Category: Poetry
How you move me
Today is mother’s day — and so poem about a memory of being a mother in the first year that still connects to this year. There was a song sung by Susan Ashton titled ‘You Move Me&#... Read More
The Same Poem – simply transposed – Last post for NPWM 2016
I don’t know the best way to end this challenge, but I felt like I wanted to somehow reprise the month. So I took lines from every (I think) poem I’ve written this month and rewor... Read More
Penultimate Poem – NPWM – April 29
Some poems just don’t have titles. But if it has a jumping off place, it is the flip side of ‘seize the day’ — it’s not being lazy it’s being slow and still enoug... Read More
‘in memoriam’ – NPWM – April 28
The Latin phrase, in memoriam which we commonly use to announce or honour someone who has died, literally means ‘into memory’. It’s a curious phrase isn’t it — an ackn... Read More
Tickle Bump – NPWM – April 27
I imagine everybody has special names for things in their childhood. I remember a few of mine. There was: ‘the down-down’ – which referred to the bottom floor of the split-level ... Read More
Breathe the Morning – NPWM – April 26
Morning is by far my favorite time of the day. Today’s poem is just a few of this morning’s beautiful moments, or as my friend Amber says, ‘Today’s glory.’ Breathe the ... Read More
Nicomekl Regulars – NPWM – April 25
I try to get out for a morning walk 3-4 times per week. Fortunately there is a small river that runs near our house and the city maintains a walking trail along the flood plain — this is the N... Read More
Tulips – NPWM – April 24
One of the aspects of writing poetry that I enjoy most is the process of revision. This current project of writing a poem a day doesn’t honour the process of the revision very well. Revision... Read More