On Twitter, Maureen says:
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(I just found this out🤦🏻♀️)
The final prompt: Thirtieth of April
Palinode? Color me pale!
An ode or song that retracts or recants what the poet wrote in a previous poem.
For instance, Geoffrey Chaucer’sThe Canterbury Tales ends with a retraction, in
which he apologizes for the work’s “worldly vanitees” and sinful contents.
Humans, for all their avant-garde forward-thinking,
Are blind like bats gazing blindly into the sun
With bloated brains in the pursuit of happiness,
Calm but edgy amid overabundance
The meaning of happiness is subjective
But the recipe is the same all along
A sense of control over what pleases you
Foremost guided by the likes that you amass
And forging your place in the family of things.
© selma
Is this a retraction from the post of Day 27, or just plain cynical? You be the judge.
People, my people.
How amazing I feel to have completed
this challenge for the third year.
See my badges?
Thanks so much for tolerating my selfishness this month.
As I told you before, I will take a break
from posting for a while.
Golden Week
Wedding Anniversary
A short vacation to
recharge in a hot spring
and such…
Thanks so much for being here with me, and I hope you had
as much fun as I did, this glorious
national poetry writing month.
It was truly remarkable!
*
Thank you, Maureen Thorson,
Thanks, partners in poetry,
here at WordPress
and
in the Disqus Forum.
I bless you and wish you miracles. XO.
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I’ve enjoyed reading your contributions this month, Selma!
Jennifer, dearest, and I enjoyed reading your words this whole month too. Thanks and forgive for not visiting more often. I bless you and wish you well… blessings and miracles too.
Excellent poem to finish the month. Have a wonderful vacation.
Sadje, so happy to have your lovely support. Glad you were/are here. I bless you, always, Selma.
Thanks a lot Selma
I love the bat simile, Selma, and the ‘bloated brains in the pursuit of happiness’ expresses how I feel this morning after a month of writing a poem a day – in addition to the usual output and thinking up prompts for dVerse. Your recipe for happiness makes sense to me!
Kim, impressive m’lady. I cannot imagine how you juggled all that… I sure think I need more practice or somethin’ of the sort. I bless you for the support you gave me this month. It was fun writing alongside you. Thanks a million. xoxo
Thank you, Selma. I hope we meet soon on the poetry trail! xoxo
Excellent, Selma! I wrote several new poems and revised others this month. Have a good break!
Barbara, the whole month of poetry was fun but exhausting, I tellyou. I am recovering (I’m wimpy) But I’m so glad I persevered this month. Thanks for being here. I bless you, dear friend. xoxo
Happy Anniversary! Congratulations for all you gems in April! Have a restful week/vacation.
With gratitude. . .
Aww, Kathryn. Thanks so much. Sooo much. With double gratitude. Blessings xoxo
It was wonderful to write together, dear Selma! Wishing you a year filled with creativity and joy. See you next April!💜
Oh, wow, Romana. That’s my line: It was wonderful to write together with YOU, dear one. Thanks for everything. I bless you and wish you Miracles. God willing, I’ll be back next April. Until then, take great care, my lovely. xoxo
Wishing you all the happiness and joy as you get ready to celebrate and rejuvenate Selma. I’ve enjoyed visiting you and have loved your visits to my blog. Stay blessed.
Arti, You are most precious. I appreciate your lovely words. I should have done more, but couldn’t cope, so forgive me for not visiting as often. I do love this community. Will return next year and for the rest of this one I’ll try to exercise my muscles more so I get less tired. I bless you and wish you miracles, dearest Arti. Stay sweet as you are.
I vote for cynical, Selma! Or maybe it’s more satirical. Anyway, I like it! <3
Wishing you a lovely break and a joyous anniversary celebration! <3
Satirical is what it is, really. It was all I could come up with for this last prompt. Cheryl, thanks so dearly for the lovely support you showed me this month. I bless you and wish you miracles. xoxo
Selma, I love how you’ve explored such varied forms and themes this month. I will have to keep coming back to try some of them out, myself. I didn’t follow the prompts, as you know – one of the hazards of juggling two challenges at once. But poetry doesn’t end when April does, does it?
Holly, how right you are. Poetry doesn’t end when April does and I will need to practice my muscles to be in better shape for next year. You juggled two challenges, how amazing you are, my friend– but I will try to stick to just one challenge. You did amazing. I have so much catching up to do over at your website and I will. All the lovely information you offer will not go to waste. I don’t know how you did that on top of your international trip. Wowed me good! Blessings, dear friend. I bless you
Unfortunately true for too many of us! but not you I think. Thanks for traveling the month with me Selma. (K)
K, dearest, so happy to have traveled the month with you. You’ve no idea how happy… Thanks for being such a lovely person. I bless you and wish you miracles. xoxo
You were most certainly given the gift of poetry. Well done! 🦋💜👏
You say nice things to me, dear Jennifer. I appreciate you. So happy to have your visits and comments. May Blessings and miracles abound.
Wishing you miracles too!
Aww, Ruth. Thanks for wishing me miracles… I appreciate you
And I’m confident yours has come true… You said, Monday– I am still praying. Bless you all. xoxo
“forging your place in the family of things.”
Wow! Isn’t this exactly what we are doing? Extremely well done for finishing another April with a poem a day, my friend. Nothing will stop us now. Much love and most excellent festivities.
I appreciate all the lovely words you sprinkled on me this month, dear one. You are the best. I don’t know about you but this made me tired. And happy too. I guess I need to practice my poetry muscles more. Wowed by you. So much. So much. Wowed! Thank you for being here with me this month. I bless you.
Congratulations on completing all 30 days with fabulous poems, Selma! You rock!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
Yvette Calleiro, girl! You rock! TY, TY, TY.
Wonderful write
Thank you, dear d.a. I bless you and appreciate the support. xoxo
What a great last poem and message to end with Selma! Congrats that’s a real accomplishment! 👏💞
TY TY TY
💞
Jennifer, and I enjoyed reading your words this whole month too. Thanks and forgive for not visiting more often. I bless you and wish you well… blessings and miracles too.
Wow! This is a great achievement! These are brilliant poems!💖✨️
So pleased to hear your thoughts on these first drafts. Bless you. Xoxo
Your poems are always wonderful!
Congrats for completing the challenge and your final poem has such a great message! Love it.
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Dear Selma, your final lines of April were among those that gave me the idea for my four centos made of nothing but our closing April lines. Today I posted the last one and your beautiful words are in it. Find it here:
https://manjameximexcessive6.wordpress.com/2023/05/27/four-april-centos-no-4/
Thank you so much for your words! Much love.
My friend. Take all of me.
Leave it to you to think this up. You’re simply unstoppable and inimmitable. And I don’t know how you get to have all the fun, sweet Manja. Tremendously amazing.
As for me, your choosing that last line— what an honor my friend. I bless you.
Your cento is indeed delicious.
We are family… xoxo