prolific nonsense

a pre-napo warmup

Poems:
1. SUBMITTED
2. you should know
3. [x]
4. [x]

here's everything else I wrote in april
here are some post-napo poems because apparently that's happening now



partnering with @Sonder in a goal of 4 poems for April. check out her thread here.

Not a NaPo poem, but I thought I'd post this anyway to show what I've done in preparation for April. This was an abandoned poem I found in one of my old journals and used for @alliyah and @Aley's Poetry Reviewing Workshop.

The original date on it is August 6, either 2016 or 2017. The workshop/publication date is March 16, 2019. You can see the published version here.

Poem 1: April 1

Two versions written hastily yesterday night. It was gonna be longer, but then I wrote it and went, "Nah." This is the version @alliyah and I decided on as the best.

[POEM DELETED FOR SUBMISSION PURPOSES]

Ooh, I love poem #1! That whole "not really an adult" feeling, caught in such a good image.

Thank ❤ I almost feel like I could cut the last two lines and let the image stand on its own, but idk.

Poem 2: April 8

Hastily composed in the grass outside of Campus Ministry. Title courtesy of @alliyah, but thanks to @LordStar for brainstorming titles with me as well. <3

Hey Blue! Wanted to stop by and say I really like both of these poems - the first has a lot of emotions packed in a few short lines, and number two does a great job of portraying someone's love for another. Excited to see what comes next!

Thank, @fraey! I feel,,,weirdly productive this NaPo??? Like I only have two completed(ish) poems so far, but it's only 9 days in and I'm halfway to my goal, and I have three more poems that are either started or have a draft done but need revision, and I have vague ideas for probably four other poems. I don't know if I'll go over my four-poem goal, but last year at this time I didn't have so much as an idea for a single poem.

these poems are so genuine, simple, yet sweet!

the other things I wrote in april

Strictly speaking, I did not meet my four-poem goal for this NaPoWriMo: I completed two poems to my own satisfaction, wrote down titles or single lines for many more, and angsted heartily over a probable series that never materialized to my own satisfaction.

The posts below are incomplete or rejected attempts at poetry, complete with crossings-out, additional ideas in the margins, and whatever angsty thoughts I had while writing. I did not include the titles/single lines if I never wrote any more for that particular idea.

Started April 2 during the dress rehearsal for the BCAN Arts Showcase, because there was a magician in the line-up. A few half-hearted attempts were made to take this one somewhere.

Written during class on April 8, when I was sitting there listening to the birds as I waited for peer feedback on a paper.

Random bits of sensory detail I scribbled down on April 8 while lying in the grass behind Campus Ministry. The quote at the bottom comes from Wordsworth, "Ode."

Get ready for things to get increasingly angsty from here on out. Written in St. Agnes Hall on April 24, after a certain favorite professor's incredibly messy office reminded me of my grandpa's office. My sister called when I was partway through and I did not complete this version of the poem.