Day Thirty on APRIL 30, 2024
All good things, even Na/GloPoWriMo, must come to an end. But we’ll be back again next year
(and also tomorrow, with our final featured participant!)
Today’s featured participant is 7eyedwonder, where you’ll find a feisty, albatross-themed poem in
response to Day 28’s Taylor Swift-themed prompt.
Our final daily resource is this repository of podcasts hosted by the Scottish Poetry Library.
And now for our last prompt of the year – optional, as always! Today, we’d like to challenge you to
write a poem in which the speaker is identified with, or compared to, a character from myth or legend,
as in Claire Scott’s poem “Scheherazade at the Doctor’s Office.”
Happy writing!
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My website suffered a temporary glitch… for two hours…I feel cheated.
But we will not linger on that… Have a great day everyone.
Good night from me.
Mary Magdalene At The Doctor's
Sat with hands cupped on my lap
ready to receive good news--
my soul prayerful and pleading.
The doctor clears her throat once
more; eyes me, blinking often
and whispers, "So very sorry,"
and recites a litany
of words I cannot discern.
At dusk, I trudge to the open
window to streets dispeopled
by the day's rain. The decline
of evening light stirs inside me,
fills me with the pain of distrust.
The voice within, attuned to
mercy, yawns a contagious
yawn, and in the jasmine-d wind,
I hear, "What if it all works out?"
© selma
…Thanks
Thanks from the bottom of my heart for being here as I worked on these first drafts.
It wouldn’t have been the same without you.
THANKS AGAIN, MAUREEN–YOU ROCK!
God willing, I’ll see you all here again next year.
Featured Image: ©️Ken Gierke of rivrvlogr website
https://rivrvlogr.com/2024/04/30/our-blue-nebula-quadrille/
NaPoWriMo Banner: ©️Maureen, the wonderful host of NaPoWriMo 2024
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Very nice you written poem.
Thanks for being here with me and supporting my efforts for 30 days, dear Raj. Bless you. Have a wonderful week. xo
Most welcome my dear 🙏 Have a nice weekoxo.
I pray that it does all work out, Selma. Thank you for sharing your poems and for being so kind and generous with your comments again this year. You’ve made a difference! Do take care.
Elizabeth, my dear, thanks so dearly for letting me read your drafts. It was an honor to be with you here again. Thanks dearly. Blessings…
(My website suffered a glitch…two hours long–weird. Forgive the absence. All is well now. TYVM. So, it’s good night from me now.)
What a fascinating poem, Selma! I will post my review of “Poetry Treasures 4” on Saturday, May 4th. I try to post by 0630 am Phoenix, AZ time.
Thanks for reading dear Dawn.
And again thanks sooooo much. Sending blessings from acrosss the ocean. 🤗
Congratulations Selma for a great month of your marvelous poetry. I know you said that some were draft, however to me your work is excellent and inspiring. Cheers.
Aww. Thanks so dearly dear Suzette.
Drafts. They’re ALL first draft. But your lovely words give me hope. Thanks, I needed to hear this. Bless you. XoXo
You are very welcome, Selma. Thanks you!
Congratulations, Selma, on doing all 30 days. This is an excellent poem to finish with.
Thanks Robbie. It was hard to write and run within the same day. But I did get 30 drafts on the page. Something to work on for later.
I’m happy you liked my last day’s too. 🤗 bless you.
It is amazing to write for all those days, as always your poem is brilliant.
I cannot write and publish one poem a day otherwise. These first drafts will take me a long way. Thanks so much for reading them, dear Diana. You’ve no idea how much I value you and your lovely comments. Blessings dear one.
(You are so much more of a real poet/writer than me… I know it. And I don’t understand how you can participate in all those prompts —simply amazing.)
Thank you, that is so kind. I love all the poems you share. Have a lovely weekend.
Congratulations on making it through the 30days, Sellma!
Just-Lyn, thanks so much for this lovely comment. I appreciate you. Blessings my friend.
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