Your hand in mine walk beside me Your lips on mine embrace me. I must fill my eyes with you and fill my lungs with the scent of our love Let's take these moments making memories to savor Now is what matters Today is all You are my all Copyright (C) 2023 Penny Wilson All Rights Reserved #NaPoWriMo
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Scars
*National Poetry Writing Month completely snuck up on me. But here goes, day 1.
The memory of you
is now just a series
of scars
Scars that run deep
never fading
Lessons learned
A reminder of
my strength
Copyright 2023 Penny Wilson All Rights Reserved
#NaPoWriMo
My Writing Buddy
Here we are in the month of May of 2021 already! It goes so fast, doesn’t it?
I participated in the NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writer’s Month) last month. About half way through the month, I was wondering if my decision to participate was a good one or not! I did struggle making my ‘deadline’ on several occasions, but managed to pull something out of the ‘ole grey matter just in time.
One thing that helped tremendously was that I found myself a writing buddy. An “Accountability Buddy”, if you will. Chuck over at The Reluctant Poet agreed to this. This was great! I knew I needed someone to poke me and encourage me to write Every Day! Chuck has become a Dear Friend and we write back & forth quite often. So it was pretty easy to fall into a routine where I would send him a sneak peek of what was going to post the next day and he would share with me what he had written as well. We bounced ideas off of each other and shared Writing Prompts that we found to be worthwhile. We even collaborated on one poem that we jointly put together. You can see that one HERE.
I’m really glad that I participated. It got me back into my writing groove, which has been needing a boost lately and this is just what I needed.
Another plus to participating was that I discovered a few new bloggers along the way that were also joining in on the NaPoWriMo challenge. So I have made new friends and have wonderful new posts to look forward to reading!
This is a lesson I will try to remember the next time I find myself in a writing slump. I will find myself a writing buddy! The WordPress Community has been so amazing to me, I’m sure I won’t have any trouble finding someone! Right?
Right? 🙂
Copyright (C) 2021 Penny Wilson
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#NaPoWriMo-Day 30-Directions to My Heart
Follow the pathway along my yesterdays. Take a left just past my shortcomings. Take no heed of these and continue. The path will then turn treacherous, dark and vast. At times you will see pitfalls, things hidden from view that may come to light later in your journey. Stay the course. If you persist, you will come to a valley that expands out to the horizon. This valley is filled with light and laughter, compassion, and wisdom. It seeks your light. This valley gives from its depths and expects the same from you. Followed precisely, these are the directions to my heart. From here you can see your tomorrow. And mine.
Copyright (C) 2021 Penny Wilson
*Day 30 of NaPoWriMo! Finally! While most of the prompts on NaPoWriMo’s website were not of much help to me, I did find this one today that seemed to work for me. The prompt said to write a poem giving directions to someplace real or imagined. I’m glad that I participated. It got me back into my writing groove. Thank you for following along!
#NaPoWriMo-Day 28-Poison
You
cry a river
you lay
awake at night
you wonder
‘what if’
he was poison
but
but...
what if..
you plotted your
escape
and now
finally free
you long for him
crave him
miss him
you yearn for
the one person
you know
is your
demise
the years of
conditioning
are evident
remind yourself
you are strong
enough
you
are
enough
Copyright © 2021 Penny Wilson
#NaPoWriMo-Day 27-Still A Fool
STILL A FOOL
By Penny Wilson And Charles Robert Lindholm
I Was A Fool
My Judgment Was Blurred
Thinking Us Soulmates
Was So Absurd
Drunk On Your Kisses
And Lost In Your Eyes
Longing For Love
I Believed All Your Lies
Craving Your Touch
And Sweet Ecstasy
In Love With Love
And The Fantasy
I Took A Gamble
I Rolled The Dice
I Did What I Did
I Paid The Price
I’m Still A Fool,
I’d Do It Again
Copyright © 2021 Penny Wilson And Charles Robert Lindholm
All Rights Reserved – 04-16-2021
*Chuck over at The Reluctant Poet agreed to be my ‘writing buddy’ for NaPoWriMo. It has been such a blessing to have someone in my corner cheering me on, someone to bounce ideas off of and someone to share the experience with! Chuck suggested a collaboration and this is something that we bounced back & forth between us, before giving birth to it. I hope you enjoyed it.
#NaPoWriMo-Day 26-No Evidence
The red ink
spatters upon the page
like blood
The truth
should be seen
not hidden inside
like a cancer
There is no transcript
no evidence
no witnesses
The mental anguish
hidden from public view
Nothing tells the world
who you truly are
There is no one
to judge you
at least not
here on Earth
Let my words
speak
for those who cannot
Copyright © 2021 Penny Wilson
*This was inspired by my writing buddy and Dear Friend, Chuck over
at The Reluctant Poet. Thank you Chuck, for your kindness, encouragement
and most of all for your friendship.
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#NaPoWriMo-Day 23-Beacon
The stars
in the night sky
look down on me
I imagine yours
to be the brightest
a beacon
when I become lost
so I can
find my way
back
to myself
Copyright (C) 2021 Penny Wilson
#NaPoWriMo-Day 22-Write You Away
I tried to write you
away
as if giving life to
the ugly truth
would make you
disappear
a pointless
exercise
your evil
is the truth
I can do
nothing
to diminish it
what I can do
is to keep moving forward
Copyright (C) 2021 Penny Wilson
#NaPoWriMo-Day-21-Merely Human
She stepped down
from her pedestal
Until that moment
he saw her only as
one would envision
a supreme being
It was shocking to see
her shed her wings
to cast aside the virtuous
halo he had enslaved her with
He was dismayed
at how imprisoned
she had become
She was merely
human
after all
Copyright © 2021 Penny Wilson
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