Welcome to my NaPoWriMo thread! Here I will post the poems I write each day in April. Feel free to critique as they come along...these are about as far from finished products as they can be!
NOTE: POEMS 1 - 3 IN THIS POST. ALL OTHERS IN THE THREAD AND LINKED BELOW.
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1 April
When they come back,
the people who almost die
say they see the classic tunnel,
long-dead relatives waving to them
from the end of it.
It is often said that the future
is bright. So, too, is the light at the end
of the tunnel? If that is true,
then it must not be too bad to die.
Not that I'm looking forward to it,
but when the time comes, I imagine
the tunnel will float before me,
a warm light hinting from the end,
and maybe from the sides,
maybe all around, a tunnel full of light!
And at the end, the people peering into
my PVC pipe into heaven
will wrap their arms around me, say
"Welcome. That wasn't so bad, was it?"
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2 April
You, who are amused by the writing of poetry,
asked me once if I have ever written about you.
Naturally, I said, "Never," and I was glad
that you didn't recognize the lie.
Of course, what would have happened if I
had said, "Yes. Many times," if I had
looked up into your eyes instead of
down at my pen-in-hand, poised to
write 'love' on a lonely piece of paper?
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3 April
when I woke I heard birds singing
sweet notes to the wet grass clinging
spring soft before summer's stinging
geese upon the warm lofts winging.
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