roar echo through
every doubt of yourself

I hoppy you all can take a look at this lovely poem and check out the rest of the #PCrewPics in the Hall of Fame! Happy reading and writing!

#NaPo2024

Stand up
for yourself

let your roar echo through
every doubt of yourself

in this time machine time is meaningless
there is no place just the destination
there is no rewind you can only choose
places to wind up in the future dizzy
confused covered in bruises
the crows are omens here
and many sit beside you

they say events repeat
disassociation is a time machine

The broom bristles against the floorboards, dislodging ashes of forgotten fires, I sweep away fragments of love and loss,
As if spring cleaning could mend life’s frayed wires.

Spearmint wrote:Y E S loved this one

Hijinks wrote:

April 14th PCrewPick

Today's #PCrewPick is a poem by @GengarIsBestBoy called The Turtle who was Raised by Deer! If "petrichor", "insipid" and "cervine" are some of your favourite words, like me, then you're sure to love this poem. Using an unusual combination of forest and underwater imagery, Gengar has created some intensely vivid and poignant descriptions. There are so many beautiful sound devices like assonance and alliteration throughout the poem, as well, especially in the closing couplet:

the turtle will always look past the trees
and long for the scent of the sea

Go give the rest of Gengar's poem (and thread) a read! And check out other #PCrewPicks in The PCrewPick Hall of Fame! Don't forget that you can spread the poetry love and shoutout other people's poems using the hashtag ThePeoplesPick, as well. #NaPo24

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Hijinks wrote:

April 14th PCrewPick

Today's #PCrewPick is a poem by @GengarIsBestBoy called The Turtle who was Raised by Deer! If "petrichor", "insipid" and "cervine" are some of your favourite words, like me, then you're sure to love this poem. Using an unusual combination of forest and underwater imagery, Gengar has created some intensely vivid and poignant descriptions. There are so many beautiful sound devices like assonance and alliteration throughout the poem, as well, especially in the closing couplet:

the turtle will always look past the trees
and long for the scent of the sea

Go give the rest of Gengar's poem (and thread) a read! And check out other #PCrewPicks in The PCrewPick Hall of Fame! Don't forget that you can spread the poetry love and shoutout other people's poems using the hashtag ThePeoplesPick, as well. #NaPo24

the turtle will always look past the trees
and long for the scent of the sea

9. you're calling on a sunday afternoon, and yet i'm the crazy one

i told my psychiatrist
i had visions of swirling stars
and sunflowers and men without ears.

perhaps i should have mentioned
that i was at the van gogh exhibit.

EllieMae wrote:

Hey friends! Can you believe that we are almost two full weeks into NaPo? Time is flying by! Ellie here with another incredible #PCrewPick for April 12

Todays PCrew Pick is Feeling by @Elinor. This user has a wonderful theme of "When The Music's Over". I am blown away by her deep and beautiful poems, which portray a mix of emotions. Overall, I can tell that her poetry is deep, meaningful, and relatable.

Here is a quote from her poem that I loved!

still, I search, because
something is missing.
the feeling of a kiss,
of knowing that I'm loved,
that you love me,
that I won't leave this world
alone.

Be sure to give this incredible poem a read and to check out the rest of the PCrew Pick Hall of Fame! Have a wonderful day and happy writing!!

still, I search, because
something is missing.
the feeling of a kiss,
of knowing that I'm loved,
that you love me,
that I won't leave this world
alone.

Love is like sour grapes
That sometimes turn sweet in your mouth based on pure luck
Love is like the feeling of happiness you get when spring transitions into summer
Love is when you feel so happy and loved that you want to burst into a thousand different pieces of light and float so high you can touch the stars
Do you believe we turn into stars when we die?
It would be lovely if we could watch over our loved ones and they could watch over us
Beautiful, shimmering stars