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niteowl Thank you!
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niteowl Thank you!
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Todays grumbling about being old-apparently we’re now selling “flared leggings with pockets”-ma’am, those are yoga pants. Even if only 0.001 percent of people actually wore them for yoga lol.
Quillfeather ... /flared/ leggings? But- but why
May 25, 2023
niteowl Because we can’t call them yoga pants and flared jeans are back until gen Z gets tired of dirty jean ends I guess?
May 25, 2023
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alliyah
May 15, 2023
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Congratulations on winning April Madness!! I loved your final poem so much, and your entire napo thread was phenomenal. I always love keeping up with your writing!
niteowl Omg thank you! I’m honestly stunned-your entry and your poems in general are all so good I didn’t expect to win at all.
May 10, 2023
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That awkward moment when you find out your NINETY-SIX year old grandma has a more active love life than you. She’s apparently seeing an 81 year old man named Tony whose wife died 9 months ago and had been sick for several years before that. Maybe this means my time will come eventually?
BluesClues omg I adore everything about this
May 9, 2023
BluesClues except the part where your love life is not that good I guess, sorry 😅
May 9, 2023
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So uh I made it to the finals of April Madness?!?! Wondering if the judges all got hit in the head or something lmao.
Anyway, hoping I ended the thread on a bang here. Didn't get to 30, but at least I made it past the halfway point lol. The past is not clay, but the future is not stone
Links to all the audio recordings I did on Friday for your listening pleasure (they're all linked in the thread as well but I just realized it would be better if they were all in one place lol). I do! I did quite a few even though the jam was cancelled, I decided my voice sounded not-terrible so I went with it. https://voca.ro/15zUSbWndcPr standard deviations: https://vocaroo.com/1oELQDQSxNmr slippery slope of rmembering https://vocaroo.com/1iMfJV9w9OcU i could have written you the world https://vocaroo.com/1sHv8wijUgC6 cynical love poem https://vocaroo.com/1b5EVN5Iqo99 always born for dying (a song that as usual sounded better in my head lol https://vocaroo.com/169TJRcbAHiE
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The vocal jam may have been cancelled, but I felt weirdly into my voice today for once so I recorded some of my NaPo poems (and one song that needs help but still). This one is a bit over the top but whatever I love it. The past is not clay, but the future is not stone
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Kind of a meh prom, but I really need to expand on “the cave of wondering if I can even love at all” because it’s just begging to be its own poem. I also have a couple other things I’ve written but need to type up for sharing.
The past is not clay, but the future is not stone
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Me-internally rages whenever someone uses a vague subject line in work emails
Also me-somehow hit something instead of the space bar that led to me sending an email with the subject “Fry” (Fry’s is the store name I needed). Actually apologized to the recipient of the email over Teams lol
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Def wasn't expecting a second PCrew Pick! Thanks guys! I've def fallen behind quantity-wise this year, but glad people are liking the ones I have written.
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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So uh somehow I've advanced further than I ever have in April Madness despite feeling like this has not been a great NaPo? Weird. Anyway I finally wrote a chicken poem, though it's rather weird. The past is not clay, but the future is not stone
alliyah ohmygosh! Chickens!!
Apr 23, 2023
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Are people who record entire concerts on their phone annoying? Yes. Am I weirdly grateful for the folks doing a livestream on Tiktok for the eras tour so I can watch it every night with a few thousand of my closest friends? Also yes. Am I seriously considering streaming myself when I go in June? Maybe lol
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