Tag: NaPoMo

NaPoMo: Reflections on Emily Dickinson

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This post was originally published in October 2013, but I decided to resurrect it for National Poetry Month. I was looking for a favorite poem to post and this one came to mind…so then I figured I might as well include my short essay, haha.  I am taking this MOOC (massive open online course) on Modern and Contemporary Poetry which is just amazing. I’ve always enjoyed classic poetry but never really got into the newer stuff. Until now, that is. The format of this course is great, I love the group discussions and interaction between all the participants. One of…

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NaPoMo: Acrostic

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One of my friends is celebrating National Poetry Month by featuring a different poem form each day on her tumblr. She is encouraging others to follow along and write their own poems in each form. I am a bit behind, so this is the poem I wrote for the one she posted yesterday, an acrostic. Slipping into our view at last Promising sultry summer days Renewing hope in sunshine. Inebriated by sunlight, we make New attempts at this thing called life Giving thanks for every moment. ~ S.D.L

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NaPoMo: Street Song

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Welcome to April, National Poetry Month! To celebrate, I’ll be posting poems here through the month, and will attempt to write some of my own! So here is a poem I stumbled across today in a new book of poetry… Street Song Like an eddying willow leaf I stand on the street and turn: people, both ways coming and going around me, swirl: probably I am no stiller– detached; but gold is coming into my veins ~ A.R. Ammons

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