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Day2 of Glo/NaPoWriMo: Déjà voodoo of The Déjà vu

Hello friends, firstly, I wish to spotlight the website of a new acquaintance who
received the featured participant recognition on Day 1 of NaPoWriMo.

“The Cat’s Pajam,” writes Maureen, “gives us a dreamy, sensual, and mysterious
poem in response to the “story about the body” prompt.”

I ask you to click on the link to view it and hopefully drop her a comment. I loved
it and in the spirit of camaraderie, wish to share it with you. Enjoy.

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The Prompt: 
Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem based on a word featured in
a tweet from Haggard Hawks, an account devoted to obscure and interesting
English words.
Will you choose a word like “aprosexia,” which means “an inability to
concentrate”? 
Or maybe something like “greenout,” which is “the relief a person who has
worked or lived in a snowy area for a long time feels on seeing something
fresh and green for the first time”?
Whatever you choose, happy writing!

Kindly click on the link to see it in its entirety as it comes loaded with
information about online magazines and such. And links. Very informative. 

As for me, my chosen word is Déjà vu from the thread under Haggard Hawk’s
top thirty tweets of 2021, and fresh out of having one of mine published, I
pulled that one out and tweaked it for the prompt to present to you here today.

Photo of the great conductor from wikimedia
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You need not be in settings hallowed by grandeur
You cannot prepare for it but in your soul

But when it comes, the echo will be the medium
To open wide your heart to let it flow

We've been only half alive for half of this year already
But the electricity is changed from the epoch point

Of one whole calendar month ago
This one's proud, inclusive of the human mettle

The spirit of East Europe balled in one blue & yellow flag
The atmosphere, heady, giddy— smells of freedom,

You can't but candidly feel it grow
And rising over the memory of young lives

—raped & stolen, barbarically —
Leonard Bernstein, the Jew, raises his baton

While on the side stands Volodymyr Zelenskyy,
The sixth and current president of that great land

Beethoven's "Ninth" its chorus, vocalists,
Its "Ode to Joy" sonata style

Expands, blossoms, and rises to heaven
Becoming more than anyone around

Lo! The emotional embankments drop,
Like tears at the bittersweet celebration

Tossed elation, grief & sadness, and healing
Find the sacredness of a home--

Home to the nightingale and the brave,
Here, in the music, in the freedom

That nimbly, artfully belongs
To all inhabitants, regardless of where
A déjà voodoo of déjà vus 

***
© 2022 selmamartin.com

This poem was first published
in
Move Me Poetry
on the Medium platform
with the title
of
Dejavú: From Schiller, Beethoven, Bernstein, to Zelenskyy
(A forward-looking poem of camaraderie and hope triumphing),

Banner/button image Maureen Thornson
Bernstein Photo credits By Bart Molendijk / Anefo — http://proxy.handle.net/10648/ad64d330-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73166900

Thanks for reading my 2-min long poem this happy second day in April.

Selma Martin
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This Post Has 22 Comments

  1. Arti Jain

    I’m in awe of your Day 2 poem Selma. I have to read it a few times like one listens to an arousing melody on a loop to let it all sink in. Wow!!

  2. Selma Martin

    You— you’ve made it all worth it for me today. Thanks for doing this. The encouragement will help me tomorrow and I’ll think of you and whisper a prayer. Stay sweet. I bless you. xoxo

  3. Ingrid

    A rousing song of freedom, Selma!

    1. Selma Martin

      Yes. That it is. Thanks for getting me. Stay sweet. XoXo

    1. Selma Martin

      I so appreciate you looking this over. Your words are precious to me. Thanks. xo

    1. Selma Martin

      Jeff. Thanks. I appreciate your precious words. Be well. xoxo

    1. Selma Martin

      I like to hear you say that. Makes me feel accomplished this time. Thanks, my friend. Be well. xoxo

      1. Manja Maksimovič

        I’m so behind everybody’s poems. Rather overwhelmed and so busy. Will catch up. I hope you’re loving it.

        1. Selma Martin

          Day 4– please calm the overwhelm dear friend. Be sure to breath slow deep breaths. And I don’t think you’re behind. You’re right on day 4. I’m loving it, yes. Hope you are too. Breathe. XoXo

  4. Sunra Rainz

    “Lo! The emotional embankments drop,”

    “A déjà voodoo of déjà vus”

    So many mixed emotions and parallel moments in this. Beautiful write, Selma <3

    1. Selma Martin

      Sunra, thanks. Your encouragement is the best. TY xo

  5. Nope, Not Pam

    Gorgeous Selma, it holds the spirit of the warrior

    1. Selma Martin

      Deb, thanks so much. yes, the spirit of the warrior. I want to manifest it as such SOON. I declare world peace. xoxo

  6. Cindy Georgakas

    wow, great write Selma!
    💖
    “Expands, blossoms, and rises to heaven
    Becoming more than anyone around”

    1. Selma Martin

      So happy when you catch me and add fodder to my efforts. I thank you so much. I am blessed. I bless you Xo

    1. Selma Martin

      I’m so happy to know your thoughts. Truly honored to have you reading. I bless you. xoxo

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