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Day23 Glo/NaPoWriMo: Four More Answers To Add For Day18 Prompt

Day Twenty-Three

on APRIL 23, 2022

Happy Saturday, all, and happy twenty-third day of Na/GloPoWriMo.
Today’s featured participant is Jane Dougherty Writes, where you’ll find a
gently melancholy response to Day 22’s repetition prompt.
Our featured online magazine today is Peach Mag, which publishes poems on an
ongoing basis, and then archives them based on yearlong “seasons.” Among the
work that they’ve recently published, I’ll point you to Ai Li Feng’s
“echolocation” and Bob Sykora’s “Crying on the Exercise Bike While
Watching The Great British Bakeoff, February 2021.”
And now for our daily (optional) prompt. Today I’d like to challenge you to
write a poem in the style of Kay Ryan, whose poems tend to be short and
snappy – with a lot of rhyme and soundplay. They also have a deceptive
simplicity about them, like proverbs or aphorisms. Once you’ve read a few,
you’ll see what I mean. Here’s her “Token Loss,” “Blue China Doorknob,”
“Houdini,” and “Crustacean Island.” Happy writing!

A lovely prompt indeed that I’ll write to at a future date as I have a full house
of lovely boys (two, mine) and their significant others. Here are four more answers
to the question of the other day.
I hope you enjoy them in lieu of the prompt today.

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Without identifying the question being asked, here are four more answers.

i
I know you agree
if two were the sum of one,
then clearly we are
two within the one
ii
painful tears and grief
do not dwindle happiness
it’s the way of life
makes the pieces whole
iii
that sparkle you see
is a reflection of it
lonesome years depart
you hear them leaving
iv
through good times and bad
from these vowes, I won’t waver
a promise I’ll keep
in my heart ever

Gogyohka is an unrestricted form. It usually contains five lines
but can contain four or six lines. The theme is unrestricted, too.
My theme is not mentioned as per the prompt of Day18.

Do you still believe you can identify the question? Let me know.

EXTRA-EXTRA-EXTRA

TRENDING:
On Twitter, they’re saying today is The Bard’s death anniversary.
Another source is saying today is St George’s Day, possibly Shakespeare’s
birthday. Hmm.

To be or not to be…

What they’re saying has brought me a recall of one short snappy poem with
rhyme and sound play— Written “around” him last fall and meets the prompt,
methinks.

Give it a read, please and together let’s celebrate this amazing day that blesses
us with the remembrance of this great poet.

In celebration of Shakespeare.

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Happy Earth Day Earthlings, and Happy Shakespeare Day too. I wish us miracles.

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This Post Has 10 Comments

  1. Ruth

    What is marriage?

    1. Selma Martin

      Yes, as you might have notice *wink* I have marriage on my mind these days. Happy writing, Ruth. I bless you.

  2. D.L. Finn, Author

    Sound like the aspects of a relationship.

    1. Selma Martin

      Right! as you will find out in my Day29, I have this on my mind right now. D.L. Thanks so very much for gracing me with a comment. I bless you.

  3. Ingrid

    There is great wisdom in these verses, Selma, which do seem related to marriage!

    1. Selma Martin

      Ingrid, thanks. So sweet of you to add to my happiness. I bless you.

  4. lynn__

    What do marriage vows mean?

    1. Selma Martin

      Yes, and marriage is about life. I bless you. stay sweet.

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