♡ flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities in the world ♡
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hi euphory!! it's been ages since napo but i just wanted to say the poem u commented on was dorothea coded, it was so inspired by that song and im so glad you could see it <3333
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just wanted to pop in and say that you're awesome, Euph!! ^-^ thanks for spreading so much positivity on the site <333 like omg, how are your comments so sweet and insightful :'DD and your poetry is so beautiful and visceral and fabulous too!! i hope you have a splendid day~
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!!! #ThePeoplesPick because we are always hungry for more poetry !!!
I bet you have no idea what a Cordillera - or atleast I had no idea, that is, until I read Leaving the familiar Cordillera by @DreamyAlice from The end of 14th year of me. It's introspective and vibrant, with a narrator that questions their mind and turns endings and ruins into hopes and new beginnings - the perfect note to begin, and now, end NaPo with <3
Since Alice's poem was the starter to her thread, the next poem has to be the ending of one - and I loved poems #37 and #38 from deluge by @Meshugenah. They are literal poetry treasures, because they speak about buried pasts and lost homes and how everything changes and still, everything is the very same. Poignant, thought provoking, and bittersweet <3
Since I mentioned treasures, I have to mention gems. Or rocks. (Yes, my transitions are undeniably un-smooth). The poem, i like rocks, but they have no powers by @FireEyes from lipstick stains on wet walls also likens their subject to a rock, more specifically, malachite, and subverts the idea of toxicity and utility and flips them over into beauty, which has to be treated well and has no need of being useful. How does that work? You'll just have to read the poem to find out! It's such a fresh dynamic and unique point of view, that makes it very much a must read <3
And that's all for now <3 (and might do this if I get the time to before the badges are given omg)
DreamyAlice Thanks Euphory<3333 I loved all your poems as well, this Napo was a blast!!!
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IT'S TIME FOR A #ThePeoplesPick GOLD RUSH BECAUSE SOMEHOW APRIL HAS COME AND GONE AND THERE IS STILL SO MUCH POETRY TO SCREAM ABOUT
Speaking of April, cottages and domesticity are my kind of spring vibes, and these themes are so lovingly explored in The Cottage by @Liminality from Better than a Duty, Better than a Debt to Pay. It's so very tender, with musings on slow-living and solitude and tiny woodland creatures, and it's a poem I'd like to live in forever <3
Another one that tugs at my heartstrings is this poem by @weathervane from when punching mattresses get old - it dives into hopeless romanticism, but without the usual triteness, and rather, with care and caution all at once. The words flow beautifully, and my favorite lines are the very last ones, which sound like they're straight out a love letter. <3
To add another word to add to the alliteration of love letters - lullabies. And this poetic medium was indeed explored by @Ventomology with Ten: A Lullaby for Those Who Stay Up Too Late from Where am I even going? I have never enjoyed sleepless nights, but perhaps the silver lining is now I can fully enjoy this lullaby, which feels like its stroking your head and putting you to sleep, urging you to leave the never ending stack of work behind - a reminder many of us deserve. <3 (And there's an incredible recording of it to accompany it - it's a tearjerker for sure)
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alliyah wrote:Missing NaPo?
Well you can still check out the chicken poems produced this April - I've tried to collect all the chicken poems from NaPo for you, did I miss any?
in which I finally write a chicken poem by @niteowl
Chicken Spin Triolet (with art!) by @Rook
Thoughts of a 12pm cyclist by @ForeverYoung299
A Chicken also by @Rook
definitely not resentful by @TheSilverFox (okay - actually about "chicken-scratch" but still!) and heron's nest
neighbor kids by @starshipgirl
the cottage by @Liminality
this is the same way of flirting as birds by @LuxLuthor
April 26th by @Snoink <3
last person to post here poem that somehow escaped by napo thread but does in fact include chickens by @alliyah
Enjoy reading!
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IcyFlame wrote:And claim your Camp NaNo badges too!!alliyah wrote:
Please Claim Your NaPo Badges
There are many unfinished badge posts in the NaPo forum. :] Did you write 5 poems or make 5 comments or attend 5 poetry jams during April? Then you may be eligible for a NaPo badge! Log your activity and claim your badge here. It really helps if you tell us whether you think you earned Poem A Day / NaPo Completion etc too, and number your poems... somewhere in an index or on the poems themselves.
Please claim your NaPo Badges here as soon as you can, and let a Poetry Crew member know if you are still logging your comments / need more time. Thank you!
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LadySpark wrote:April 23rd #PCrewPick
Sunday is here (I know, already?!) and that means I get to feature another poem I've been enjoying this week from the many NaPo threads to choose from this year. Today, my eye was drawn to a poem by @niteowl, not just because I completely unintentionally gave her the idea when I said, pretty unhappily, "all I can think about are standard deviations" (re: my thesis). Several weeks later, nite has taken my statement and created a narrative about the experience of growing older but not fitting into the mold of what society might model as the "right" way. This poem gripped me for the same reason many of nite's poems leave my spell bound, the mix of everyday, gritty language enfolded with fresh, unique perspective and metaphor. Nite's poetic voice is one that is so distinctly her's, and I love the cadence and rhythm that each poem uses to its advantage as it weaves an experience or perspective in front of you. Excellent work, and worth checking out the rest of Nite's thread, The past is not clay, but the future is not stone.
Don't forget you can feature your own favorite poems from this years NaPo using the #PeoplesPick hashtag. Also, you can check out any #PCrewPick s you may have missed in the The PCrewPick Hall of Fame!
See you next week for our final PCrewPick!
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Hijinks wrote:
Today's #PCrewPick is a poem from WeepingWisteria's NaPo thread Signed, the Universe. Faer poem touches on some heavy ideas about how suffering and sacrifice can sometimes be idolized by those around us, and the effects that can have on our own self-perception. Check out this captivating opening:Can we talk about how
shooting stars are just painful deaths
broadcasted across a velvet movie screen
Go give the rest of this poignant poem a read right here! If poems written from the perspective of various planets intrigue you, then you should definitely give the rest of their thread a look, as well.
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Sep 8, 2023