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NaPoWriMo Poem #20

Poem #20
Turning

Yard-sale
weather vane can't
point the true direction
in gentle winds--so ill-used it
has been.

NaPoWriMo Poem#19

Poem #19
The Seven Mile Bridge Run

No cars
allowed to cross
the bridge in Marathon
but every runner runs to beat
the bus.

NaPoWriMo Poem#18

NaPoWriMo Poem #18
island view

wind-stripped
sea grape leans to
its side its yellow-green
leaves hurricane-battered to brown
paper

NaPoWriMo Poems#15--17

Kinda cheating here. I promise you--this is the best I can do.

Trying to catch up....
Poems #15 and #16 and #17
Rant

That's what
we sell--drugs and
more drugs, drugs on every
channel, and Walgreens on every
corner.

Here are
ointments and pills
tablets and capsules, both
over-and-under the counter,
whether...

You need
them or you don't.
Pharmaceuticals--from
the second you're born 'til the day
you die.

NaPoWriMo Poems#14

Souvenir of New Orleans

Beneath
crape myrtle trees
you said, "Remember these."
I wear my  keepsake silver fleur-
de-lis.

NaPoWriMo Poem #12

Poem #12
Superstition

You wish
Upon a star
Blow out birthday candles
Toss a coin in the fountain, hope
And pray.

NaPoWriMo Poem #11

Poem #11
Wheel of Fortune

Gambling
sisters sitting
side by side at the slots--
finding out how much fun it is
to lose

NaPoWriMo Poem #10

Poem #10
Nice 'n' Easy

downtown
pizzaria:
checkered cloths, Sinatra
songs, pics of the Rat Pack, and good
red wine

NaPoWri Mo #8 & #9

I didn't forget to write a poem--I forgot to post it.

The Correction

''May I''
is preferred when
asking for permission.
''Can I'' implies ability,
you see.

and today's: # 9

Palm Sunday

white palm,
sacramental,
blessed, then cut, shaped into
a small cross,  pinned to my father's
lapel

NaPoWriMo Poem #7

Poem #7
The Storm

It rained
so hard it scared
the dog. It thundered and
crashed; lightning flashed. It rained, rained, rained
all night.

Note to Mary: I wanted to do something this April, National Poetry Month, and a friend suggested that we join the  Poetry Free-for-all and write a poem a day. I didn't really want to post them here but I couldn't figure out their software at first and had to link somewhere. So glad you're reading.