Workin' For A Living (National Poetry Writing Month)
It's funny to be able to envision the finish line already.
I approached this year's NaPoWriMo with some trepidation. Thirty poems in thirty days, with a newborn in tow, a blog to migrate and a full time job to boot? Today, looking back on the discipline and focus it required, I feel better about my ability to get things done (and yes, my amazing Finnish smartphone plays a huge role in that -- next stop, FTP!) and confident that I'll have (at least) the first draft of my latest novel done by September.
But let's stay focused -- poetry time! Yes, it's a haiku, shut up, I'm sleepy!
Tick tock time passingThere have been "toss out a haiku" days, but I'm pretty proud with many of these pieces, significant first drafts that I could build on. Looking back (as I suspect I won't have time to do as the week draws to a close and I deal with the Blogger situation), I've liked ...
Workplace quiet hangs heavy
rush hour hell desired
"I don't feel like working today"
By Hannibal Tabu
- "T'chaka"
- "The Villain of The Story"
- "Bizarro" (the ending really does it for me)
- "The Onset of Winter"
- "My Name is Willie Lumpkin"
- "What did you learn in class today?"
- "Non Stop"
- "Little Man"
- "The Commute"
- "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (anedge hirak Keith Elam)
- "Ode to Simply Wholesome"
- "The Curtain Falls"
- "Running Through My Mind"
I notice some themes that recur -- parenting, inspiration, characters I see either in fiction or every day life, even coming to grips with one's self. I find this month's batch an interesting examination and can't wait to examine them more in workshops. I hope to compile an index of all of the pieces for the end of the month (today's a good start, heh)
Just a few more days, y'all ...
Playing (Music):
NOTE: Since this blog is automatically imported into my Facebook page, I apologize if you comment on it and I don't respond, as I am taking a sabbatical from social networking for 2010. So me not responding is not personal, I just won't see the comments ... until 2011. Maybe. Also including this disclaimer on blogs, but you're welcome to go to the blog itself and speak your mind, as I may look there ...
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